ATSF 2-8-8-2 1797 and ATSF 4-8-4 3777 are working hard pulling a 13 car Chief at 30 MPH, near Raton New Mexico, on April 9th 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
A Southern Pacific freight is seen near Cougar California, with snowcapped Mount Shasta visible in the background, on July 26th 1938. Otto Conrad 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)
ATSF 2-8-8-2 1793 and ATSF 4-8-4 3782 lead a 15 car Chief, train 19, west of Trinidad Colorado on April 9th 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
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)