Wabash (WAB) 1009 - EMD E8A
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Nice side roster shot of Wabash E8A #1009 as it sat on display at the Virginia Transportation Museum. An unidentified rail fan took the photo.
Great "slice of pie" roster shot of the Wabash E8A #1009 in an outside display at the Virginia Transportation Museum. An unidentified rail fan took the photo. It has since been cosmetically restored by NS and returned to the Museum in 2014 for a new covered display.
Great "face" of an EMD E8A loco that served the Wabash for only 16 years before being retired and donated to the Virginia Transportation Museum. In late 2012, this locomotive was Paid Advertisement Click on the ad for more information. Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor. sent to the Norfolk Southern Shops in Roanoke for a cosmetic overhaul and then to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for painting. It returned to the museum in early 2014. An unidentified rail fan took this photo as it sat out in the open on display at the Virginia Transportation Museum.
On display in an outdoor setting at the Virginia Transportation Museum was Wabash E8A #1009.1009 pulled such notable trains as the Wabash Cannonball, City of St. Louis, City of Kansas City, as well as other Wabash passenger trains. The loco was retired from service in June 1967 and was then donated to the Museum. An unidentified rail fan took the photo as it sat.
Date approximate. Wabash E8A No. 1009 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in a later Wabash paint scheme. In 2012 this would get a cosmetic restoration and repainted to the original Wabash scheme when it was first built.
During its active days, this locomotive pulled such famous trains as the Wabash Cannonball, the City of St. Louis, and the City of Kansas City.
Built sometime between 1949 and 1954, this engine was cosmetically restored in 2012 in Chattanooga.
Built by NW in 1922, donated to the museum in 1963.
10000 E unit built
Streamliners at Spencer
Streamliners at Spencer
E unit
Follow The Flag!
Polished to a shine.
This is what E Units look like for short people like me.
The nose logo and detail is just perfect.
Tried different lighting.
These two turned out better.
All posing.
At the table.
Truly a gathering.
The photo lines moved
In the yard
Saturday
On Friday
Around the table
Still sitting in the same place
I love E units
A non operating E unit
At the roundhouse
UP 949, EMD E9A, at the North Carolina Transportation Museum during the Streamliners at Spencer event at Spencer North Carolina
Selfie with 1009
Why she is here.
At Wawena Park under the I-221 overpass.