The Erie Western Railroad operated a short section of ex Erie Lackawanna in Indiana for about two years. Sixteen miles of railroad and not enough traffic put the railroad out of business. They ope... (more)

Final Hours... It's the last week of roadrailer operations for Norfolk Southern; the iconic and once innovative service is slated to be replaced by conventional intermodal equipment next week. ... (more)

EL eastbound freight sitting at Huntington, IN, February 1976. Ektachrome, photographer: D. Ellison, John E. Troxler collection.

Photographer unknown

ex-LIRR 203. Photo by Bob Elliott.

Erie Western's four RS3s (1600-1603) were delivered in June of 1978 and are former C&NW. Photographer unknown.

Erie Western RS3s 1600 and 1603 wait for work in Huntington. The railroad's four RS3s were delivered in June of 1978 and are former C&NW. Photographer unknown.

Less than a year on the property, Erie Western 1600 and 1601 sit out of service not much more than a month before the railroad would shut down. Both units have pilot damage as can been seen in the... (more)

ex C&NW 1552. From my collection, photographer unknown.

ex C&NW 1552. From my collection, photographer unknown.

Former SP GE locomotive patched by UP leads eastbound extra section NS 10E past the Wabash searchlight signals at CP Mardenis east of Huntington, IN during a winter whiteout.

A couple of EL GP35 locomotives idle at the Huntington, IN yard office. John E. Troxler collection, Photographer unknown. Original Ektachrome slide.

NS 15E had quite the surprise power this morning. While foreign power is not uncommon, a Union Pacific heritage unit in rural Indiana sure is. UP 1989 Rio Grande was the third motor on the day's 1... (more)

Train 5, The Lake Cities. A Roger Puta Photograph

Less than two months before the E-L will be absorbed into the newly formed Conrail, E-L E8's take charge on a westbound freight just west of Huntington, Indiana. Collection of Victor Williamson.