On the caboose track near the yard office on a very cold and overcast winter day thirty nine years ago.
A manifest freight rolls east through Willow Creek Junction on the Michigan Central (NYC) Porter Branch in 1979. The street crossing is Willow Creek Road and the rail crossing is the former Baltim... (more)
N&W train number 4, the Pocahontas, is seen near Bluefield West Virginia in 1950. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
ATSF train 4, the California Limited, is seen approaching La Junta Colorado at 50 MPH on September 16th 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Manicured ballast, tell-tale poles, and The Capitol Limited, at Chicago in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Wabash EMD E8 1012 leads a seven car train at Thompson Missouri in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
ATSF F3 20 and mates lead a 10 car Banner Tours Special south of Littleton Colorado on July 15th 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Union Pacific F3A 1445 and mates lead a westbound freight near Dale Wyoming in 1954. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
An ALCO A-B-A set leads eastbound with 87 cars near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1955. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
An ALCO A-B-A set awaits its next assignment at Cheyenne Wyoming in 1956. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
A former Monon caboose waits for its next assignment at South Hammond in 1973.
A Santa Fe Operation Life Saver Special makes a brief stop in Chillicothe Illinois on the ATSF main. The train ran from Chicago to Galesburg and returned to Chicago on this day in 1987, and fortun... (more)
Southern Pacific train number 43, the Californian, is seen at Los Angeles with ten cars in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Amtrak's James Whitcomb Riley is eastbound on C&O rails just east of Broad street in 1975.
ATSF 920 and ATSF 6 lead train 21, El Capitan, west of Starkville in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
