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Art of Jonathan Green 2024 Wall Calendar

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The Art of Jonathan Green calendar showcases the southern culture of the artist’s Gullah heritage from the inland marshes near the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Jonathan Green, a graduate of the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has won national awards and is recognized by curators and museums as one of the South’s most important living artists and among the greatest African-American artists. His work is found in museums in Germany, Sierra Leone, and throughout the United States.

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size
Paintings featured in this edition include:
Hobcaw Barony Woman, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Plantation Tasks, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Riding on a Rice Barge
, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Strolling by a Sluice Gate, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Butterflies at Sluice Gate
, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Waving to a Flat Boat, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Checking Salt Water Intrusion
, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Middleton Plantation, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
African Tree Markings
, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper 11″ x 14″
Rice Plantation, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Loaded Rice Barge
, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″
Hulling Home Rice, 2013
Acrylic on Archival Paper, 11″ x 14″

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Distant Thoughts Jigsaw Puzzle by Jonathan Green

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Distant Thoughts Jigsaw Puzzle pictures a dappled sky, and a young woman, whose thoughts are apparently far away, wearing a billowing, golden dress, and an expansive hat decorated with a flowing green scarf marked with orange polkadots. These elements come together to make this wonderful painting by Jonathan Green an appealing 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. The finished size measures 19 by 26 inches. The puzzle is made in America.

| 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle | Finished size: 19 by 26 inches | Artist: Jonathan Green | Made in America | Published by Tide-mark © 2022

Nina Simone Jigsaw Puzzle by Jonathan Green

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Celebrate all that jazz with singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights advocate Nina Simone who is the focus of this vivid painting by artist Jonathan Green. Now the original painting has been transformed into an exciting 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle for you to work and enjoy. The Nina Simone jigsaw puzzle is made in America.

| 1,000 pieces | Finished size: 19 by 26 inches | Artist: Jonathan Green | Published by Tide-mark Press © 2022

Communal Jigsaw Puzzle by Jonathan Green

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A celebration is about to begin in the Communal jigsaw puzzle as visitors gather at a traditional Gullah home in this painting by South Carolina artist Jonathan Green. The painting has been reimagined as a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. The finished size is 19 by 26 inches. This puzzle is made in America.

Communal Jigsaw Puzzle | 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle | Finished size: 19 by 26 inches | Artist: Jonathan Green | Made in America | Published by Tide-mark © 2022

Howard Fogg Trains 2024 Wall Calendar

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Considered the all-time master of railroad art, Howard Fogg painted the power and majesty of the steel wheel on the steel rail. After rail fans discovered Fogg’s artistry, he spent the next 50 years as a freelance artist reinventing the steam age. In Howard Fogg Trains 2024, his paintings live on, commemorating the great age of railroading.

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size

Railroads featured in this edition include:
• It is the early winter of 1949, and Chesapeake and Ohio Greenbriar Class J-3 (4-8-4) built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1937 is on the point of a passenger train making a stop at the Thurmond, West Virginia depot.
• Northern Pacific Class A-5 Northern (4-8-4) 2681 is leading an eastbound mail train east of Bozeman, Montana in the winter of 1950. There were ten locomotives in the A-5 class, 2680 through 2689, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and delivered in 1943.
• Pennsylvania Railroad Class GG-1, one of ten motors of this class painted in Tuscan Red to match the color of the Morning Congressional is travelling through a snowy scene north of Philadelphia on its way to New York City, about 85 miles away.
• When the first Union Pacific Railroad 4000 was rolled out of the shop at American Locomotive Company, an unknown employee had chalked the words “Big Boy” on the front of the smokebox. Union Pacific had given thought to calling them “Wahsatches” after the grade they were originally designed to conquer.
• Rio Grande Southern Locomotives 21, a Consolidation (2-8-0) and 23, a Ten Wheeler (4-6-0) are leading a southbound string of varnish across Bridge 45-A, the 470-foot-long Howard Creek Trestle.
• Aliquippa and Southern 1210 is handling switching chores at its parent plant, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. The cars are being set out for a pick-up by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, which passes by just outside the gate here.
• Missouri Pacific 356, along with two other units, an FB-2 and an FA-2, is leading an eastbound expedited freight along the Missouri River at Jefferson City, Missouri, on its way to St. Louis in the summer of 1955.
• Locomotive 46238 of the former London, Midland and Scottish Railway is running through verdant green country north of London, England in the summer of 1950. A 4-6-2 designed for passenger train service, 46238 was named City of Carlisle.
• With the temperature hovering near 110 degrees, Union Pacific 1630A (a Model FA with two FBs built in 1949 by the American Locomotive Company trailing) has the westbound Daylight Livestock Express making near passenger train speed as it passes an isolated siding southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada in the Summer of 1949.
• Engine 1401, a Class Ps-4 Pacific (4-6-2), was one of a dozen built by Richmond Locomotive Company in 1926 for passenger train service. Southern Railway had numerous other Pacific-type engines, 261 in total, but these 12 were painted green with gold trim for service on the Crescent.
• In 1927 and 1928, the Baldwin Locomotive Works built a pair of articulated tank engines, numbers 50 and 51. This painting shows Engine 51 coming through Cooley, Colorado.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 2024 Wall Calendar

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Chartered in Pennsylvania in 1846, construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad began in 1847, and the first all-rail line reached Pittsburgh in 1852. Eventually PRR connected Chicago with Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania Railroad recalls the unique engines and trains of “The Standard Railroad of the World.”

