CN leads a westbound grain train through the Skoonka Tunnels (also known as the Honeymoon Tunnels) along the Thompson River west of Spences Bridge, BC showing off its as delivered "zebra"... (more)

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1793 is seen on the west side of Raton Pass, near Lynn New Mexico, during WWII in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

KANSAS CITY KS May 2 1982 — Illinois Central GP40 3016 is in need of a paint job as it sits on a track in what appears to be what is left of a roundhouse. EMD built the 3016 (s/n 31464) in 1966.... (more)

Four of a kind
It’s 6:45 in the morning of July 14, 1991, as Soo Line EMD GP38-2 No. 4444 glows in the early sunlight and new candy-apple red paint, leading an eastbound Soo freight ou... (more)

Southern Pacific train 51, the San Joaquin, is seen at Bakersfield California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A northbound CSX military train waits for a signal at Central Ave. with KCS power which includes a scarce white GP38-2.

A four unit set of black & gray SD-9's C&S 829, 824, 830 and FW&D 850 with a southbound freight running on the Colorado & Southern near Denver on January 22, 1969. Photo by Ken Crist, from my co... (more)

SP 290 leads a Wisconsin Central intermodal hotshot train north approaching Marsh siding at the County Highway D crossing located between Slinger and Theresa Station, WI. WC developed this service... (more)

A trio of cabooses bring up the rear of a westbound BN freight rolling through Newport, MN on its last lap into the Twin Cities. BN 10708, a modern extended vision caboose is preceded by two forme... (more)

KANSAS CITY KS March 10 1979 — Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MP15AC MILW 440 awaits a call to switching duties. EMD built the unit (b/n 75629-7) and delivered it to the Milwa... (more)

In 1997 and 1998, Amtrak excursion trains operated from Sacramento to Dunsmuir, California for the annual Railroad Days celebration. After detraining the passengers at Dunsmuir, the train continue... (more)

A Westbound hotshot passes the classic Santa Fe Cantilever bridge at GI on the westside of Galesburg. A newer Dash 9 leads the pack west on the Chillicothe Sub. Santa Fe purchased 100 of these Das... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)