EMD FTs lead train 19, The Chief, west of Trinidad Colorado on September 1st 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF F3 20 and mates lead a 10 car Banner Tours Special south of Littleton Colorado on July 15th 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

An eleven car El Capitan, ATSF 21, is seen on the move at 60 MPH, east of Trinidad in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF train 17, The Super Chief, glides downgrade on Raton Pass with a nice looking set of F7s leading the way, in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe M-160 Mail-Express Motor Car built in 1930, had a 400hp gasoline-electric power plant, it was replaced with a diesel-electric engine in 1949. The M-160 was assigned to pull Nos. 25-26... (more)

The legendary photographer Otto Perry captured this AT&SF 17 car mail train, number 8, doing 50 MPH at Bernalillo New Mexico on September 20th 1947. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Chief is detouring near Littleton Colorado, with 13 cars at 50 MPH, on July 15th 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A 12 car El Capitan, ATSF train 22, is seen near Morley Colorado on March 26th 1950. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An A-B-B-A FT set leads ATSF train 23, the Grand Canyon Limited, west of Vaughn New Mexico, in 1947. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train number 21, the El Capitan, is seen near Wooten 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 f... (more)

ATSF E6 number 12 leads a seven car train 12, The Chicagoan, near Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ATSF 920 and EMC E1 number 6 lead train 21, a five car El Capitan doing 35 MPH on the east side of Raton Pass near Starkville Colorado, in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ALCO PA1 56 and mates lead Santa Fe train 3, the California Limited, west of Bernalillo New Mexico in 1947, with 13 cars at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

The Super Chief, ATSF train 17, is seen west of Trinidad Colorado in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ATSF train 17, the Super Chief, is doing 40 MPH with nine cars near Dalies New Mexico in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.