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size

Locomotives and trains featured in this edition include:
• This is the original American Freedom Train, seen here on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The seven-car
train carried original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the United States Constitution.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 6164, Texas Type (2-10-4), is leading a 148-car eastbound freight at 71st Street, Chicago, Illinois, on April 27, 1952.
• Nearly-new Pennsylvania Railroad 9782 (Electro-Motive F7A-F7B-F7A, a 4,500-horsepower set,) is leading a westbound freight through Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1951.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 6302, an American Locomotive Company Class C-628, is a point helper on a westbound mail train about two miles west of Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania, on April 6, 1964.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 4922 and seven other Class GG-1 Motors are at Sunnyside Yard, New York, on May 25, 1968.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 2219, 2512, and 2513 (GP-30 and two U25Bs) are on a westbound freight along the Susquehanna River at Duncannon, Pennsylvania, on June 10, 1965.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 5806 (an EMD E8A and two E7As) are rolling along the Susquehanna River, passing View Tower at Duncannon, Pennsylvania, with a westbound mail and passenger train in July 1964.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 4917, a Class GG-1 Motor, leads Train Number #139, The Pelican, through Morrisville, Pennsylvania, on August 15, 1953.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 5791, an EMD E8A-E8B set, is running light at 14th Street near St. Louis Union Station, Missouri. Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy 9925 (an EMD E7A) with three-car Train #43, a St.
Louis to Chicago daily passenger train, sits beside it on September 2, 1954.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 2230 and a New York Central unit lead a westbound freight out of the tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, in October 1968.
• Pennsylvania Railroad Train #32, the eastbound St. Louisan, is traveling through Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on June 16, 1957. Trains 32 and 33, the eastbound and westbound St. Louisans, provided daily service between New York City and St. Louis starting in 1913.
• Pennsylvania Railroad 1398 is one of 238 Class B-6sa and B-6sb locomotives built by the Juniata Shops during a 10-year period from 1916 to 1926.

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Colorado Narrow Gauge 2024 Wall Calendar

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A rail-fan favorite, Colorado Narrow Gauge pictures the trains of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Established in 1870, the Rio Grande eventually operated 2,783 miles of track connecting Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Serving mountain communities, farms, and mines from the 1800s into the mid-1900s, the Rio Grande ran trains through mountain gorges, and across the highest rail mainline in America to deliver on the D&RG’s early motto, “Through the Rockies, not around them.”

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size

Narrow gauge trains featured in this edition include:
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 476 and 478 have stopped at Needleton, CO, to take on water. It is June 1, 1957, the second day of a three-day excursion on the Rio Grande narrow gauge.
• Denver and Rio Grande 487 is on the point of a southbound freight on the Farmington Branch about five miles south of Cedar Hill, NM, on October 30, 1963. At this time, the San Juan Basin Oil Boom was slowing down and most weeks would only see one train on the Farmington Branch.
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 499 is on the point of an east-bound livestock train in October 1963. This one is loaded with sheep. There is a helper on the rear end.
• Rio Grande Southern 42 is leading a westbound scrapping train through Wildcat Canyon, about eight miles west of Durango, CO, on September 11, 1952.
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 493, a Class K-37 2-8-2, is at the coal dock at Alamosa, being prepared for a west-bound train out of Alamosa, CO, in May 1955. This coal dock was a big one, servicing both narrow-gauge and standard-gauge locomotives, even their large Class L-131 2-8-8-2’s.
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 482 is on the point and 486 is a rear-end helper (both are Class K-36 Mikado 2-8-2’s.) on an 11 car east bound Cumbres Turn coming through the east end of the Narrows, a little more than a mile west of Lobato, NM, on June 3, 1957.
• Here is a view of Galloping Goose #4 as originally built, sitting in front of the Ridgway roundhouse on June 29, 1944. Its appearance would completely change during the winter of 1945.
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 480 is leading an eastbound excursion special on the “Old Line” through Arboles, CO, on June 8, 1960. Arboles is located at Milepost 408.8, almost 43 miles east of Durango.
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 490, a Class K-37 Mikado 2-8-2, has a southbound Farmington Turn just starting out of Durango Yard in August 1958.
• Fall colors are at their peak as Denver and Rio Grande Western 498 leads an east-bound freight across the Lobato Trestle four miles east of Chama, NM, in October 1956. The consist is a string of empty flat cars and pipe gondolas being returned to Alamosa for loading more pipe.
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 464, a Class K-27 Mudhen is leading a Silverton mixed train northbound at Rockwood, CO, on September 12, 1956. This is one of an order of 15 locomotives purchased from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903.
• Denver and Rio Grande Western 473 is making what will be the last ever water stop at Gato, CO, on December 6, 1968. In 1968, the third rail from Alamosa to Antonito was abandoned, as was the line from Chama, NM, to Durango.

