A derailment occurred when eight car NICTD train 701 picked a switch at approximately 0500 hrs near the Carroll avenue station in Michigan City Indiana. Passengers had not yet boarded and thankful... (more)

Otto's speed estimate was 80 MPH for this 13 car train near Valparaiso Indiana, on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne Line, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1794 and ATSF 4-8-4 3773 lead train 19, a fourteen car Chief, doing 25 MPH at Lynn New Mexico in 1945. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ALCO PA1 56 and mates lead Santa Fe train 3, the California Limited, west of Bernalillo New Mexico in 1947, with 13 cars at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

First run with new stainless steel cars on the ATSF Super Chief, train number 17, east of Trinidad Colorado, 8 cars, 50 MPH, May 19th 1937. 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 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.

A derailment occurred when eight car NICTD train 701 picked a switch after leaving the yard around 5:05 am. Passengers had not yet boarded and thankfully there were no injuries.

Southern Pacific train number 4 is seen at San Diego California on April 23rd 1933. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Freshly painted NICTD unit 1000 waits for its next assignment on the South Shore Line. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

Orders at Porter. The conductor receives his orders as his train rolls west through Porter Junction in 1977.

ATSF train number 21, El Capitan, is seen near Wootton Colorado in 1944. ATSF 1797 and ATSF E6, number 13, have thirteen cars in tow doing 25 MPH on rugged Raton Pass. Otto Conrad Perry photo from... (more)

My sons Mike and Jeff tagged along with their railfan Dad about ninety percent of the time when they were young, and I enjoyed every minute. They're both avid railfans to this day. Seen here at th... (more)

AT&SF train number 6, the Colorado Express, is seen north of Castle Rock on June 26th 1932. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 926 and 1651 are assisting train 17, The Super Chief, west of Morley Colorado, on the east side of Raton Pass, in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.