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Randall Perkinson Photography

@rmperkinson.bsky.social

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I'm a streetscape photographer capturing the world around me. Small rural towns to large cities. Some zoo photography too. I hope my images stir an emotion in you or bring back a memory. Reposting is appreciated. Other use requires permission.

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Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Union Pacific #900081 Rotary Snowplow (#1 of 2)
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #railroad #snowplow #UnionPacific ##unionpacific900081 #rotarySnowplow

A front, right-side view of Union Pacific #900081. This snowplow features a 12-foot diameter cutting wheel that would turn as fast as 150 revolutions per minute and could throw snow up to 300 feet away from the tracks. The cutting wheel was driven by a 16-cylinder 3,000-horsepower turbocharged diesel engine. It was not self-propelled and had to be pushed by at least three locomotives. This snowplow was last used in 1994 in Wyoming.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Wooden Train Station Benches
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #bench #benches #railroad

Brightly covered train station benches provide a place for visitors to the National Museum of Transportation to rest during their visit.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Wabash #573 Steam Locomotive
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #train #locomotive #wabash #railroad #railway #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto

The photo is a black and white image of the cab of a small locomotive. This freight engine was the smallest locomotive used by the Wabash Railroad. It was original built in 1899 as the #754, it was redesigned in 1915 into a 2-6-0 Mogul-type engine and renumbered #573. It was primarily used to carry freight across a bridge over the Illinois River at Bluffs, Illinois that couldn't support the weight of a heavier diesel locomotive. It was retired in 1982 after the Wabash Railroad merged with the Norfolk Souther Railway.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe #5011 Steam Locomotive
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #train #locomotive #railroad #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto

A drive wheel of a steam locomotive. This locomotive was built in 1944 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and was one of 25 in its class. They were among the largest nonarticulated locomotives ever built, weighing 538,000 pounds and measuring 125 feet long. It worked on the Sante Fe western lines between Clovis and Belen, New Mexico, Carlsbad, New Mexico, and Pecos, Texas.

A drive wheel of a steam locomotive. This locomotive was built in 1944 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and was one of 25 in its class. They were among the largest nonarticulated locomotives ever built, weighing 538,000 pounds and measuring 125 feet long. It worked on the Sante Fe western lines between Clovis and Belen, New Mexico, Carlsbad, New Mexico, and Pecos, Texas.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Texas and Pacific Railroad #1603
"The Train of Thought" Education Rail Car
National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #railroad #railway #railcar #Eduction

The photo is of a long rail car with no doors. The top and bottom are black. The side is blue with a thin white line running the length of the car. On the side are the words, "The Train of Thought" and "Education Rail Car".
The #1603 was built by Pullman Company as a combination baggage and passenger car. In 1951 it was converted to an Instruction Car and all of its windows were removed. In 1962 a second conversion was done making it the Monsanto Universal Training Car. Donated to the museum in 1971 it is now an additional program facility and is open for facilitated field trips.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

1960 DiDia 150
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #car #DiDia #BobbyDarin

A photo of the right rear of a futuristic car with a large fin. This one-off car was constructed between 1953 and 1960 by Detroit clothing designer Andy DiDia at a cost of $150,000. Singer and actor Bobby Darin bought the car and drove it to the Academy Awards and used it in movies. He donated it to the Museum in 1970.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

1963 Chrysler Turbine - Back Left Corner
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #car #Chrysler #turbine #ghia

The photo shows the rear left side and end of a bronze-colored car. This is one of 55 Chrysler-Ghia Turbine cars building in 1963. The Turbine engine could run on any flammable fuel. The people chosen to perform three-month tests loved them, but they never came to market, and the program was terminated. 9 of the Chia-bodied cars have survived, but this is one of few that still run.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Neon Signs behind 1951 Studebaker Commander Starlight Coupe
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

#Photography#kirkwood #missouri #museum #studebaker #neon

The upper rear of a 1951 Studebaker Commander Starlight Coupe reflects the light of neom signs behind it. There is a green neon sign that says, "Westward Ho" and a read neon sign that says, "Air Conditioned".

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Union Pacific #4006 Steam Locomotive (#4 of 4)
"Big Boy"
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #train #locomotive #railway #railroad #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto

Because of its immense size and power, the #4006 and 24 sister unites were nicknamed "Big Boy". Building in 1941 by American Locomotive Company, it was used by Union Pacific to haul heavy freight trains through the Rocky Mountains from Cheyenne, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah. It 132-foot length, weighing 1.2 million pounds, could reach a top speed of 80 miles per hour and a maximum of 6,900 horsepower. Eight of the original locomotives are still in existence.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Union Pacific #4006 Steam Locomotive (#3 of 4)
"Big Boy"
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #train #railroad #railway #locomotive #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto

Because of its immense size and power, the #4006 and 24 sister unites were nicknamed "Big Boy". Building in 1941 by American Locomotive Company, it was used by Union Pacific to haul heavy freight trains through the Rocky Mountains from Cheyenne, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah. It 132-foot length, weighing 1.2 million pounds, could reach a top speed of 80 miles per hour and a maximum of 6,900 horsepower. Eight of the original locomotives are still in existence.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Union Pacific #4006 Steam Locomotive (#2 of 4)
"Big Boy"
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #train #locomotive #railroad #railway #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto

