Atlantic Coast Line E3A #501 and Burlington E5A #9911A pose side by side during one of the night photo shoots at Streamliners.

Class of 1939: Spencer's two oldest Streamliners sit side-by-side during the day's festivities. Despite their mutual age of 75 years, they look great.

Atlantic Coast Line E3 No. 501 takes a spin on the former Southern Railway turntable at the roundhouse in Spencer, N.C. The sprawling shop complex is now the North Carolina Transportation Museum a... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line No. 109 leaving South Rocky Mount, NC, joins the mainline led by SD45 1025 accompanied by an Alco C628, an E8A, E7A, and E6A on April 2, 1967.

I imagine all these old beasts telling stories late into the night, chuckling at all the fools running around taking their pictures and generally feeling good that they have cheated the grim reape... (more)

The classic nose profiles of early E units on display at the Streamliners at Spencer event.

Last night of the Night Photo shoots, the Atlantic Coast Line E3 #510 and the Burlington Route E5 9911-A sit next to each other patiently as photographers take lots of photos of this rare treat to... (more)

Backstage Before the Show - Five cab units sit patiently, their backs to the stage, and wait for their turn in the spotlight the following day. The five units represent three different locomotive ... (more)

Spikes
When a tie replacement is under way, one of the other fundamental things being replaced other than ties are spikes and lots of them as evident here. An original Atlantic Coast ... (more)

Back-to-back E7s #531 and #535 guide the 'South Wind' through the complex trackage at Chicago's Union Station on July 24, 1964. The every-other-day Chicago to Florida 'South Wind' drew power ... (more)

The four engines are lined up for the test-shoot before the Streamliners event at the end of May. ACL 501 has actually been pulled out of the roundhouse for the event, representing one of the two ... (more)

The North Carolina Transportation Museum held its Spring Kick-off today and a few hanger queens including ACL 1031 got to come out of the roundhouse for some sunshine.

An Erie Lackawanna employee brings a complete freight car truck set away from a derailment in Hammond. You can notice that one end of the ACL boxcar is suspended in the air by an EL crane while t... (more)

A Golden Arrow Lines excursion on the Central Wisconsin Railroad Company route between Waukesha and North Prairie is rumbling through Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, on August 4, 1984. Next to the track... (more)

For the first time in years the ACL 501 is moving under its own power. Doug Nixon carefully watches the flanges as the engine eases off the turntable. For more pictures please visit my flickr http... (more)