FIRST QUARTER 2025: Diesel Era presents the first installment in a series featuring Electro-Motive Division’s iconic SD60. You’ll see Union Pacific’s first order of SD60s in this edition. Also, Ryan Drake shares photos of the newly repainted Santa Fe Dash 8-40BW 537 in Super Fleet colors. All this and more in the 1st Quarter 2025 issue of Diesel Era!
EMD SW1001: Part 3
The third part in our series covering Electro-Motive’s SW1001, produced between September 1968 and June 1986.
EMD SD50: D&RGW 5501-5517
Rio Grande purchased 17 SD50s from Electro-Motive Division in 1984 to augment its need for greater horsepower.
Bath & Hammondsport Alco Switcher Acquired by Museum
Retired Bath & Hammondsport Alco S-1 switcher No. 5 has been acquired by the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum.
Metro-North Railroad Debuts Third Wrapped Locomotive from Heritage Series
The Metro-North wrap pays tribute to New York Central, the predecessor railroad that operated on the Hudson and Harlem lines.
Freight Car Classics: Conrail Boxcars
A collection of classic Conrail boxcars inherited from six bankrupt railroads of the Northeast in 1976.
Rock Island GP40s
Information and images are currently sought in documenting Electro-Motive Division’s GP40 series