Maine Central train number 15, the Flying Yankee, is seen at Portland Maine in 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.
AT&SF EMC E1 number five departs Albuquerque at 10 MPH with a five car El Capitan in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
An early UP passenger train leaves Denver, probably for Omaha.
So here comes the 5586 Westbound down the Clark Fork valley between Spring Gulch and St. Regis, MT. At the time, there was a section of track warrant territory between Superior and Paradise, MT th... (more)
The Santa Fe Super Chief is seen at Albuquerque New Mexico in 1943. Note the wartime headlight visor on the EMC E6. Jack Delano photo, from the Library of Congress collection and my collection.
Raton New Mexico Super Chief station scene four days after Christmas in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
UP M-10001 is in charge of train 2, the City of Portland (6 cars), at Cheyenne Wyoming on July 7th 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
PRR 4809 leads 11 cars at 60 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
PRR-Westinghouse 2-C-2 number 4782 leads train 28, the Broadway Limited, at 70 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Union Pacific train number 111, the City of Denver, is seen leaving Denver on its first westbound run, with ten cars at 35 MPH, on June 19th 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Chicago, 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Power car # 325 of the TGV-Atlantique, which set a world record for rail vehicles that had long been unsurpassed: 515.3 kilometers per hour on may 18, 1990, between Courtalain and Tours. The TGV-A... (more)
ATSF train 21, El Capitan, is seen near La Junta Colorado on June 5th 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
AT&SF train 12, The Chicagoan, is seen east of Newton Kansas on January 21st 1939. Otto 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.