Because of its immense size and power, the #4006 and 24 sister unites were nicknamed "Big Boy". Building in 1941 by American Locomotive Company, it was used by Union Pacific to haul heavy freight trains through the Rocky Mountains from Cheyenne, Wyoming and Ogden, Utah. It 132-foot length, weighing 1.2 million pounds, could reach a top speed of 80 miles per hour and a maximum of 6,900 horsepower. Eight of the original locomotives are still in existence.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 2d

New York Central & Hudson River #113 Electric Locomotive
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #train #railroad #railway #locomotive

The #113 was built in 1906 and carried passenger trains between New York's Grand Central Terminal and Harmon, New York. Its motors were built around its axles rather than being connected by gears. It was general powered by an electrified 3rd rail but could also get power from an overhead wire. It remained in service until 1963.
Locomotives of this class served as the prototype for toy electric locomotives produced by model train company Lionel and an early rival, Ives Manufacturing Company.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 2d

General American Transportation Corporation #96500 Tank Car
"The Whale Belly"
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #railroad #railway #tankcar

This was the largest tank car ever constructed. It was created in 1965 as an experiment to test the limits of tank car size. It held up to 60,018 gallons of chemicals in its 96.5-foot-long tank that in its middle had only 14.5 inches of clearance above the tracks. Even though it could carry about 7 times the load of a typical tank car, railroads worried its large size could create accidents, so no additional cars were ever built.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 2d

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad #50 Diesel-electric Passenger Locomotive
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #rail #railroad #railway #locomotive

Built in 1935 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, this was the first successful, non-articulated diesel-electric passenger locomotive. It started service as the Royal Blue between Jersey City, New Jersey and Washington, DC. It was later renamed as the Abraham Lincoln and traveled between Saint Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois. It was retired in 1958.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Saint Louis-San Francisco/Eagle-Picher #1621
"The Bolshevik"
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

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#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #railroad #railway #locomotive #steamlocomotive #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography

Black and white image of a single drive wheel on a steam locomotive.

Built around 1918 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the #1621 was originally designed for the Imperial Russian State Railways to support the allied military in World War I. When the Bolshevik Revolution took Russia out of the war, this locomotive and others like it that were never delivered were repurposed for use on American railroads. It operated on four different railroads over the years before being used in zinc mines in Oklahoma by Eagle-Picher Corporation.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #9908 "Silver Charger" Diesel Locomotive
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #locomotive #train #railroad #railway #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography

A black and white image of the lower portion of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #9908 "Silver Charger" diesel locomotive.

This locomotive provided service on the General Pershing Zephyr schedule between Saint Louis and Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1939 by Electro-Motive Company and Edward G. Budd Company. It was retired in 1965.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Georgia Railroad #724 (#2 of 2)
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #museum #transportation #train #railroad #railway #locomotive #steamlocomotive

A photo of a wheel and other appurtenances of a steam locomotive built in 1896 by Baldwin Locomotive Works and retired in 1963. It now functions as a teaching tool with its left side painted in traditional black while the right side is color coded to highlight a feature or group of features that make up the total engine.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 3d

Georgia Railroad #724 (#1 of 2)
The National Museum of Transportation
Kirkwood, Missouri, USA

#Photography #kirkwood #missouri #TNMT #museum #transportation #railroad #railway #GeorgiaRailroad

A steam locomative drive wheel painted bright orange along with other portions of the locomotive painted pink, burgundy, and another shade of orange to highlight different parts of a steam locomotive for guests at a transportation museum.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 4d

Dent County Courthouse
Salem, Missouri, USA

#Photography #salem #missouri #StreetPhotography #streetscapephotography #courthouse #veteransmemorial #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto

The Dent County, Missouri courthouse is Second Empire architecture , also known as the General Grant Style. This black and white photo is of the front of the building and includes a flag pole flying the US and Missouri flags and the Dent County Veterans Memorial.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 4d

Three Types of Cover
Salem, Missouri, USA

#Photography #salem #missouri #StreetPhotography #streetscapephotography

A two story brick building with one glass and metal entrance door and a second boarded up door is covered by 2' square white panels or tile on the bottom portion a two rows of different texture silver metal panels above the door height. A portion of the brick building is visiting at the bottom left and right corners of the building.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 4d

Boarded Up
Salem, Missouri, USA

#Photography #salem #missouri #boardedup #StreetPhotography #streetscapephotography

A one story brick building painted grey has one recessed entry door, one window covered with plywood, and a second window covered in rusting corrugated metal. A large vent fan and a window AC unit hang off the side of the building near a third window.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 4d

Attic Vent
Salem, Missouri, USA

#Photography #salem #missouri #streetscapephotography #StreetPhotography #fan #vent #BlackAndWhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto

The fan blades of an attic vent fan can be seen through the space where two missing louvers should be.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 4d

Door/Green and White Stripes
Salem, Missouri, USA

#Photography #salem #missouri #StreetPhotography #streetscapephotography #door #stripes

A weathered metal double door on a building wall covered by light green and white striped metal siding. The door and building are above a tall concrete foundation and there are no stairs to get some to or from the ground about 5 feet below the door.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 5d

Green and White Stripes
Salem, Missouri, USA

#Photography #salem #missouri #streetscapephotography #StreetPhotography #stripes

An old brick building is covered with stripes of green and white metal siding. A concrete wall/sidewalk/stairs connect a door on the left side of the building to street level and another door at the mitered corner of the building.

Randall Perkinson Photography @rmperkinson.bsky.social · 5d

Red Door/No Stairs
Salem, Missouri, USA

#Photography #salem #missouri #streetscapephotography #StreetPhotography #door

A red double door in a brick building sits 6 to 8 feet above the street with no stairs.