ATSF 1792 and ATSF 3767 are doing 30 MPH on Raton Pass, with a 20 car Chief, in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1794 and ATSF 4-8-4 3773 lead train 19, a fourteen car Chief, doing 25 MPH at Lynn New Mexico in 1945. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ATSF 1790 is seen assisting ATSF EMC E3 11 and its mate, as they leave Raton with a twelve car El Capitan streamliner in 1945. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

Rainy days and steam make for some awesome images. Here 1309 departs with the 11:30 train to Frostburg.

Rainy days and steam make for some awesome images. Here 1309 departs with the 11:30 train to Frostburg.

Marching down the New Mexico mainline of Southern Pacific comes a big 2-8-8-4, looking "right nice" with the cab behind the boiler, and real coal heaped high on that tall-sided tender ba... (more)

"Homeward bound...I wish I was." N&W 2156 continues its slow journey back to its museum in St. Louis, after five years at home in Roanoke.

Norfolk and Western locomotive 2156, Class Y6a, a compound Mallet, sits on display at the Museum's first night photography event. This locomotive was loaned to the Virginia Museum of Transporta... (more)

Norfolk and Western Y6b 2174 sits at the large engine terminal in the afternoon.

N&W Y6 2142 is switching at Blue Ridge while working the local freight.

The sun made a brief appearance on this August afternoon as Y6a sat on the Boaz siding awaiting an eastbound freight to push up the Blue Ridge grade. This same picture in color is on this website ... (more)

Norfolk and Western Y6b 2179 sits on the Boaz siding at Vinton, Va. just east of Roanoke awaiting pusher duty up the Blue Ridge grade.

This Y6 had pulled an eastbound coal drag earlier in the day as pushed by Y6a 2167. The engine had dropped the loaded hoppers and been turned further to the east. The single lane road bridge was a... (more)

N&W 2150 is the second engine of two Y6 types on an eastbound freight passing the Blue Ridge, Va. station. Y6 2150 was different from others in having aftercooler piping on the boiler as can be se... (more)

N&W Y6b 2179 pushes an eastbound coal drag and is about to pass under the wooden road bridge at Blue Ridge.