Former N&W SD40-2 6129 trails a three unit pusher set as they assist an eastbound loaded coal train through the 7110 ft. Elkhorn Tunnel on the way to Bluefield West Virginia.

With helper locomotives UP 5525 & 5521 pushing at the rear, Union Pacific 2-10-2 5526 is seen leading a fifty six car eastbound freight near Pine Lodge California in 1933. Otto Conrad Perry photo,... (more)

AT&SF 2-10-2 920 is assisting EMC E1 number 3 and its mate on the climb up rugged Raton Pass with a nine car Super Chief, west of Trinidad Colorado, in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my colle... (more)

In charge of D&RGW train number one, The Royal Gorge, is 4-8-4 1700 and an EMD FT set. It appears that the natural ventilation form of air conditioning is being utilized on this July day in 1949, ... (more)

ATSF 2-10-2 1696 is seen helping EMD E6 number 15 with a ten car Super Chief near Morley Colorado in 1942. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-10-2 1696 is assisting EMC E1 number 3 with train 17, the Super Chief, on rugged Raton Pass near Wootton in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

VGN 2-8-8-2s 739 and 710 are seen leaving Page West Virginia with a freight in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

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 2-6-2 1150 and 4-8-2 3720 lead a fourteen car troop train south, near Littleton Colorado, on August 30th 1952. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF 4-8-2s 3734 and 3702 emit impressive looking smoke plumes into the atmosphere, as they lead the California Limited through a remote landscape near Wagon Mound New Mexico, on March 23rd 1941.... (more)

A 2-10-2 and an EMD FT set are leading 99 cars, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF locos 1797 and 3811 are working hard near Morley, with 936 shoving at the rear. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Arriving L.A. on July 27th 1937. ATSF 3751 and 3710 are running at 20 MPH with 11 cars in tow. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-10-2 936 is seen shoving eastbound on the west side of Raton Pass, while Santa Fe 2-10-2s 1705 and 3811 are seen in the distance leading. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.