AT&SF 4-6-4 3456 leads train 2, The Scout, at Wichita Kansas in May of 1940. Note the clanging bell, and rods down, at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Chicago, 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Manicured ballast, tell-tale poles, and The Capitol Limited, at Chicago in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The engineer on SP 9160 opens the window to get some fresh air after exiting tunnel 3. His manned helper set is pushing hard on an eastbound loaded manifest as they climb the steep grade on Tehac... (more)

AT&SF thirteen car mixed train number 67 is approaching the Wichita Kansas station in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

After switching local industries, the crew on Cotton Belt 7607 takes a dinner break in Huntington Beach.

Santa Fe 3804 leads a westbound manifest through the Oro Grande bridge.

AT&SF 2-6-2 1150 and 4-8-2 3720 lead a fourteen car troop train south, near Littleton Colorado, on August 30th 1952. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Six Santa Fe GP-35s grind up the hill towards the summit in Cajon Pass.

UP 4014 departs Grand Island headed for Council Bluffs.

Santa Fe caboose 999297 slowly rolls down the 3% grade on the south track near the Cajon Summit as helpers push hard on an eastbound intermodal as it grinds up the 2.2% north track.

Santa Fe 5429 slowly rolls down the 3% grade on the south track near the Cajon Summit as an eastbound intermodal grinds up the 2.2% north track.

AMTK 164 (P42DC) exits Tunnel #1 at Plainview Colorado.

The Chief is seen at Raton New Mexico in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

El Capitan, AT&SF train 21, is seen descending on the west side of Raton Pass near Lynn New Mexico, on January 16th 1944. Note the wartime headlight visor on E6 13. Otto Perry photo, from my colle... (more)