A crew member enjoys some fresh air from the window on NP F-9A Extra 7004A West. The tonnage freight makes its way upgrade near milepost 121, about five miles west of Livingston, on June 5, 19... (more)

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.

A perfectly matched A-B-A set of NYC lightning stripes FA's, hustled westbound on track 3 with a coal train at Lyons, N.Y. on October 17, 1956. Photo by David R. Connor, from my collection. ... (more)

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

Wabash train number 79, the Chicago Express, is seen leaving Detroit Michigan in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

VGN 2-8-8-2s 739 and 710 are seen leaving Page West Virginia with a freight in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Moving at track speed the Wabash Cannon Ball rushed through Litchfield, Illinois on May 04, 1955. E-8 #1005 crosses the CB&Q tracks on its way to St. Louis with an all heavy-weight consist. Phot... (more)

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

Otto's trusty 1935 Ford sedan is visible to the left of UP 966A. Finding a clean and shiny EMD F3 set was a great way to start off the new year of 1948. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The SD-9 828 was the first C&S unit to get the Q system red scheme, having been rebuilt at La Grange the previous month and repainted in the new colors. In October 1962 828 was assigned on the ... (more)

C&S SD-9 832 with only a short local in front of the Longmont depot, the crew was resting before returning to Broomfield on February 21, 1968. Photo by Ken Crist, from my collection.

C&S train number 7, the Gulf Coast Special, is crossing the Arkansas River south of Pueblo Colorado in 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Rolling through Sandwich, Illinois on October 01, 1959 a westbound Burlington freight is propelled by a trio of Chinese Red high-nose SD24's on the point. Here U.S. Route 34 parallels the CB&Q m... (more)

As passenger trains were cancelled everywhere a few classy looking units could still be captured. By the time I got to Wichita Falls later that year they were gone. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, fr... (more)