In charge of D&RGW train number one, The Royal Gorge, is 4-8-4 1700 and an EMD FT set. It appears that the natural ventilation form of air conditioning is being utilized on this July day in 1949, ... (more)

Norfolk Southern gathered their then-new heritage units at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in July 2012 to show them off to several thousand visitors who attended over the 4th of July wee... (more)

Grapevine Vintage Railroad's Trinity River Excursion train is seen at Trinity Park in Fort Worth with former New Haven FL9 2016 leading.

CSX 118- 119, with the Western Maryland Salisbury viaduct as a backdrop, we see a eastbound OCS on the ex-B&O Keystone sub. We are on the west slope of Sand Patch grade, just west of Salisbury Jun... (more)

An EMD FT A-B-A set leads a freight at Denver Colorado in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An EMD FT set in 1948. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

See The Dinner Train During Dinner. Patrons of the East Wind Lobster & Grille in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts are treated to the sight of Mass Coastal/Cape Cod Central Railroad's Dinner Trai... (more)

The E8A 2021 leads the Frisco passenger train the SOUTHLAND out of Kansas City bound for Springfield, Memphis and Birmingham on April 15, 1963. The consist is predominantly green cars, with th... (more)

Heading out of the town of Fort Myers bound for the bridge that crosses the Caloosahatchee River, Seminole Gulf no 502, a former F9A is seen at the point as they make way North.

Norfolk Southern 4270, leads OCS 953 west bound on the ex-PRR Pittsburgh mainline at CP PACK, Torrance, Pennsylvania. April 30, 2011. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

When I walked into the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City, Kansas, the last thing I expected to see was the Alco FA2 Western Maryland 303. I had last seen this engine in Barton, M... (more)

E8s Were Old Even Then. On Saturday, December 16, 2023, Conrail Shared Assets operated a "Santa Train" to Haddon Heights, New Jersey. During the afternoon, toys were distributed to area chi... (more)

There were many scenic views along route of Southern Crescent. This is not that, though water tank was landmark for many years.

The ACWR lineup at Pinehurst in anticipation of the US Open at the Pinehurst station.

D&RGW PA1 6013 leads train number 10, The Yampa Valley Mail, near Plainview Colorado sometime in the 1960s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.