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BOSTON and MAINE
boston and Maine class S-1b steam locomotive number 3020 hauls symbol fright train UJ-2 from Berlin, N.H. to White River Junction, VT. through Jefferson Meadows, N.H. Two railfans watch on the right as the 2-10-2 type locomotive passes them and the water tower in the 1940's. I used some artist license with this scene in that the B&M railroad never operated the S-1b's over this route. S-1c's of the same wheel arrangement were used however, and were numbered in the 2900 series. the rails were torn up in 1996, and the water tank has long since been removed. The 3020 was sold to the Maine Central railroad in 1944, becoming their number 655 and was scrapped in less than ten years. this was a commissioned drawing, and the owner of the original drawing wanted to be depicted standing in the light colored shirt in the scene, and he wanted me to be standing with him. I am in the dark colored shirt, pointing out something of interest on the 3020's valve gear.
The print is 18” x 24”
made from an original pencil drawing $35

Central Vermont
A father and son watch as Central Vermont Railway T-3a class Texas 2-10-4 type steam locomotive number 707 leads a northboaund manifest freight train past the station at Roxbury, Vermont. A local freight with a class M-5a Concolidation 2-8-0 type steam locomotive waits at the left for the manifest freight to clear before proceeding south in this circa early 1950's scene.
My client, who commissioned the original drawing that the prints were produced from, is the boy standing in front of the station. He was born in 1957, and his father passed away years before I was commissioned to do this drawing. My clients favorite locomotive is the Central Vermont 707 steam locomotive, and he wanted to have this locomotive in the scene. The locomotive was cut up for scrap the same year that my client was born, and he never saw the locomotive while it still existed. He requested that I bring the whole scene together with the 70, him as a small boy standing with his father, and his fathers 1951 Pontiac in the background.

18" x 24" PRINTS OF MY ORIGINAL DRAWING ARE $20.00 EACH

BOSTON and MAINE
Boston and Maine R-1-D class mountain type steam locomotive number 4113.  Named “Black Arrow” brings its train the “Ambassador” to a stop at the White River Junction, Vermont station.  The R-1-D’s were the most modern and exotic of steam locomotives on the Boston and Maine Railroad.  Built in 1941, these engines saw use in the most prestigous passenger and freight train assignments until these positions were replaced by the diesel locomotives.  By the mid 1950’s most of this class of R-1-D (4113-4117 in numbers) were gone except for the 4113 which was scrapped in September of 1956.  The “Ambassador” was actually two trains, one from New York City, and one from Boston that joined at White River Junction and ran to Montreal.  This service lasted until 1965.  The station at White River junction, Vermont is still used to this day as a railroad station with Amtrak making two daily stops. 
The Print is 18” x 24” made from an original drawing depicting this scene from the 1940’s

CRAWFORD NOTCH
Locomotives have successfully battled the 2.2 percent grades of Crawford Notch and are bringing a symbol freight train RY-2 to a halt at the classic Crawford Notch Depot to sign the register book.  RY-2 was a daily freight train that ran from Rigby Yard in Portland, Maine, through New Hampshire’s White Mountains and connected with the Canadian Pacific Railroad in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.  The Maine Central discontinued freight train operation over this route on September 3, 1983.  The Crawford Notch depot remains today and it is owned by the Appalachian Mountain Club as a Gift Shop and home base for hiking mountain trails nearby.  Tourists enjoy stopping here while riding on the Conway Scenic Railroad. 
This 18” x 24” Print is made from an original drawing in pencil and it depicts the scene circa 1980.  $20

WASHINGTON BALTIMORE AND ANNAPOLIS ELECTRIC RAILROAD
  This is a commission drawing, 18" X 24" that I did in 2005 of the last excursion run of the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad.  This scene takes place on August 18, 1935 at Odenton, Maryland at the junction of the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD's mainline between Baltimore, MD. and Washington, D.C.  The WB&A was in it's final week of operation before closing down forever, and a group of railroad enthusiasts chartered this special run over the railroad's entire system.  It was during this trip that the enthusiasts got together and formed the NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY which is still with us today.  Interurban parlor car number 100, and passenger interurban number 50 clatter over the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD's tracks and past the tower which controlled the alignment of the overhead wire gantry.  This steel gantry carried overhead wires for both the WB&A and the PRR, and could be lowered to allow the WB&A cars to cross, or lifted to permit the PRR's big GG1 electric locomotives to pass through.  After the WB&A's demise in August of 1935, the overhead gantry was taken down as well as the tower governing train movements through the junction.  My client's Great-Grandfather and Great-Uncle both worked for the WB&A, and their portraits are in the front windows of the number 100.  My client's Grandmother's house was located out of sight in the drawing to the left, but he still wanted it to be included in the scene.  I decided to reverse the image of his Grandmother's house, and put it's reflection in the windows of the passing train so that it could be included in the drawing. 
These are 18" X 24" prints of my original drawing, $20.00 each.

CONWAY SCENIC RAILROAD
Conway Scenic Railroad FP-9 model diesel locomotives numbers 6516 and 6505 bring a trainload of tourists down through Crawford Notch State Park in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.  The train crosses the Frankenstein Trestle on its journey back to North Conway, New Hampshire in the late 1990’s.  Above the train is 6,288 foot Mount Washington and on this clear day the peak and it’s observatory can be seen.  For more information about this tourist ride, one of the most scenic in the United States visit www.conwayscenic.com.
This 18” x 24” print of an original drawing  $20

MAINE CENTRAL
Maine Central F-3A and F-3B model diesels number 671 hauling westbound freight train RY-2 struggle against a grade of 116 feet per mile as it crosses over Frankenstein Trestle in Crawford Notch, New Hmapshire.  The trestle, and the ravine it crosses in a span of 500 feet was named for Godfrey N. Frankenstein whi was a well known artist of the nineteenth century and painted scenes in the White Mountains.  RY-2 was a daily freight train that ran from Portland, Maine to a canadian pacific railroad connection at St Johnsbury, VT.
This 18” x 24” print of an original drawing depicts this once daily spectacle as it was during the early 1960’s  $20

RUTLAND
Rutland Railroad K-2 class pacific steam locomotive number 84 steams southward into Rutland, Vermont with a train of milk cars.  Milk was gathered from the dairies of northern NewYork state and Vermont and shipped to markets in Boston and New York City.  This was once a prime commodity of the Rutland Railroad, and this sized print of an original drawing depicts the milk traffic during its glory years of the 1940’s
$20

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