ATSF train 90, The Centennial State, is moving along at 50 MPH near Castle Rock, on August 14th 1949. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 4099 and ATSF 5029 are in charge of a 65 car freight east of Belen, on September 2nd 1946. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3815 and ATSF E1 number 6 lead train 22, El Capitan, east of Raton in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 is an H-6 "Mallet" with a wheel configuration of 2-6-6-2. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 to haul coal from the fields in West Virginia. It only served ... (more)

AT&SF train number 6, the Colorado Express, is seen north of Castle Rock on June 26th 1932. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 920 and ATSF 6 lead train 21, El Capitan, west of Starkville in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Two car Northern Pacific train number 264 is seen on the curved trestle at Dorsey Idaho in 1931. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

John Hulbert. Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway 0-4-2T locomotive no. 1 (Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1890), originally named the John Hulbert, is seen on display at the Colorado Railroa... (more)

ATSF 3719 and ATSF 3751 lead train number 4, a thirteen car California Limited doing 60 MPH west of La Junta, on September 15th 1935. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3751 leads train number 13, north of Littleton Colorado, on March 12th 1932 . Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Steam, smoke and snow in the forest of Buda hills. (1/6 pan shot.)

Otto's speed estimate was 80 MPH for this 13 car train near Valparaiso Indiana, on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne Line, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The 49er, UP train number 48, (8 cars 35 MPH) is seen near Echo Utah on October 23rd 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Western Pacific 2-8-2 311 leads 45 cars west bound at Elko Nevada on July 29th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Rise and shine 611. Just moments after sunrise, Norfolk & Western J-Class Northern #611 makes a spirited charge across the Amish Farmland along Pennsylvania's Strasburg Rail Road, hauling a... (more)