Manicured ballast, tell-tale poles, and The Capitol Limited, at Chicago in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF thirteen car mixed train number 67 is approaching the Wichita Kansas station in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF 2-6-2 1150 and 4-8-2 3720 lead a fourteen car troop train south, near Littleton Colorado, on August 30th 1952. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

CSXT 2010 is seen switching an old industry on a close clearance siding in downtown Louisville Kentucky. Mike Stupar photo.

The Chief is seen at Raton New Mexico in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

El Capitan, AT&SF train 21, is seen descending on the west side of Raton Pass near Lynn New Mexico, on January 16th 1944. Note the wartime headlight visor on E6 13. Otto Perry photo, from my colle... (more)

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.

Four P&LE GE U25Bs are seen on the EJ&E Porter Line in 1980.

N&W 1373 waits in the hole, as a manifest freight heads east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne mainline.

ATSF 4-6-4 3459 is leaving Denver with a six car train on May 23rd 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Grand Canyon Limited, ATSF 2nd 23, is led by ATSF 4-8-4 2912 west of Vaughn New Mexico on September 21st 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.