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.

D&RGW PA1 6011 leads train number 9, The Yampa Valley Mail, near Plainview Colorado sometime in the 1950s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW train 6, the Exposition Flyer, is seen west of Leyden Junction Colorado in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Chief is detouring near Littleton Colorado, with 13 cars at 50 MPH, on July 15th 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A 12 car El Capitan, ATSF train 22, is seen near Morley Colorado on March 26th 1950. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ALCO PA1 56 and mates lead Santa Fe train 3, the California Limited, west of Bernalillo New Mexico in 1947, with 13 cars at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

D&H PA1 in MBTA service idles in the yard area of Bostons South station, together with some yard switcher. Sun has nearly gone, only a little bit light shows the beauty of this engine and livery.

Going going...gone.

By the time of this photo 5759 has served nearly a decade. In her passenger dress, she's serving in freight duty by summer '57/

Streamliners: For several incredible days in 2014, North Carolina was the place to be. After all, where else would you see things like a meet between an Alco PA and EMD E8?

Delaware & Hudson PAs on lease to the MBTA for commuter service meet during rush hour at CP11 in Weston, MA. The approaching train is a Boston-Framingham local behind D&H 16, while an inbound dead... (more)

D&H Alco PA1 19 rests at Providence yard late in the day while on lease to the MBTA

A Delaware & Hudson PA, heading up a Boston-Framingham commuter train while on lease to the MBTA, smokes it up at CP 11 in Weston, MA, on the former Boston & Albany.

During its year-long lease to the MBTA, Delaware & Hudson PA 17 hustles west through Newton, MA, paralleling the Massachusetts Turnpike with a Boston-Framingham commuter train.

Just underway for New York, the Delaware & Hudson's overnight Montreal Limited pauses at Montreal West station behind looming PA 19. The D&H would handle this train to Albany, where PC would take ... (more)