An all Southern Railway gathering in Spencer for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Bob Julian Roundhouse. A special thanks to Bryan Clingerman and NCTM for a great evening, as we dodged ... (more)

SOU E8 6900 leads NCTM's Member Appreciation Dinner Train under the signal bridge on museum grounds with storms threatening.

An all Southern Railway gathering in Spencer for the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Bob Julian Roundhouse. A special thanks to Bryan Clingerman and NCTM for a great evening, as we dodged ... (more)

Striking a Pose. The NC Transportation Museum put on a great night photo session as part of the commemoration of the roundhouse's centennial anniversary. The session concluded with four SO... (more)

Kansas City Southern's Holiday Express speeds across the wooden trestle at Crew Lake near Start, LA nearing its next stop at Monroe.

L&N F7 802 leads a freight near Louisville Kentucky in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A thirteen car Dixie Flyer, NC&SL train 94, is seen near Chattanooga Tennessee on June 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Southern Railway train number 46, The Tennessean, is led by ALCO DL-109 6401 as it leans into the curve at Johnson City Tennessee in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Sitting at the Rahway Valley enginehouse along with NJT E8A 4325.

Western Maryland had no FP7s but Canadian Pacific did and because of that we can see what a Western Maryland FP7 might have looked like, well, minus that round tank and ditch lights etc. In any c... (more)

Once sitting nearby rotting in the weeds, #1400 is on display with #29 in Ogden, having been relocation from the Pavilion downtown.

Image this string going out on the daily local for real in 2021. This former MILW f-unit is masquerading as a Chesapeake & Ohio unit while its companion is somewhat more authentic (where did they... (more)

This is how the Wabash E8, 1009, appeared when on display at the Roanoke Transportation Museum at Wasena Park in Roanoke Virginia in September 1979. In November 1985, the museum would be devastate... (more)

The diesel passenger run poses briefly with the Chinese 2-8-2, which is slowly coming around, a process we got to witness firsthand in the cab. The "awakening" of a steamer is one of my... (more)

A classic Western Maryland look, as WM-painted FP9 243 runs over "home" rails on its way towards Elkins. To the left is a connection across the Tygart River to the B&O Coal and Coke line... (more)