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E8 on the Wabash Cannon Ball

By Mitch Horner | January 9, 2026

A black and white photograph of a streamlined diesel locomotive arriving at a passenger station

Wabash E8 1007 brings the Wabash Cannon Ball into Litchfield, Ill., near the beginning of its St. Louis–Detroit run in March 1956. John C. Illman photo

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Güntürk Üstün says:

January 11, 2026 at 6:30 pm

Wabash EMD E8A #1007 was seven years old when this photo was taken…

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