Jan 13, EMD “SD9” Locomotives

The E8, along with the earlier E7, proved to be the pinnacle for passenger models as rail travel was starting to wane during the 1950s.

The George Washington became the C&O’s flagship train between Cincinnati and Norfolk after it was inaugurated in 1932. It survived until Amtrak in 1971.

The Olympian Hiawatha was Milwaukee Road’s home-built streamliner that connected Chicago and Seattle debuting in 1947. It was canceled in 1961