A westbound Canadian Pacific Office Car Special curves along the Thompson River approaching Martel, British Columbia, on September, 2, 2007.

AT&SF mail train number 7 hustles at 70 MPH, with 16 cars, east of Newton Kansas, on August 21st 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Conrail train 3361, a Saturday only Penn Station to Bay Head run, accelerates south of South Amboy, New Jersey, following swapping its GG1 for a pair of NJDOT E8As.

A four unit F7 set leads nine cars, south of Denver in the 1960s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Waiting for the bridge to be replaced and for tourist trains to start again, a Sierra Railroad train of former Fillmore & Western equipment sits at the ready.

Sierra bulldog spotted off leash in Fillmore CA... 2/4/23.

Southern Railway FP7A #6133 was on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in 2009. She was built in 1950 as Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway #6133. The CNO&TP was a Sou... (more)

A work in progress: CaterParrott Railnet 5000 will be the primary power for their Azalea Sprinter excursion train after mechanical and cosmetic upgrades are complete. 5000 has a colorful history: ... (more)

Conrail's Collinwood to Rockport yard transfer passes through the F-unit mecca (at the time) of Collinwood Yard, Cleveland, Ohio, on December 28, 1978. It is led by three dewormed Penn Central F7(... (more)

Following a Cleveland railfanning extravaganza with my friend and his dad, we headed home via Horseshoe Curve and then a stop at Altoona (shops and yards). The yards were filled with dead power, m... (more)

Northbound on the "Water Level Route".

A neat set of EMD FTs lead an east bound freight in 1945. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW FT 541 leads 55 cars west bound with D&RGW 3617 visible in the distance shoving, on August 16th 1942. Otto Perry Kodacolor photo, from my collection.

Leading an AAPRCO special on Ohio Central northbound. Lousy weather, just like every time we go east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon. Need rain, we will come on a railfan trip. ... (more)

AT&SF train number 3, the California Limited, moves through Arriba New Mexico at 70 MPH on June 29th 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.