Far from home: What may look like a scene out of SoCal with the canal and tall buildings is actually a scene from southwest Virginia. An eastbound stacker picks up speed after departing Roanoke w... (more)
SP cab-forward 4135 leads 61 cars westbound at 10 MPH, after exiting a snowshed in the vicinity of Donner Pass, on August 4th 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
A three-aspect Safetran-style dwarf signal's bottom-most stop signal is buried within a few inches of fresh snow at the West End of Coal River Siding on CSX's ex-C&O Coal River Subdivision. The si... (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.