This 2-8-8-2 articulated steam locomotive, number 2031, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Great Northern Railway. It had a total engine and tender weight of 916,500 lbs., and a tra... (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)
Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 254 leads a westbound freight near Oroville California in 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Westbound at Glendale California with thirty cars. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
SP 2-8-8-2 4001 is seen at Weed California in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 number 257 is seen at Portola California in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 number 256 leads seventy one cars eastbound at Oroville California in 1935. Otto's speed estimate for this train was 30 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 2051 leads 174 cars eastbound near Portsmouth Ohio in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.
Norfolk & Western Y6A 2156 on display at the National Museum of Transportation.
D&RGW 2-8-8-2 3554 is in charge of a fifty four car westbound freight near Plainview Colorado in 1943. Note the raised smoke deflector. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
An eastbound freight is emerging from the east tunnel portal on Tennessee Pass in 1931. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 number 2175 leads 120 cars west through Oakvale West Virginia in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
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 2-8-8-2 1793 is seen on the west side of Raton Pass, near Lynn New Mexico, during WWII in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
