CSX, Family Lines, BQ23-7 3004 -Chessie, C&O SD50 8564, at the B&O engine terminal at Connellsville, Pennsylvania. May 5, 1987. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo Built as, SCL 5134 BQ23-7, October, 1978... (more)

Santa Fe train number 21, El Capitan, is ascending Raton Pass west of Trinidad Colorado in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

GM&O F3 881A leads train number 12 at Mitchell Illinois. Otto's trusty 1935 Ford V-8 sedan was still getting the job done in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

New York Central train 12, the Southwestern Limited, is seen at Mitchell Illinois in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

CNJ, Central Railroad of New Jersey RS3 1550, rest in Kearny, New Jersey. February 12, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

New York Central FM A 5001 leads an eastbound freight near Rolling Prairie Indiana in 1954. Otto Perry photo, my collection.

In charge of D&RGW train number one, The Royal Gorge, is 4-8-4 1700 and an EMD FT set. It appears that the natural ventilation form of air conditioning is being utilized on this July day in 1949, ... (more)

An EMD FT A-B-A set leads a freight at Denver Colorado in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An EMD FT set in 1948. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An Oregon-bound drag of lumber empties descends the grade out of the Tehachapi Mountains at Cliff siding on a hot July 1988 afternoon.

D&RGW PA1 6013 leads train number 10, The Yampa Valley Mail, near Plainview Colorado sometime in the 1960s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A fast manifest hustles east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne mainline, while the daily local freight waits in the yard alongside a Speno train, on a very hot, hazy, and humid Au... (more)

The head end brakeman is unlocking the switch, while his westbound freight led by three E units waits on the main just east of the Broad Street interlocking tower, in 1975. The C&O is visible in t... (more)

D&RGW 5201 is leaving Denver Colorado with a westbound freight in 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

DALLAS TX May 27 1985 — Katy chop nose GP7 105 awaits work. EMD built the 105 (b/n 12063) as MKT 1515 in February 1951. After the Union Pacific merger the unit was never assigned a UP number and... (more)