RBNM 425 departs the Reading Outer Station

Merry Christmas from Maine! WW&F Fireman Dan Malkowski braves the sub-freezing air as he wrestles the big spout on the Sheepscot Water Tank into position to fill the cistern on Locomotive #... (more)

An A-B-B-A FT set leads ATSF train 23, the Grand Canyon Limited, west of Vaughn New Mexico, in 1947. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 17, the Super Chief, is being assisted by 2-10-2 1701, west of Trinidad Colorado, in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

First run with new stainless steel cars on the ATSF Super Chief, train number 17, east of Trinidad Colorado, 8 cars, 50 MPH, May 19th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1793 and ATSF 4-8-4 3782 lead a 15 car Chief, train 19, west of Trinidad Colorado on April 9th 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 9, the Navajo, is seen at Raton with ten cars in the consist, on September 2nd 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 1695 is assisting ATSF EMC E6 number 13 with an eight car El Capitan, in 1942. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3712 leads a nine car train, ATSF 5, at Palmer Lake Colorado in 1929. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

In what could be a scene from decades past, an ex-Santa Fe SD40-2 gets ready to set out some cars at a building materials business in Golden, Colorado.

EMD 645s and smoke belching tunnels. Exhaust erupts from Tunnel 5 as the mid-train helpers provide 12,000 horsepower to assist the daily "Oil Can" train as it struggles upgrade through ... (more)

BLW No. 26 getting frisky with the Iron Horse Society's "North Pole Express." After a three years absence, the train has returned to bring many a happy smile for young and old alike. As... (more)

A crew member chats with a railfan while a young boy daydreams about one day becoming an engineer of a steam locomotive. 2716 is a C&O 2-8-4 "Kanawha" that has been Southernized by the ... (more)

SP 4110 is street running with a twelve car Tehachapi, Southern Pacific train 56, in tow at 15 MPH, in 1937. Otto C. Perry photo, from my collection.

Steam encompasses Pere Marquette 1225 as it idles in the cold morning air while crews prepare it to head up the Curwood Highlander excursion to Owosso.