ATSF locos 1797 and 3811 are working hard near Morley, with 936 shoving at the rear. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Cumbres & Toltec 489 leads an unscheduled extra passenger train uphill through Dalton.

Smoke from burning hot brake shoes fill the sky as Cumbres & Toltec 484 rolls downhill at Lake Lobato.

Crew members perform a brake test shortly after C&TS 484 is hooked up to the daily consist.

ATSF 3751 is leading train number 6, north of Littleton Colorado, on January 15th 1939. Otto's 1935 Ford V8 sedan is partially visible at right. Rods down with 10 cars at 40 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry... (more)

Old school meets new school at Lebanon Junction, KY on the first day of former C&O 2716's journey to Ravenna from Kentucky Railway Museum.

The hard-working crew of the Nevada Northern Railway pose with locomotive 81 in East Ely. (Top Row Left-Right) Derek Evans, Lennox Purinton, Bill MeGill, Will Ebbert (Bottom Row Left-Right) ... (more)

“Sloppy Seconds”
Still in C&O garb from its recent charters, “C&O”/WMSR 1309 arrives at the former C&P Frostburg depot at 14:42 with Frostburg Flyer Winter Service Train #... (more)

Arriving L.A. on July 27th 1937. ATSF 3751 and 3710 are running at 20 MPH with 11 cars in tow. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The old and severely worn down American build and Finnish modified class Vr5 steam locomotive stands still as the clear night sky is dominated by stars, moon and auroras.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear

It's 1973, and the Denver and Rio Grande Western is running over the the high line on the Silverton Branch. The K-28 476 is leadin... (more)

In late Spring 2005, a volunteer at the North Carolina Transportation Museum works on Graham County Shay 1925. The locomotve was obviously still running at this tim, but by 2008 was taken out of s... (more)

Nevada Northern 81 arrives in East Ely with Steptoe Valley Flyer as the sun begins to set behind the mountains.

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway #491 (2-8-2) runs the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

In homage to EBT #16 being restored, sister mikado locomotives #15 and #14 lead a lead a coal train north to the interchange at Mt. Union, PA on a photo charter.