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)

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.

An Oregon-bound drag of lumber empties descends the grade out of the Tehachapi Mountains at Cliff siding on a hot July 1988 afternoon.

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.

A fast manifest hustles east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne mainline, while the daily local freight waits in the yard alongside a Speno train, on a very hot, hazy, and humid Au... (more)

The head end brakeman is unlocking the switch, while his westbound freight led by three E units waits on the main just east of the Broad Street interlocking tower, in 1975. The C&O is visible in t... (more)

D&RGW 5201 is leaving Denver Colorado with a westbound freight in 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

DALLAS TX May 27 1985 — Katy chop nose GP7 105 awaits work. EMD built the 105 (b/n 12063) as MKT 1515 in February 1951. After the Union Pacific merger the unit was never assigned a UP number and... (more)

EMD FTs lead an eastbound freight east of Mack Colorado in 1942. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW PA1 6011 leads train number 9, The Yampa Valley Mail, near Plainview Colorado sometime in the 1950s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Royal Gorge, D&RGW First #1, is departing Denver Colorado in 1957. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Seaboard Air Line EMC E4 and mate are seen at Richmond Virginia in 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Sleek Lehigh Valley PA-1 608 minus the black strips, leads the westbound "Black Diamond" near Buffalo, New York on October 22, 1953. Photo by Art Bleam, from my collection. ... (more)

HARNEY WY Oct 19 1977 — Union Pacific DDA40X 6905, SD40-2H 8007 and DDA40X 6924 roll across Wyoming with a mixed freight. My photo. EMD delivered the 6905 (b/n-34531) in August 1969. The unit wa... (more)