Detouring southbound south of Littleton Colorado, due to flooding in Kansas, July 15th 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 17, The Super Chief, is seen running 70 MPH west of Ayer Colorado on February 22nd 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 22, El Capitan, is seen departing Albuquerque New Mexico on June 28th 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 21, El Capitan, is seen near La Junta Colorado on June 5th 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Coming East Again. Famously acquired by Doyle McCormack after a lengthy career where it saw service for the ATS&F, Delaware and Hudson, and in Mexico, Santa Fe Alco PA-1 #18 is one of four ... (more)

Nashville to Nashville. The former Nashville, TN Broadway Dinner Train motor that later ran for the TCRY excursion trains is being prepped for Azalea Sprinter service in Nashville, GA.

Former Southern Railway FP7(A) 6133 sits 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 w... (more)

Eastbound DL&W E8 811 and 817 leads train 6 the "Phoebe Snow" at Pocono Summit Lake, PA., on October 06, 1960. Photo by Al Holtz, from my collection.

Matched Set: Few things can beat a matched A-B-A set of cab units. It's a shame so few complete sets are still around these days.

In May 2014, the North Carolina Transportation Museum hosted a Streamliners Festival where E units and F units (and streamliners from other builders) all congreated at the museum in Spencer.
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The ever present helicopter circling the North Carolina Transportation Museum with select photographers like the kid who shelled out 50 dollars a pop.

B76 and B80 in the grain sidings at Kensington.

Road freight dieselization started on most railroads with the FT and the DL&W was no exception. Known as "the diesel that did it", FT's started arriving on the Lackawanna in April 1945,... (more)

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.