Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward 4114 is seen at Los Angeles California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A ten car California-Nevada R.R. Historical Society Excursion is seen at Roseville California on November 30th 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4141 is on the move with forty-eight car First 641 near Redding California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate on this westbound freight was 45 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP train 26, The Owl, is at Glendale California in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

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)

Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 number 4190 heads east with SP 3rd 824, a 76 car freight, at Los Angeles California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP cab-forward 4135 leads 61 cars westbound at 10 MPH, after exiting a snowshed in the vicinity of Donner Pass, on August 4th 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP cab-forward 4119 leads The Owl, SP 2nd 26, at Los Angeles California on May 4th 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society excursion train is seen leaving Reno on December 1st 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Eighteen car SP train 56 is seen at Glendale station in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4187 leads a westbound freight past the Caboose Cafe, in Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Southern Pacific train 25, The Owl, is seen at Los Angeles California on August 1st 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.