SP 2-8-2 790 leads a 57 car westbound freight at Galveston Texas in 1936. Otto's speed estimate was 18 MPH, and he caught it with the rods down. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

East Broad Top 16 simmers in Rockhill between its excursions on a cloudy June afternoon.

Westbound garbage train with a SD75I leading.

The sunrise glints off the ribbons of steel as a BNSF ACe pulls an empty coal into the yard at Pueblo, Colorado.

“They Don't Build 'Em Like That Anymore”
E. Francis Baldwin, B&O’s principal architect, designed the railroad’s third Oakland station (1884), which opened for business in 1885. ... (more)

Southern Pacific train number 43, the Californian, is seen at Los Angeles with ten cars in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Otto's trusty 1935 Ford sedan is visible to the left of UP 966A. Finding a clean and shiny EMD F3 set was a great way to start off the new year of 1948. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Union Pacific train number 111, the City of Denver, is seen leaving Denver on its first westbound run, with ten cars at 35 MPH, on June 19th 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society excursion train is seen leaving Reno on December 1st 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

UP 3719 leads a westbound grain train towards the summit on Cajon Pass.

C&S train number 7, the Gulf Coast Special, is crossing the Arkansas River south of Pueblo Colorado in 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

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.

In a scene that looks like it could of been taken in Cheyenne back in the 1950s, UP 4014 emerges from the steam as it begins to leave Prescott for Little Rock, Arkansas. It was a brisk 25 degrees,... (more)

The daily except Sunday train known locally as the "Martinsburg Mixed" is ready for its pre-dawn departure from Hollidaysburg, PA. Just one of many scenes from the Chris Lantz Photograp... (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.