C&S train number 7, the Gulf Coast Special, is crossing the Arkansas River south of Pueblo Colorado in 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

N&W 2-8-8-2 2175 leads an eighty three car freight westward, near Salem Virginia, on July 11th 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

In a scene that looks like it could of been taken in Cheyenne back in the 1950s, UP 4014 emerges from the steam as it begins to leave Prescott for Little Rock, Arkansas. It was a brisk 25 degrees,... (more)

The daily except Sunday train known locally as the "Martinsburg Mixed" is ready for its pre-dawn departure from Hollidaysburg, PA. Just one of many scenes from the Chris Lantz Photograp... (more)

AT&SF train number 10, The Navajo, is seen arriving at Belen New Mexico on December 5th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The setting sun casts a shadow on the old Santa Fe Railroad depot in Gorieta, New Mexico, which was built as a wood frame and stucco building in 1927. It no longer serves rail traffic but has bee... (more)

SP 7449 leads a mixed manifest south out of Fresno, California.

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)

"Beach Bound Nostalgia Under Church" On the morning of July 8th, 2023, New York City Transit's American Car & Foundry Company R1 #381 lead a 6 car vintage train down the BMT Br... (more)

ATSF 2-10-4s 5034 and 5030 lead a 62 car freight, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

AT&SF train 13, is seen leaving Denver in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Chief, AT&SF train 19, is seen at Nolan New Mexico in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of La Junta Colorado in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Late Seventies in Gladstone Yard. NJ Transit Arrow III car no. 1310 is the lead unit on a westbound Gladstone Branch train passing other equipment as it pulls through the yard approachi... (more)

Rolling east on Southern Pacific’s West Colton Division, Cotton Belt GP35 6505 (ex-SSW 765) and SP GP9R 3880 (ex-SP GP9 3720, née-SP GP9 5884) meet a westbound, led by SP SD45T-2 9216, holding ... (more)