ATSF train number 21, El Capitan, is seen near Wootton Colorado in 1944. ATSF 1797 and ATSF E6, number 13, have thirteen cars in tow doing 25 MPH on rugged Raton Pass. Otto Conrad Perry photo from... (more)

ATSF 1792 and ATSF 3767 are doing 30 MPH on Raton Pass, with a 20 car Chief, in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

Reading 2102 blasts out of Tamaqua Tunnel with the final Iron Horse Ramble of 2022 with a thick plume of black smoke and its exhaust pounding off of the surrounding mountains.

After a short trek upstream, 2102 and 425 double heading a passenger train

In homage to the classic rambles shot, Reading & Northern T-1 2102 enters the yard at Port Clinton. The ex-RDG engine is on a "Hopper Jet" test run in preparation for the R&N's Iron Hors... (more)

Ely-bound empties. Nevada Northern's big Alco freight hog #93 slows to yard speed as she approaches Lackawanna Crossing (approx. MP 139.5) northbound with a string of empty ore-hoppers dest... (more)

UP displayed UP 8444 at Spokane's Expo 74 Worlds Fair during the summer of 1974. This photo was my first encounter with the locomotive, and over the next 20 years there would be several more. The ... (more)

A short freight train hauled by the small Mallet locomotive 440-008 has almost reached the Shegereni station on its way to Asmara.

The small Italian Mallet steam locomotives 440-008 is hauling a short freight train between Nefasit and Asmara.

The two Italian Mallet steam locomotives 442-56 and 442-54 are double heading a mixed train between Nefasit and Asmara. The little house in the upper left corner of the picture is a station and sh... (more)

The Eritrean Mallet 442-54 is hauling a short freight train between Arbaroba and Asmara.

The Eritrean Mallet 442-54 is hauling a short freight train through the desertic landscape between Massawa and Ghinda.

The EAR 59 class was a class of oil-fired 1,000 mm (3,28 ft) gauge Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives. The 34 members of the class were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in Manchester, England... (more)

In a picture like decades ago class 24 # 2409 of the East African Railways (EAR) with a mixed train from Makadara entered Nairobi station. The class EB3 for the Kenya Uganda Railways (KUR), later ... (more)