"F" is for Fantastic: I might have been in town in order to catch the 2102 Ramble scheduled for later in the day, but it's hard to beat a well-cared-for set of classic cab units like these!... (more)

Conrail train #3307 on the North Jersey Coast Line (fka the New York & Long Branch) picks up speed south of South Amboy New Jersey in the afternoon of March 30, 1978. The consist included two ratt... (more)

January 3, 1982 finds two Penn Central E8As in Elizabethport NJ, possibly being used as parts sources, or just being left to rot. PC 4321 (with multiple worms in love on the nose) and PC 4270, wit... (more)

EMD FTs lead train 19, The Chief, west of Trinidad Colorado on September 1st 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

EMD FTs lead 62 cars one mile south of Wolhurst Colorado, at Struby, on April 27th 1942. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

EL eastbound freight sitting at Huntington, IN, February 1976. Ektachrome, photographer: D. Ellison, John E. Troxler collection.

Beautiful oldie at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden.

D&RGW train 17, the California Zephyr, is seen near Cliff Colorado in the 1960s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF F3 20 and mates lead a 10 car Banner Tours Special south of Littleton Colorado on July 15th 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

BN E9 3 shoves the Nebraska Zephyr past former CNW SD50 7009 which is waiting to depart the East Union Depot. The IRM opened for a very unusual January event, Cabin Fever Day to kick off its 70th ... (more)

C&NW 411 rolls westbound towards the West Union Depot during the Illinois Railway Museum's Cabin Fever winter event.

On the Tracks. The EA for B&O, along with the E1 for Santa Fe and the E2 for UP, was part of EMC's first streamlined passenger diesels designed to operate as standalone units versus the pr... (more)

An eleven car El Capitan, ATSF 21, is seen on the move at 60 MPH, east of Trinidad in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Southern Railroad of New Jersey's former Bessemer & Lake Erie F7s are getting a thorough washing in preparation for repainting. Eventually 727 would receive a red, white and black livery based on... (more)

This image is kind of special because it's one of the last photos taken by the legendary Otto Conrad Perry. He died at his home in Colorado on December 23rd 1970, two days after his 76th birthday.... (more)