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.

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)

To help keep things moving efficiently, a locomotive is assisting through radio signal on the rear of this heavy coal train. Locomotives used as DPU's like this one, are commonly used in railroad... (more)

ATSF 926 and 1651 are assisting train 17, The Super Chief, west of Morley Colorado, on the east side of Raton Pass, in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Lancaster and Chester Train 14 passes the old Southern Railway depot in Heath Springs, South Carolina. The train is led by L&C EMD GP38M-2 #2268. It was built in 1967 for Seaboard Air Line as SAL ... (more)

AT&SF train 17, The Super Chief, glides downgrade on Raton Pass with a nice looking set of F7s leading the way, in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

While a southbound shuttle takes on new passengers at Berlin, the northbound Vermonter flies through on its way toward Hartford, Springfield, and eventually its namesake Vermont.

Lattice Structure. A Coney Island-bound (F) train is seen above Sheepshead Bay Road on the Culver Line of the NYC Subway. Between here and Avenue X Station, the elevated structure is an... (more)

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1790 and ATSF 4-8-4 3784 are seen leading train 20, The Chief, east of Raton New Mexico on June 16th 1945. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-10-2 1705 is helping ATSF EMC E1 number 2 with train 17, The Super Chief, west of Trinidad Colorado on February 22nd 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

UP 6327, former SP AC440CW 284 charges upgrade out of Caliente about 30 minutes before sunrise.

A set of EMD FTs lead 81 cars west, just west of Suwanee New Mexico, on September 2nd 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1797 and ATSF 4-8-4 3777 are working hard pulling a 13 car Chief at 30 MPH, near Raton New Mexico, on April 9th 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The legendary photographer Otto Perry captured this AT&SF 17 car mail train, number 8, doing 50 MPH at Bernalillo New Mexico on September 20th 1947. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Southern Pacific train number 4 is seen at San Diego California on April 23rd 1933. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.