As a huge coal train is entirely over the top of the grade its large helper set is still attached, which is somewhat unusual. Looks like the conductor is stepping down with his grip. As the coal... (more)

Sometime in the late 1960s a couple of units in the original "Southern Belle" scheme share duties. KCS 25 was a "rebuild" of an E6A which had apparently been wrecked. As I un... (more)

Oh, California, America's parsidse lost, you affect us all, especially when we have lived there. We long for what you once were. Here a westbound ore train whines down Beaumont Hill for Fontana, ... (more)

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

A crew member enjoys some fresh air from the window on NP F-9A Extra 7004A West. The tonnage freight makes its way upgrade near milepost 121, about five miles west of Livingston, on June 5, 19... (more)

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

PRR-Westinghouse 2-C-2 number 4782 leads train 28, the Broadway Limited, at 70 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A westbound train of empties soars over the back road from Bluefield with an SD45-SLUG-SD45 combination in charge. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A westbound train of empties is diverging from the main with a SD45-SLUG-SD45 set leading a gigantic string of empties. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.

A perfectly matched A-B-A set of NYC lightning stripes FA's, hustled westbound on track 3 with a coal train at Lyons, N.Y. on October 17, 1956. Photo by David R. Connor, from my collection. ... (more)

PRR EMD GP7 8504 and Alco PA1 mates are seen leading a train near Altoona Pennsylvania in 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A neat looking A-B-A F7 set is seen at the Handley West Virginia yard in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Wabash EMD E8 1012 leads a seven car train at Thompson Missouri in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BCR MLW M420B RCL687 is part of a consist with MLW M630 705 and MLW M630W 724 being serviced for a northbound run in October 1984 at the North Vancouver yard photo taken with permission

Union Pacific E8A 931 and two B-Units lead train 103, the westbound City of Los Angeles, as it makes its final station stop, at the railroad's East Los Angeles station, before ending its tr... (more)