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)

Railfans dot the trackside landscape as the Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 runs through the S curve at Rock River, Wyoming.

The Union Pacific's Big Boy splits the signals west of Medicine Bow, Wyoming as it runs west towards California.

Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 (4-8-8-4) re-traces the route of many Big Boy's that have run on track #3 through Harriman, Wyoming.

Late Night Rainfall | During a rain shower around 40 minutes into the morning of Sunday, June 30, 2024, a northbound empty grain train cruises through the town of Decatur, AR.

SP 2-8-2 3250 leads an eighty four car eastbound freight at 25 MPH near Selma California in 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

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.

Rio Grande Southern engine #20 (4-6-0) runs passengers around the large grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum located in Golden, Colorado.

Flagman Brian Smith stands guard over the Michigan-Indiana border as Nickel Plate Road 765 thunders by on a photo runby.

The EBT...a time machine in three foot gauge. Pleasing in its sights, smells and sounds; though the sounds here seem to be a bit much for the younger crowd at the station.

Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) runs laps around the grounds at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado ran their Rio Grande Southern #20 (4-6-0) and their RGS Galloping Goose #7 over the weekend, giving rides to families and individual railfans.

Extra 2884 flying the white flags brings in a short consist of cars. The morning loads had already arrived and were being delivered to customers. The 2884 plus caboose will return to Macon later i... (more)

East Broad Top 16 smokes out the farmlands neighboring the Long Fill on a sunny October afternoon.