The (probably) City of Portland races off the Harriman Cutoff in the late 60s, with my father, Clarence (who is not one of the three generations of Hinkhouses to post on this site), ... (more)

SLRG 515 leading the Iowa Pacific run Polar Express at Batesville, Mississippi.

Note the Sears Tower under the signal bridge and the two parlor cars behind the locomotive.

The George Washington. A Roger Puta photograph.

Spring is in the air as the Broadway Limited passes through Banks Interlocking, heading toward Harrisburg behind some well-worn E-units. Lead engine No. 444 was built by EMD in June, 1946 (c.n. 3... (more)

A Football Special prepares to depart from the depot at Rock Island. The train is taking fans to the University of Iowa at Iowa City.

For many University of Iowa football games, the Rock Island ran "Football Trains" for fans wanting to see the game. A pair of clean E8's depart Davenport for Iowa City after loading here along 5t... (more)

Baltimore & Ohio E8(A) 1435 with an E8(B) on the C&O's Cincinnati to Detroit "The Cincinnatian" near Cincinnati, Ohio January 22, 1961 Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed on s... (more)

Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr, a hodge podge of UP, SP, ATSF?, and Amtrak branded cars at this time was an interesting sight to see. Because the Rio Grande operated the RGZ, this train came up fr... (more)

A freight with a trio of E's about to depart the yard at Silvis, IL

One of only a couple of E8s that were repainted in NJ Transit Silver (Doug Lilly recently posted a picture of 4323) awaits its next assignment at South Amboy. This locomotive was built as NYC 408... (more)

Freshly-restored Pennsylvania Railroad E8 5898 glistens as it sits on a siding on the Blue Mountain and Reading in Temple, PA.

In 1976, the NJDOT became the operator for the New York and Long Branch commuter lines and thankfully repainted the E-Unit fleet from PC Black into a traditional blue paint scheme. In 1979, NJ Tr... (more)

On it's first trip to the southeast, SLRG 515 pulls up to the Batesville platform to start loading for Iowa Pacific's new Grenada Polar Express. Batesville was once home to the Illinois Cen... (more)