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Santa Fe Railway 2024 Wall Calendar

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Chartered just before the Civil War, during the next three decades the tracks of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe reached from Chicago to Los Angeles. Santa Fe Railway trains provided the country’s most appealing passenger service and for shippers, the most innovative intermodal freight service in America. Santa Fe features classic steam and diesel locomotives working on the ATSF.

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size
Locomotives and trains featured in this edition include:
≈ Santa Fe 1028, a Prairie-type (2-6-2), sits forlornly at the Topeka, KS roundhouse on January 2, 1954. It is one of Santa Fe’s 1014 Class, which consisted of 40 locomotives, all built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1901.
≈ Santa Fe 3003 and 3004 are both 1,600-horse-power Fairbanks-Morse Model H16-44 diesel-electrics, built in early 1951.
≈ Santa Fe 2772, a merger-painted EMD GP30, and five other units are bringing a westbound freight down the Tehachapi Grade at Bealville, CA, on March 27, 1987.
≈ Santa Fe 8, an E-2A built by Electro-Motive in 1938, is leading the Golden Gate Limited at Stockton, CA, in the summer of 1946.
≈ Santa Fe 3780, a Northern-type (4-8-4), is one of ten locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1941.This was Santa Fe’s ten-engine 3776 Class.
≈ Santa Fe 58 leads two PAs, two PBs and another PA with Train #19, the westbound San Francisco Chief at Amarillo, TX, in June 1965.
≈ Santa Fe 87 leads westbound Train #1, the Kansas Cityan at Kansas City, MO, Union Station on July 24, 1967.
≈ Santa Fe 357, three General Electric U28-CGs, is leading Train #15, the westbound Texas Chief at Fort Worth, TX, on September 5, 1966.
≈ Santa Fe 818, an EMD C40-8W, leads four other units on a westbound intermodal train, coming through Becker, NM, on September 20, 1995.
≈ Santa Fe 162 is leading Train #19, The Chief, at 18th Street, Chicago, IL on October 26, 1946.
≈ It is September 12, 1986, and Santa Fe 9530 with three other units assisting has stopped with a westbound manifest freight, while on an adjacent track, an intermodal shooter led by 3818 (an SD50) has also stopped.
≈ Santa Fe 3759 is a Northern-type (4-8-4), one of 14 locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works from 1927 to 1929.

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New York Central Railroad 2024 Wall Calendar

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In the early years of rail building, a series of lines grew up between New York City, Albany, Schenectady, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, linking the Great Lakes and the Midwest to the Hudson River and the world. Brought together in 1853 as the New York Central Railroad, the line eventually served half of America’s population, moving passengers in the northeast between New York, Chicago, and Detroit, or from Boston to St. Louis.

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size

Locomotives and trains featured in this edition include:
• New York Central 2538, a General Electric Model U-25B and two U30B’s, are heading for New York City, seen here at Spuyten Duyvil, New York on January I, 1968.
• New York Central owned a multitude of switch engines. They also had eight rather obscure seventy ton “critters” built from 1940 to 1942.
• New York Central 5934 and 5791, a GP-9 and a GP7, road switchers built by EMD, are on a passenger train at Granite City, Illinois on October 16, 1963.
• Brand new New York Central 6000, the first of 25 Class S-1a Niagara (4-8-4) engines, is being serviced at the Englewood, Illinois roundhouse in mid-April 1945.
• New York Central 3140, a Class L-4b Mohawk (4-8-2) built in 1943 by the Lima Locomotive Works, is leading a westbound freight out of Poughkeepsie, New York on August 8, 1946.
• New York Central 4020 and 4025 are backing Train #315, a mail and express train, into St. Louis, Missouri Union Station on June 21, 1966. 4020 is an E-7A in an E-8A body.
• New York Central 8276, a 1,600 horsepower Alco/General Electric Model RS-3 Road Switcher, is on the Harlem Division with eastbound commuter train #960 arriving at Chatham, New York on June 20, 1965.
• New York Central 4052, an E-8A with an E-7B second unit (both are EMD locomotives) leads Train #51, the westbound Empire State Express as it passes under the Bear Mountain Bridge on August 3, 1963.
• New York Central 1600, the first of only four EMD Model FTA’s owned by NYC, is leading a freight at Cleveland, Ohio on August 15, 1964.
• New York Central 5451, one of fifty Class J-3a Hudsons (4-6-4), built by the American Locomotive Company in 1937, is hitting the track pans at Chesterton, