AT&SF train 12, The Chicagoan, is seen east of Newton Kansas on January 21st 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SAN BERNARDINO CA Sept 6 1983 — Santa Fe GP35 3447 is tied down with shop buildings in the background. EMD built the unit (s/n 30592) in October 1965 as ATSF 1447 and delivered it in blue body w... (more)

A four unit F7 set leads nine cars, south of Denver in the 1960s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Helper set.

ATSF train 90, The Centennial State, is moving along at 50 MPH near Castle Rock, on August 14th 1949. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 4099 and ATSF 5029 are in charge of a 65 car freight east of Belen, on September 2nd 1946. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3815 and ATSF E1 number 6 lead train 22, El Capitan, east of Raton in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

PURCELL OK (July) 1977 — Santa Fe U23B 6314 leads two leased C&NW GP30s on a mixed freight. My working hours in the newsroom of the Norman Transcript meant I usually got off around 2 p.m. If the... (more)

AT&SF train number 6, the Colorado Express, is seen north of Castle Rock on June 26th 1932. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 920 and ATSF 6 lead train 21, El Capitan, west of Starkville in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

NORMAN OK (April) 1986 — Santa Fe GP20u 3017 is between Main Street and Eufaula. The train is southbound and is the daily Norman train. By this time it no longer laid over in Norman and no long... (more)

Pauls Valley OK (April) 1981 — Santa Fe GP38 3501 is tied down south of the station in this south-central Oklahoma community. At one time an alternate north-south Santa Fe line from Newkirk in t... (more)

ATSF 3719 and ATSF 3751 lead train number 4, a thirteen car California Limited doing 60 MPH west of La Junta, on September 15th 1935. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Three GE B40-8Ws muscle a long Santa Fe 199 train out of Chillicothe, Illinois, and up Edelstein Hill at Houlihan’s Curve at 5:50 p.m. on August 31, 1991.

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.