(17-1/2" x 11-1/2") on
heavy paper trimmed 22" x 16"
$38
Action
at Duplainville
Simple thing - all the operator had to do was to
set the signals and let a train go through the diamond.
Not so simple when four trains were approaching
the tower from four different directions! This would
happen at any time. This would be the time the Duplainville
operator became a juggler of trains, trying to get
them through the diamond with a minimum of delay.
The print shows a quieter moment as Soo Line's LAKER picks
up a message from the operator.
Color photo of watercolor artwork
- image 18-7/8"x 13-5/16" on 20" x 16"
Kodak Professional Paper
$38
Railroad Ghosts
Imagine this: Headed north out of Waukesha, Wisconsin,
Soo Line Train No. 1 crosses Milwaukee Road
tracks at Duplainville Tower. Engine No. 2700 is
shown as built in 1909 (scrapped January 1955).
The tower was taken down September 1990. The semaphores
are gone, replaced by a target signal. CP Rail
took over the Milwaukee Road, and Wisconsin Central
operates over former Soo Line trackage.
4-color offset print, image size
is 19" x 12-3/4" on heavy paper trimmed 22"
x 16"
$38
New York Central's Great Hudson, the J-1d
VALHALLA! Surely a New York Central Hudson
belongs there, where crownsheets are never dry,
and feedwater is crystal clear. Coal is made of
black diamonds, and steam pressure is high on the
clock. 5289 is ready, waiting for the next call
for main line service.
Color photo of watercolor artwork
- image 28" x 5-3/16" on 30"x 8" Kodak
Professional Paper
$50
79 mph
After I finished the painting of 5405, I had to
give it a title. Thinking about the many times TRAINS
Magazine Editor David Morgan and I talked about
the "bad old days of railroading" brought
to mind the many stories that appeared in
RAILROAD MENS MAGAZINE. The fiction of Slippery
Buck Anderson and the Engine Picture Kid and many
others made me think about situations when train
speed would be in a report of happening in the fictional
world of railroading. The title "79 mph"
seemed just the thing for this 8 foot long acrylic
painting. The more I thought about this title, the
better I liked it, for maybe it would tell the viewer
of this painting just where I came from -- a time
filled with many snapshots and drawings and artwork
of railroading in the 1940's and 1950's. So, please
enjoy this Kodak color photo of the original painting,
and live again those golden days of steam railroading,
if only for a few moments.
The 5405 was one of the last of a series of Hudson-type
locomotives build by the American Locomotive Company
for the New York Central Railroad. 65 L3 and L4
Mohawk-type 4-8-2 locomotives followed the Hudsons
in the early 1940's The final steam locomotives
were 27 Niagara-type 4-8-4 locomotives build in
the mid 1940's. Then came the diesels.
Color photo of watercolor artwork
- image 22" x 15-1/2" on 24"x 18" Kodak
Professional Paper
$50 each
print run is unlimited and remaining prints will not be
numbered.
Pennsylvania
Standard
The year is 1939 at Rockville Bridge. No. 29 the
New York to Chicago Broadway Limited roars past
M1a 6750. With hard running ahead, the enginemen
work their K4s to the limit to meet the 16 hour
schedule ordained by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
It is unthinkable for the Broadway Limited to run
behind time. If so, the crew will be summoned to
the dispatcher's office after their run, forthwith!
This is a color photo of Gil Reid's dusk-jacket painting
used on the book APEX OF THE ATLANTICS
(19" x 8" image on 21" x 10" stock)
$34.50
Apex of the Atlantics
This painting is a watercolor by Gil Reid and it was
used as a wrap-around dust jacket for the book "Apex
of the Atlantics". The engine depicted in the painting
was a favorite of one of the locomotive engineers that
operated passenger runs. The PRR never put any
fancy 'doodads' on this locomotive. No power reverse,
no stoker, etc. In fact, later production versions of
the E6 never used the devices either. A comparison chart
published in the book showed that the E6 won hands-down
over all other railroad's Atlantics except one Atlantic
that was rebuilt. In fact the Milwaukee Road's
famous Hiawatha wasn't as powerful as the E6! The E6 out-classed
all other 4-4-2's during it's life-span.
An interesting note... it was an E6 that powered a photo
lab train from Washington D.C. to New York City. It carried
newsreel film shot in France of Lindberg's famous flight
in 1927. The films from several companies came over by
sea to the U.S. and were rushed to NYC... the race was
on to get news films to the public first. Pathe won, because
the film was developed in a special darkroom set up in
a Pennsy baggage car while the competition air-flighted
undeveloped film to studios in New York. The Pennsy won,
due to the set up on the train, and also because E6 No.
140 really tore up the rails getting to NYC.
Color art print 19" x 12"
on 20" x 14" stock
$38
Back Home Again
Valparaiso, Indiana 1946--Pennsylvania Railroad's
early morning train to Chicago, the Valpo Dummy, accommodates
two more riders, but they wont ride together. John Crosby
is the fireman. His wife, Mary will take the daycoach
to her job in Chicago. Both will return in the evening
in the same manner.
Searching for a way to honor his mother
and father, son Mike wanted a momento to emphasize his
dad,s lifetime as an engineman. The Valparaiso scene was
just the ticket, complete with E6 1649, engineer Elmer
E. Vail and the conductor ready to highball. To Mike this
is more than a watercolor. It is a trip back home--Valparaiso
to be exact.
Color art print l8" x 12 1/4"
on 20" x 15"' stock
$38
The Old Reliable
L&N 4-6-2
Back in the 30's this locomotive, old as it was, still
held down runs on L & N main lines, taking siding
for superior trains and still keeping on the advertised.
Not the Pan American, but just as exciting to watch, especially
when the engineer, with watch in hand, is anxious to get
going.
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