"Beach Bound Nostalgia Under Church" On the morning of July 8th, 2023, New York City Transit's American Car & Foundry Company R1 #381 lead a 6 car vintage train down the BMT Br... (more)

ATSF 2-10-4s 5034 and 5030 lead a 62 car freight, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF train 13, is seen leaving Denver in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Chief, AT&SF train 19, is seen at Nolan New Mexico in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of La Junta Colorado in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Late Seventies in Gladstone Yard. NJ Transit Arrow III car no. 1310 is the lead unit on a westbound Gladstone Branch train passing other equipment as it pulls through the yard approachi... (more)

Rolling east on Southern Pacific’s West Colton Division, Cotton Belt GP35 6505 (ex-SSW 765) and SP GP9R 3880 (ex-SP GP9 3720, née-SP GP9 5884) meet a westbound, led by SP SD45T-2 9216, holding ... (more)

“Lonely Survivor”
The Western Maryland Railway freight station in York, shown here on April 21, 1984, was built in 1896 for WM precursor Baltimore & Harrisburg Railway Company. The J... (more)

Bed time at Rockhill Furnace. Completing a full day of operations, the crew of East Broad Top Mikado #16 takes their engine past the "stone house" in the yard at Rockhill Furnace,... (more)

Here is a new railroad for Railpictures, this little 4-4-0 number 11 was built for the Truxillo Railroad in Honduras by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., wa... (more)

The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of Ayer Colorado in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Southern Pacific 8321 is the lone helper on an eastbound manifest as it rolls down the hill in Cajon Pass, while an eastbound Santa Fe works up the hill towards Summit.

AT&SF 4-6-4 3456 leads train 2, The Scout, at Wichita Kansas in May of 1940. Note the clanging bell, and rods down, at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Chicago, 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Manicured ballast, tell-tale poles, and The Capitol Limited, at Chicago in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.