The legendary photographer Otto Perry captured this AT&SF 17 car mail train, number 8, doing 50 MPH at Bernalillo New Mexico on September 20th 1947. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Speeding east out of Bossier City. Kansas City Southern 1 leads the holiday train by Miller Road heading towards Monroe, Louisiana for the first stop of the tour before doing a night run to Vicksb... (more)