Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 number 4190 heads east with SP 3rd 824, a 76 car freight, at Los Angeles California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP cab-forward 4135 leads 61 cars westbound at 10 MPH, after exiting a snowshed in the vicinity of Donner Pass, on August 4th 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP cab-forward 4119 leads The Owl, SP 2nd 26, at Los Angeles California on May 4th 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society excursion train is seen leaving Reno on December 1st 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Eighteen car SP train 56 is seen at Glendale station in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4187 leads a westbound freight past the Caboose Cafe, in Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Southern Pacific train 25, The Owl, is seen at Los Angeles California on August 1st 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

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.

Built in March of 1944 by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Southern Pacific #4294 earned its keep by pulling freight trains over Donner Pass. Locomotive #4294 was the last of 20 Southern Pacific class AC... (more)

One of my fathers favorite locomotives was the Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward. It had a tractive force of 123,400 lbs., and a combined engine and tender weight of 1,051,200 lbs. My great, gr... (more)

When my father would see his great Uncle Rob, he would usually give my father a new Baldwin Locomotive Works Builder's Card. Robert F. McKee, Sr. worked for Baldwin as a design engineer, so great ... (more)

A rather large Espee stained glass emblem keeps watch over Espee Cab Forward, 4294.

Last of her kind, Southern Pacific AC-12 Class "Cab-Forward" #4294 was also the last new steam locomotive ordered by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Designed to battle the long, steep gr... (more)