AT&SF train number 3, the California Limited, moves through Arriba New Mexico at 70 MPH on June 29th 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3751 leads train number 13, north of Littleton Colorado, on March 12th 1932 . Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

CNW cab car 151 leads the bilevels out of East Switch at IRM during cabin fever day.

First contact with snow for the newly rebuilt 77102-4

PTG Tours charter train on its journey between Granada and Linares.

St. Maries River Railroad's "Plummer Turn" heads for the UP interchange at Plummer, ID seen here crossing the Benewah Lake Trestle. STMA SW1200 501 leads the train, while STMA GP9r 103 (... (more)

Otto's speed estimate was 80 MPH for this 13 car train near Valparaiso Indiana, on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne Line, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

MRL's "Day Gas" local is eastbound between Paradise and Parma on the 10th Sub running alongside the Flathead River.

AMTK heritage engine #161 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr past the Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

We had traveled to Andalusia to carry out an exhaustive monitoring of the circulation of the charter train rented by PTG Tours. As usual, each appearance of the train through the beautiful Andalus... (more)

CNW F7 411 pushes the bilevels through the snow during Cabin Fever Day at IRM.

D&RGW train 17, the California Zephyr, is seen near Cliff Colorado in the 1960s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Metra EMD F40C No. 601 leads a westbound commuter train past Tower B17 at Bensenville, Illinois, on March 3, 1990. Similar looking to Amtrak’s SDP40F, the F40C has unique corrugated side panels ... (more)

Friday's photo charter heads southward from Keela on the Okeelanta branch that serves Domino Sugar. The train has just crossed the diamond with what has become the USSC mainline since branches we... (more)

A sharp curve slows the eastbound California Zephyr just after passing Thompson Springs.