A climb of 365 steps to the top of the tower of Durham Catherdral built in 1085 was necessary to get this shot of Flying Scotsman passing over the viaduct at Durham, before stopping at the station... (more)

A railtour through the Tyne Valley

A railtour through the Tyne Valley

US Sugar #148 pauses outside Clewiston's North Shops as passengers begin to board the Moore Haven Meteor, a two-hour ride that takes passengers across the former ACL swing bridge over the Caloosah... (more)

High plains drifter. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local rolls across the high plains of eastern Kansas, just east of Abilene, at sunrise.

This image depicts AT&SF 3415, a Class 3400 P... (more)

The Class A4 Pacific steam locomotive #60007 named "Sir Nigel Gresley" is arriving at the Wansford station with a demonstration freight train.

Union Pacific train number 22, the Pacific Coast Limited, is seen near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1934. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe train number 71 is departing San Diego California with four cars at 20 MPH in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe train number 73 is departing San Diego California with six cars in 1933. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Kansas Prairie Dawn. Just minutes after sunrise, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe local makes its way across the Kansas prairie east of Abilene, with a few passengers, some small freight item... (more)

Ex-South African Railways Class 16DA 848, nee-Wankie Colliery #5, is a popular display in Dete, even among the locals. Here some kids climb in and around the cab on their way home from school.

K4s 1361 sits inside the roundhouse at the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum still under restoration. Since my last visit a couple of years ago, the K4s now has both sides and the top of her B... (more)

AT&SF train number 74 is seen leaving Los Angeles California in 1934. ATSF 4-6-2 1342 is sporting some unusual looking marker light brackets as it leads three cars at 15 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry pho... (more)

Atlanta & West Point #280 leaves Auburn, Alabama in October of '52. The A&WP owned two of these Lima-built Pacific's, the #280 and the #290, and while the #280 is long gone, the #290 still survive... (more)

Train 37, The Southern Railways Crescent Limited passenger train, lead by A&WP 290 kicks up dust as it accelerates passed Atlanta's McPherson neighborhood behind 290 in 1946 illustrates on todays ... (more)