The head brakeman is aligning the switch for a westbound manifest freight led by three E units, just east of the legendary Broad street tower. The C&O line is visible in the distance.

A pair of tuscan red E8s present a sight that was common on the Pennsylvania RR in the 1960s, but the scene is in former New Haven territory at Pine Orchard (Branford), CT, and the ex-PRR E8s are ... (more)

Nicely restored New York Central E8 4083 in the Jade Green scheme is on display at the annual United Railroad Historical Society open house. Only a handful of locomotives were painted into this sc... (more)

As dusk settles over the Berkshires, Penn Central train 427, the nameless successor to the New York Central's New England States as the railroad's overnight connection from Boston to the Midwest, ... (more)

While driving on I-81 I'd noticed a white E unit for quite some time. One day when I had some time, I decided to wander around and see if I could get closer to find out what it was. To my surpri... (more)

Amtrak's Arrowhead which provided service between the Twin Cities and Twin Ports is crossing the Mississippi River at the entry to the former GN depot in Minneapolis. At this time Amtrak used this... (more)

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha has just left the former GN station in Minneapolis for its trip to Chicago. This first 100 plus miles are along the Mississippi River, starting here with a crossing o... (more)

On the eve of Amtrak, ex-PRR E8 4267 leads a short Penn Central train 170 (Washington-Boston) through the Forest Hills section of Boston on its way to South Station.

The former CGW yard tower stands tall as the Rock Island 652 poses next to Rock Island wooden caboose 17958. The 17958 was built in 1914.

The first public appearance of Manly Junction's Rock Island E Units occured at the Hub City Heritage RR museum in Oelwein, IA. Here the 653 is posed next to a wood Rock Island caboose in front of ... (more)

The Hub City Heritage Corporation Railway Museum had their Railroad Days on August 19/20 this year. For the event the Iowa Northern owned Rock Island E-units were brought up from Waterloo and put ... (more)

Rock Island E8A 652 and E6A 630, now owned by Iowa Northern Railway, make their public debut at the Hub City Heritage Corp. Railway Museum's 2017 Railroad Days event.

The Pennsy's summer train, THE NORTHERN ARROW, has just arrived at its destination, Mackinaw City. Michigan with sections from St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago. It is 1961, the last year of PRR p... (more)

As the sun comes up on a summer morning, the Baltimore & Ohio's flagship Capitol Limited is on the last lap of its overnight journey from Washington as it passes the operator's cabin at Pullman Ju... (more)

Before the revival that began in the late 1970s, many off-peak Chicago commuter trains were rather modest affairs. A Burlington E8 that had became the property of Burlington Northern five months e... (more)