AT&SF train number 3, the California Limited, is arriving Los Angeles California with smog present in the atmosphere, on August 1st 1940. Stare at that bell long enough and you can almost hear it ... (more)

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

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.

Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 number 4190 heads east with SP 3rd 824, a 76 car freight, at Los Angeles California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP cab-forward 4135 leads 61 cars westbound at 10 MPH, after exiting a snowshed in the vicinity of Donner Pass, on August 4th 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP Daylight, 2nd 99, is seen at the Third & Townsend Street station in San Francisco California on July 26th 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP cab-forward 4119 leads The Owl, SP 2nd 26, at Los Angeles California on May 4th 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

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)

Pacific Coast 2-8-0 number 106 leads five cars northbound at 25 MPH on the narrow gauge line near Santa Maria California in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Northern Pacific FP7 6510C leads train number 2 near Dickinson North Dakota in 1956. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW train number 1, the Scenic Limited, is seen at Ogden Utah on July 30th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Philadelphia & Reading 4-6-0 "Camelback" number 600 is seen leading two cars at 25 MPH near Albion New Jersey on August 11th 1932. Thank you, Gord Young from Peterborough Canada, for the very inte... (more)

PRR 4809 leads 11 cars at 60 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.