ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A fast Santa Fe 16 car mail train is seen west of Florence Kansas on July 1st 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 101, the Centennial State, is seen leaving Denver in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 3777 is seen with its wartime headlight visor attached, as it leads The Chief near Morley Colorado on April 9th 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Rolling out of Union Station, two bald PRR E8s 4255 and 4297 leading train 22 the Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on June 19, 1968. Photo by photographer's name not listed, from my... (more)

MILW 35A and an E9B have coupled on to Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha for its trip between Minneapolis and Chicago. The train is at the former Great Northern Station on Hennepin Avenue in downtown ... (more)

A worker hand washes the windows of Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha at the Minneapolis Great Northern Station prior to its departure for Chicago. The train disappeared in 1979 during a Carter Admini... (more)

An eleven car Grand Canyon Limited, ATSF train 24, is seen at Belen New Mexico on April 6th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

My favorite FP7 in the lead on the westbound Amtrak "San Francisco Zephyr" must be the result of some failure, mishap, or whatever.

Fifty years prior to the other photos I posted today, MILW 35A posed at North La Crosse's station with Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha. The westbound train would stop at Winona and Red Wing, MN befo... (more)

Curving out of St. Louis' Union Station the cavernous train shed, comes a pair of PRR E8's leading train 65 with 4 cars of mail, 2 bagage cars, and 2 coaches. In the background three Norfolk & ... (more)

CP 1413 leads the eastbound Canadian up the Columbia River valley at Moberly, northwest of Golden, BC. The Canadian and all other CP intercity passenger trains were taken over by VIA Rail Canada o... (more)

Ersatz Monon but looking magnificent the lead units of the "Fair Train" are outside on a beautiful winter day. Photo by Mike Dolenski.

MILW 101A leads another FP7, E9B & E9A on the Morning Hiawatha as the train glides downgrade and crosses BN's main on the approach to the Mississippi River crossing into Hastings, MN. The train ha... (more)

Two NYC E8s led by 4049 and 4069 power train 35 the Iroquois (Boston-New York-Chicago) at South Bend, Indiana on April 29, 1961. Photo by Louis A. Marre, from my collection.