Santa Fe train 17, The Super Chief, East of La Junta Colorado in 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF train 21, El Capitan, is assisted on Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado in 1938. EMC 1 number 6 and five cars trail behind the 2-10-2. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF 2-10-2 920 is assisting EMC E1 number 3 and its mate on the climb up rugged Raton Pass with a nine car Super Chief, west of Trinidad Colorado, in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my colle... (more)

Santa Fe train number 21, El Capitan, is ascending Raton Pass west of Trinidad Colorado in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

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

AT&SF 4-6-2 3503 is seen with eight cars at Oklahoma City in 1936. Note the clanging bell. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF 4-8-4 3780 emits an impressive smoke plume as it leads second number 3, The California Limited, at 40 MPH south of Bernalillo New Mexico in 1947. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe train number 26, The Kansas City Express, is approaching the station at Kansas City Missouri in 1932. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe train number 3, The California Limited, is at Florence Kansas in 1931. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

GM&O F3 881A leads train number 12 at Mitchell Illinois. Otto's trusty 1935 Ford V-8 sedan was still getting the job done in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

New York Central train 12, the Southwestern Limited, is seen at Mitchell Illinois in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

New York Central train 5 is departing Wellington Ohio in 1937. Otto Perry photo, my collection.

The National Limited, Baltimore & Ohio train 2, is departing Washington D.C. in 1939. Otto Perry photo, my collection.

Charleston & Western Carolina train number four is seen leaving Spartanburg South Carolina in 1930. Otto's speed estimate was 15 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

In charge of D&RGW train number one, The Royal Gorge, is 4-8-4 1700 and an EMD FT set. It appears that the natural ventilation form of air conditioning is being utilized on this July day in 1949, ... (more)