Images of palm trees, beach sand, and Florida probably come to mind when you think of Seaboards' Silver Meteor or Silver Star ... not snow. Certainly out of character in this photograph, we find ... (more)

The engineer of Seaboard Air Line No.8, "The Sunland" has just given 2 crisp blasts of the Hancock air whistle and opened the throttle bringing 4 E7A's to life on the 17 car "name train". No. 8 h... (more)

Seaboard Air Line No. 57, "The Silver Meteor", operating as Passenger Extra 3048 South, is running exactly 12 hours and 30 minutes late due to heavy snow and operational issues between the Northea... (more)

Seaboard Air Line No. 22, "The Silver Star", is running about 4 hours late on this March 1965 morning. It's now 11:40am. We are just north of Raleigh, NC and E7A 3018 plus two other E7's are on ... (more)

The Pocahantas

Back-to-back E7s #531 and #535 guide the 'South Wind' through the complex trackage at Chicago's Union Station on July 24, 1964. The every-other-day Chicago to Florida 'South Wind' drew power ... (more)

Central of Georgia passenger train with in the lead E7(A) #807 and E7(A) #804 as just left downtown Atlanta Terminal Station. The station was served by Central of Georgia, Seaboard, Nashville, C... (more)

Back in 1976, urban sprawl had yet to envelope Fairfax Station, VA. It was still a largely rural area populated with dense forest and scenic farms. One would not recognize the location today, no... (more)

Southbound Southern No. 5, the "Piedmont," passes through Rockfish, VA in Oct., 1974 with four FP7s. Note the TOFC flats on the rear.

On a bleak January day in 1975, Southern's southbound No. 7, the "Lynchburg Special," makes a station stop at Monroe, VA with FP7 No. 6146. At this time, No. 7 was normally a mixed train between ... (more)

There is ample power on the front of the PIEDMONT, Southern's secondary train to Washington. This area is all developed now with MARTA running beside and over the NS main.

Seaboard Air Line passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 is working the passenger station at Raleigh, NC in February 1966. Two road grime covered E7's are in charge of the train today awaiting ... (more)

The Newport News section of the GEORGE WASHINGTON slows for a stop at Lee Hall.

A matched A-B-A set of EMD E8 units is stopped at Petersburg with the SILVER STAR late in the afternoon. This was the only time that I saw such a perfect three-unit set on the SCL.

Southbound train #5 departing Ponoma Yard in Greensboro, NC || Sept 1972