An RF&P E unit sits in storage at the Roanoke yard lashed up with an old Conrail still in it's paint. I am unsure of the future plans for this locomotive, but hopefully it will one day be restored... (more)

Amtrak's Arrowhead from Duluth-Superior crosses the Mississippi River on the former NP bridge north of the Minneapolis station behind E8 no. 332. This unit was CB&Q 9940B, then BN 9933 before Amtr... (more)

Bennett Levin's E8s lead an excursion past the Pitcairn intermodal facility in route to Pittsburgh.

Hurricane Eloise's flooding of the Harrisburg substation has displaced the usual GG-1 on Train 30 with an A-B-B set of E-Units under the wires.

An ex-Pennsy E8 (left) is posed in front of the same "Safety First" emblazoned building that housed its K4s predecessors in the late 50s. Note the different nose striping.

Amtrak's SB afternoon Milwaukee-St. Louis train, the Prairie State, calls at the old Sturtevant depot on a beautiful spring afternoon. The 406 started life as the Milwaukee Road 30C.

BN 9977 stops at the Highlands, IL station with a commuter train in June of 1972. Robert Bullermann Kodachrome from my collection.

Streamliners on the Main Line

Arguably the best looking train to travel the PRR main line west of Philadelphia since the more prosperous days of the Pennsy was Conrail’s office c... (more)

Varnish at West Falls

Conrail’s Office Car Special traverses the former Reading bridge at West Falls, Pennsylvania. The train has left Philadelphia, and is entering the West Tren... (more)

An A-B-A-A set of Amtrak E-units leads a northbound train along the former Monon/C&O line through Hammond. This line was abandoned in the 1980s and developed into a bike trail and is possibly sla... (more)

Amtrak is just a few days away as Penn Central train 427 between Boston and Albany, with an utterly minimal consist of an ex-NYC E8 and a single snack bar coach, accelerates west after clearing th... (more)

It's the night before Amtrak, and Penn Central train #8, the New York-Boston Merchants Limited, has completed its final run under private operation as it stands at the bumper in Boston's South Sta... (more)

A Boston-Providence commuter train operated by Conrail for the MBTA accelerates away from the stop at Canton Junction, MA. Conrail took over from Penn Central six months earlier and equipment owne... (more)

An ex-PRR E8 with a Penn Central Washington-Boston train pauses at Providence, RI, a year before Amtrak. The first car behind the engine is an ex-NH parlor/lounge. The distinctive Art Deco office ... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific International makes a small impression in a big scene having just exited Chuckanut Tunnel and is crossing Chuckanut Bay on a causeway. The train operated between Seattle and Vanco... (more)