SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Seeing some rare mileage on its "Home Run Express Tour", UP's 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 makes its way over the lonely Yoder Subdivision as it approaches the Albin Tunnel.

UP's Big Boy steam locomotive #4014 heads east of Cheyenne, Wy for Gering, NE on the first leg of it's "Home Run Express Tour" to Omaha for NCAA College Baseball World Series. Here, 4014... (more)

Mixed to Mt. Union. A young couple pauses to take in the passage of an East Broad Top mixed train that is passing under the iconic McMullins Summit Bridge, on a northbound run to Mt. Union,... (more)

SP 4-8-8-2 4187 leads a westbound freight past the Caboose Cafe, in Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 4-6-4 3459 is leaving Denver with a six car train on May 23rd 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Grand Canyon Limited, ATSF 2nd 23, is led by ATSF 4-8-4 2912 west of Vaughn New Mexico on September 21st 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club excursion train is seen with 10 cars near Harriman Wyoming on June 3rd 1967. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The National Railway Historical Society excursion train is seen near Harriman Wyoming in 1963. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

K-28s sisters 473 and 476 make their final push into Silverton, seen from high above the "Narrows" of the Animas River. Hopefully, I am the first and last person to obtain this angle... (more)

C&O 614 leads a Hoboken to Port Jervis excursion west through Secaucus, NJ. The train is approaching Harmon Cove station and would soon be crossing the Hackensack River at HX drawbridge. C&O 614... (more)

After the departure of train 462, light engine 473 gracefully weaves through the Narrows along the Animas River south of Silverton at the hand of engineer Russell.

Running 30 minutes behind schedule, freshly repainted Southern Railway 630 drills through Missionary Ridge en route to retrieve their passengers to start the day.