SP train 70, The Coaster, is on the move near Glendale California at 40 MPH, with 13 cars, in 1940. Otto's trusty 1935 Ford V-8 sedan is visible at left. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collectio... (more)

A forty nine car southbound freight is seen at Fresno California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate was 8 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Napa garbage loads roll northbound on the Shasta Route in the summer of 1999.

My father had a LP record called "Valley of the Steam Locomotives", which featured different NdeM steam locomotives. Sometimes when mom and my sisters were out of the house for a while, my dad wou... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

New GP40-2LW, CN 9632, was part of an EMD test train that included their data collection car, their F9 AB set and an SD45-2X test loco. The train was testing power using Stampede Pass, which has b... (more)

SP 4449 has arrived in Wenatchee, WA with the American Freedom Train in early November 1975. The engine has been placed at the locomotive facilities for fuel/water before continuing west over Stev... (more)

With four B truck locomotives, two EMD, two GE. On the train they were bought for a high speed hot shot pig train. (Tom Ellis photo)

An eastbound with a varied consist just north of Picacho.

The Coolidge Turn is diverging from the Sunset Line and is heading north to Coolidge.

Union Pacific train 717, the Los Angeles Challenger, is seen in Los Angeles at Pasadena Junction in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Five GP's are in charge of a manifest in the Price River Canyon. GP40-2's, a GP40, and GP35 brings up the rear. D&RGW 3120, 3095, 3089, 3119, 3047 at Kyune, Utah.

The engineer widens out the throttle after getting a high green as an eastbound gets into the clear.

PURCELL OK Feb 7 1981 — SD40-2 5106 leads a train which is tied down on a yard track. When a new crew arrives it will continue its trip south. EMD delivered the unit (s/n 786219-36) in October 1... (more)