A neat looking A-B-A set leads 114 cars eastward near Dexter Missouri in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

Taken sometime in the 1950s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 254 leads a westbound freight near Oroville California in 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

C&O GP7 5883 is seen in the yard at Handley West Virginia in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

C&O GP7 5819 and mates lead coal loads near Hinton West Virginia in 1967. R. Malinoski photo, from my collection.

C&O EMD E7 4515 is in charge at Chicago Illinois in May of 1962. R. Steinbrenner photo, from my collection.

A Michigan City bound South Shore Freight is seen in La Porte on the Kingsbury Branch, south of the Norfolk Southern crossing at Wire. Jeff Stupar photo.

An EMD FT set is seen near Two Buttes Colorado in 1960. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Westbound at Glendale California with thirty cars. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Basking in the sun at Bakersfield while waiting for its next assignment. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The local freight is seen leaving Los Angeles doing 15 MPH in 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4414 is captured with rods down while traversing the crossovers in Los Angeles. This is Southern Pacific train number two, the Sunset Limited. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Union Pacific train number eighty five, the National Parks Special, is seen near Henderson Colorado in 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

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UP 9014 leads eighty cars eastbound, near Laramie Wyoming, in 1929. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.