The 1218 is northbound on the Shenandoah Valley Line on a circle trip from Roanoke to Balcony Falls on the C&O, down the James River Line to Lynchburg, and back to Roanoke over Blue Ridge. The Cl... (more)

4-6-0 "Lydham Manor" # 7827 of the Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company with the 17.00 h Kingswear to Paignton steamtrain near Goodrington Sands. The 4-6-0 was built in 1950 in... (more)

Strasburg Rail Road 90 hustles through Esbenshade with its passenger train on a sunny December morning.

The 1942 Baldwin-built oil-fired Frisco 4-8-4 No. 4501 is seen in this view from the rear of a Pullman car during our walking tour of the yard at the Museum of the American Railroad. One of three... (more)

SP 4-8-8-2 4141 is on the move with forty-eight car First 641 near Redding California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate on this westbound freight was 45 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Union Pacific train 717, the Los Angeles Challenger, is seen in Los Angeles at Pasadena Junction in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 number 2175 leads a westbound 76 car freight near Elliston Virginia in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1201 leads 80 cars westward through Roanoke Virginia in 1936. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Virginian Railway 2-10-10-2 number 801 leads 150 cars westbound doing 10 MPH at Roanoke Virginia on August 7th 1932. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Nevada Northern 81 and Kennecott Copper Corporation 801 pose at the East Ely Engine House as the sun rises on a beautiful February morning.

Norfolk & Western 475 stomps out of Cherry Hill as it passes Norfolk & Western 611's train on the passing siding.

Southern Pacific train number 43, the Californian, is seen at Los Angeles with ten cars in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Power Company 0-4-0 No. 2 sits next to the Alabama, Tennessee & Northern 2-10-0 No. 401, "The Lindbergh", inside the Age of Steam Railroad Roundhouse Museum in Su... (more)

Royal Hudson.A long time resident of Exporail in Dleson, Quebec, Canadian Pacific 2850 (4-6-4, MLW, 1938) is known as a "Royal Husdon" because it pulled the train of King George V... (more)

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