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.

ATSF 1132 heads west into Amarillo with twenty seven cars, in 1936. Otto C. Perry photo, from my collection.

The California Zephyr runs through the North Yard and past the former Colorado and Southern water tower.

Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington 0-4-4T #9 pulls a short mixed train through the winter wonderland that is Maine in the winter. What could easily be a historic photograph is actually from... (more)

ATSF train number 21, El Capitan, is seen near Wootton Colorado in 1944. ATSF 1797 and ATSF E6, number 13, have thirteen cars in tow doing 25 MPH on rugged Raton Pass. Otto Conrad Perry photo from... (more)

ATSF E6 number 12 leads a seven car train 12, The Chicagoan, near Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ATSF 920 and EMC E1 number 6 lead train 21, a five car El Capitan doing 35 MPH on the east side of Raton Pass near Starkville Colorado, in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ALCO PA1 56 and mates lead Santa Fe train 3, the California Limited, west of Bernalillo New Mexico in 1947, with 13 cars at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

Reading & Northern 425 tears through the woods at Molino as she passes by the recently relocated station building. The Molino Station was located in Port Clinton until 2021, when the area was defo... (more)

Western Maryland #1309 is about to enter the south portal of Brush Tunnel on November 6, 2022 as she hustles north for Frostburg, MD with coal hoppers on tow.

It almost seems as though this Ringneck & Western crew should receive some hazard pay for running over these rails. They're currently tip toeing over old Milwaukee Road track that is typically out... (more)