GCRY 4960 takes the daily Williams Flyer through the S Curve near Pronghorn Ranch Rd on it's NB trip to the Grand Canyon

Santa Fe train number 23, The Grand Canyon Limited, is arriving San Bernardino California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

After a visit to the California State Railroad Museum, I had the honor of photographing the famous 12

4014 has just entered California and approaches the summit of Beckwourth Pass at approximately 5200 ft. above sea level.

4014 gets underway for the run down the Canyon Sub at the Clio Trestle, just west of Portola.

4014 gets underway southbound/westbound out of the whistle stop in Oroville.

4014 rolls through the hills approaching Oroville.

4014 rolls westward on the Westward Bound Tour, crossing the the North Fork of the Feather River and passing under the arch bridge carrying California Route 70. The CA-70 bridge was opened in 19... (more)

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 poses for some night shots during a photographer's event hosted by the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. The stars were shining bright on this warm evening.

Steamranger's 621 is seen hauling the "Southern Encounter" to Victor Harbour. The train is seen along Dump Beach, near the end of the line

SP 2-8-2 3250 leads an eighty four car eastbound freight at 25 MPH near Selma California in 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Clean-running. Running completely clean stack most of the time, CPKC's Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816 "Empress" charges toward the Highway 41 grade crossing south of Horatio, Arkan... (more)

Flying through Gillham, Arkansas. Making track speed of 50 mph and still technically loafing, CPKC's Canadian Pacific Hudson #2816 "Empress" rounds the sweeping curve at Milepost ... (more)

Betwixt the slumbering beasts. A Rio Grande Southern night hostler makes his rounds in the yard at Ridgway, CO, tending to a pair of simmering locomotives that are scheduled for an early mo... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 works its freight train up the grade through The Cut on a sunny May morning.