N&W 2-8-8-2 2175 leads an eighty three car freight westward, near Salem Virginia, on July 11th 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
N.C. & St. L 576 still under restoration at Nashville Tn
Got 80 Gallons? On July 14, 2009, Union Pacific Railroad "Big Boy" 4006 (4-8-8-4, Alco, 1941) was sitting on a display track at The National Museum of Tranportation in St. Louis, ... (more)
AT&SF train number 10, The Navajo, is seen arriving at Belen New Mexico on December 5th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Stored behind the roundhouse at Steamtown with several other steam and diesel locomotives is a Two truck Shay. Considering it is well over a century old and sustained damage in a roof collapse a... (more)
A crew member working on the cab window of Union Pacific 4014 gives the viewer a scale of just how massive the Big Boy is. It was a very cold 20 degrees as the Big Boy is prepared for the run from... (more)
Daylight Indoors. On July 9, 2009, Southern Pacific 4449 "Northern" GS-4 4-8-4 (Lima, 1941), the sole surviving "Daylight" locomotive had just arrived at the Friends of ... (more)
ATSF 2-10-4s 5034 and 5030 lead a 62 car freight, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Consist of one of the few excursions run over the Paducah and Louisville. I wish I hadn't missed those. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection. Happy July 4th!
After a long-awaited arrival to the Colebrookdale Railroad, 5288 flies!
AT&SF train 13, is seen leaving Denver in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
The Chief, AT&SF train 19, is seen at Nolan New Mexico in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of La Junta Colorado in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
AT&SF 4-6-4 3456 leads train 2, The Scout, at Wichita Kansas in May of 1940. Note the clanging bell, and rods down, at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
AT&SF thirteen car mixed train number 67 is approaching the Wichita Kansas station in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.