Monon's Chicago to Louisville train 5 the "Thoroughbred" at Lafayette, Indiana with F3A 205 on the point, in June 1962. Photo by L.A. Marre , photo part of my slide collection.

F3(A) 6501C with F3(B) 6501B and F5(A) 6505A photographed at Seattle, Washington in August 1961, wearing NP's two-tone green and white passenger livery. Photo by H.G. Benton, photo part of my ... (more)

CSXT 9994. At least that's what it COULD have been. Former CRR 800 spent years being repainted and renumbered to become the first CSXT 116 and with another cab unit & a B-unit, were the original... (more)

BN 702, an F3A, was the oldest cab unit still operating on BN in August 1979. Still retaining its 3 porthole side window, the unit had an upgraded GP style twin sealed beam headlight mounted on th... (more)

Photographed at the Hoboken freight servicing facility in March 1961, units renumbered by Erie-Lackawanna F3A 6054 (ex-DL&W 605A), GP7 1283 (ex-DL&W 964) and F7B 6352 (ex-DL&W 635B) Photo by ... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf F3A 883-A, still in full Gulf Mobile & Ohio paint (as the merger is only a few months old), is seen here with GM&O E7A 101 (the former Alton 101). GM&O 883-A was built in Ju... (more)

Power from two builders rolls east around the curve, an EMD F3A set leads Baldwin sharks. This could have been a light helper move with two helper sets. Note a light has been left inside the carbo... (more)

Monon's main shop facilities at Lafayette, Indiana. In this view five Monon F3's side by side on September 4, 1961. No photographer information listed on slide, from my collection.

The restored F3's are heading out to power an excursion on the Pocono mainline (I believe to replace the RDG duo) while the steamer is getting ready for the Scranton Limited. #664 was formerly ru... (more)

At the time, the pair was on display while RBMN had taken over Lehigh Gorge Scenic, but was previously in use for excursions here. They remained on display until moving to Scranton for rehab as DL... (more)

Now this one could also be researched as F7(A) or with the reporting mark SBVR....so I'm meeting in the middle. Built as, and now restored as, CRR 800, 8016 poses in Petersburg for the WV Rails e... (more)

Santa Train 75. Early on the morning of November 18, 2017, an elevated view looking down from Patty Loveless Drive, shows "The Santa Train" coming around the bend in Elkhorn City,... (more)

Sunset Shelbiana. Recently restored Clinchfield Railroad 800 (F3) sits in Shelbiana, KY on the night of November 17, 2017 before the running of The Santa Train by CSX for the 75th Anniversa... (more)

C&EI purchased a grand total of 36 carbody units, which included (3)E7A's, (16)F3A's, (7)F3B's and (10)FP7A's From my slide collection, John Bowman photo.

Helpers on EL 3623 East move across Starucca viaduct on an October morning. Behind the ex-DL&W caboose, lead helper 7094 is a former Erie unit, while the 8454, second out, is former DL&W - both of... (more)