Conrail’s E33 electrics looked great in the schemes that they wore for former owners Virginian and New Haven. Penn Central – not so much. Several of them did get a cosmetic upgrade during thei... (more)

Sold to the Illinois Railway Museum by the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the locomotive was towed to Altoona, PA for a cosmetic restoration, which never happened. This summer (2017) it made i... (more)

A pair of Penn Central's ex-New Haven/Virginian E-33 class electrics head up a southbound freight at Elizabeth, NJ. Counting Conrail and their brief days under Norfolk & Western, these GE electri... (more)

A pair of Conrail E33 electrics rest between assignments at the Morrisville engine house. These units began life on the Virginian

Southbound freight is heading toward New York and the barge docks at Bay Ridge. The New Haven E-33s already have a history. They were built for Virginian and became property of 3 other railroads. ... (more)

Got it! The engineer of an eastbound E33-powered freight grabs orders from the operator at COLA. The now-preserved CR 4604 (as VGN 135 in Roanoke, VA) is near the end of its operating days, with... (more)

Two E-33s are eastbound under the intricate catenary where the westbound Port Road Branch tied into the now-abandoned Atglen & Susquehanna Branch. Note that the eastbound main is half-stick half-... (more)

A pair of dusty E-33s are slowing their intermodal train to negotiate the switch from the Enola Branch to the Port Road. No. 4609 was built by GE for the Virginian Railway in January, 1957 as the... (more)

A westbound E33-powered freight passes under the "low grade" signal bridge at the west end of Marietta. No. 4606 was built by GE as the Virginian Railway's No. 137 in December of 1956.

A pair of E33's have just entered the Corridor at Lane Tower and are now passing the platforms at North Elizabeth, NJ. Date is approximate.

Tripleheaded E-33s are slowing to negotiate the eastbound switch at Port Interlocking. The now-preserved CR 4604 (as VGN 135 in Roanoke) is leading; this locomotive was built in November, 1956 as... (more)

The CR 4608 and its sister 4607 lead an eastbound manifest freight across the lower part of the unique two-level Safe Harbor Bridge over the Conestoga River. These 3,300 hp motors were built by G... (more)

A single E-33 (3,300 hp) is at the point of a westbound manifest, waiting on a crew. This locomotive was built by GE in January, 1957 as the VGN Class EL-C No. 139. It was renumbered to NW 239 a... (more)

The now-preserved CR 4604 (as VGN 135 in Roanoke) is seen near the end of its operating days traveling eastbound near COLA Tower. This locomotive was built in November, 1956 as a VGN Class EL-C, ... (more)

The now-preserved 4601 and its sister, 4607, both in Penn Central "colors," begin the climb out of the Susquehanna Valley, heading east to Parkesburg and beyond. It's been reported on R... (more)