AT&SF train number 74 is seen leaving Los Angeles California in 1934. ATSF 4-6-2 1342 is sporting some unusual looking marker light brackets as it leads three cars at 15 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry pho... (more)

Pacific Coast 2-8-0 number 106 leads five cars northbound at 25 MPH on the narrow gauge line near Santa Maria California in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

#261 made a trip without diesel assist to the museum in Duluth and is now heading back to Minneapolis. The frigid summer temps were most welcomed.

With the spectacular Maluti Mountains as the backdrop, Sandstone Estate's class NGG16 - No.113 - slowly trundles past a field of cosmos en route to Hoekfontein.

Atlanta & West Point #280 leaves Auburn, Alabama in October of '52. The A&WP owned two of these Lima-built Pacific's, the #280 and the #290, and while the #280 is long gone, the #290 still survive... (more)

Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-0 18 leads 2-8-2 4960 in the late afternoon on a fine summer day in 1998

The fire burns in the belly of the beast. UP 844 (4-8-4) sits in Denver waiting to take the Cheyenne Frontier Days train back to Cheyenne.

PRR 2-8-2 1319 leads an eastbound freight at 40 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4449 and SP&S 700 sit side by side at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OR.

Union Pacific 4014 (Big Boy) in Schuyler

Train 37, The Southern Railways Crescent Limited passenger train, lead by A&WP 290 kicks up dust as it accelerates passed Atlanta's McPherson neighborhood behind 290 in 1946 illustrates on todays ... (more)

Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 number 5913 leads 9 cars near Field British Columbia in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

3526 and 3642 round the bend out of Georges Plains on a shuttle from Bathurst to Wimbledon. Taken: 10/6/2023

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

In a scene that looks like it could of been taken in Cheyenne back in the 1950s, UP 4014 emerges from the steam as it begins to leave Prescott for Little Rock, Arkansas. It was a brisk 25 degrees,... (more)