Western Maryland 1309 works hard at Parkersburg on a cold December morning.

ATSF 3719 and ATSF 3751 lead train number 4, a thirteen car California Limited doing 60 MPH west of La Junta, on September 15th 1935. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Empress of the Narrow Gauge The Empress of the Narrow Gauge Rail shows off her feathers at the Colorado Railroad Museum test the fine lady on a delightful winter storm light Saturday t... (more)

The Galant Men of Steam The Empress of the Narrow Gauge Rail shows off her feathers at the Colorado Railroad Museum test the fine lady on a delightful winter storm light Saturday the ... (more)

Southern Ry 630, owned by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, pulls one of the early Norfolk Southern 21st Century Steam trips. Here she is northbound crossing from Main-1 to Main-2 at the Salis... (more)

ATSF 3751 leads train number 13, north of Littleton Colorado, on March 12th 1932 . Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Lokie. Wanamie Mine Railroad 0-4-0T locomotive 9 (Vulcan Iron Works, 1915) was brought to Miners' Memorial Park in Ashley, Pennsylvania on the former site of the Blue Coal’s Huber Breaker... (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.

Engineer Ryan Bausher does his final oiling to Reading & Northern 425 before its last day of operation before its 1472.

The early morning fog hangs on as Nickel Plate 587 and Norfolk & Western 1218 roll an excursion on the S-Line from Salisbury NC to Asheville NC.

Barreling through Ohio farmland. Norfolk & Western J-Class Northern #611 looks right at home barreling across open farmland, hauling a 5-car express passenger train on a sunny November afte... (more)

Crossing the Pumpkinville Pike. Here's a mid-morning view of Norfolk & Western J-Class Northern #611 as she hauls a matched string of wooden coaches over the famous bridge spanning the &quo... (more)

The 49er, UP train number 48, (8 cars 35 MPH) is seen near Echo Utah on October 23rd 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Western Pacific 2-8-2 311 leads 45 cars west bound at Elko Nevada on July 29th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Executing a "hard start". On most railroad photo shoots, run-bys are initiated out of sight of the photo line from around a curve or behind a stand of trees. This serves two purp... (more)