Santa Fe 3751 from the engineer side. I saw the 3751 for the first time on November 26, 1976 when it was still on display in San Bernardino. After it was restored by the San Bernardino Railway Hi... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Oct 16 1983 — Santa FE SD40-2 5131 and SD45-2 5685 roll south on train 185. EMD delivered the unit (s/n 796396-4) in December 1980 as an RCE Locotrol remote locomotive with two ... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

A forty nine car southbound freight is seen at Fresno California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate was 8 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BLUE CUT CA Sept 6 1983 — What at first glance seems to be a light engine movement is in actuality a bare tables train with ATSF SD40-2 5172 in the lead. Also in consist are C30-7 8096 and SD45 ... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

VAUGHN NM Sept 25 1988 — Santa Fe SD40-2 5149 and SD45u 5346 pull a TOFC train past the station on the way east to Clovis NM. EMD delivered the unit (s/n 796386-9) in October 1980 in blue body w... (more)

With four B truck locomotives, two EMD, two GE. On the train they were bought for a high speed hot shot pig train. (Tom Ellis photo)

PURCELL OK Feb 7 1981 — SD40-2 5106 leads a train which is tied down on a yard track. When a new crew arrives it will continue its trip south. EMD delivered the unit (s/n 786219-36) in October 1... (more)

ATSF 500, Santa Fe's first B40-8W, leads a GP60M and another GE on westbound Q-train passing under the large signal bridge near Joliet Union Station and tower. Trackage here is both Santa Fe and S... (more)

ATSF FM H12-44 sits next to the diesel shop at Corwith Yard, Chicago, with 3 Geeps in March 1974. It was built in August 1952 as ATSF 520 and renumbered to 620 3/16/73. The switcher was retired no... (more)

AT&SF 2-8-8-2 1797 awaits its next helper assignment on Raton Pass near Morley Colorado in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-6-2 1874 leads a freight east of Pueblo Colorado in 1945. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

CLOVIS NM Sept 25 1988 — Noon light rules as SD40-2 5050 leads a set of engines at the east end of Clovis. The lashup has cut off their train and is heading to the engine facility. EMD built t... (more)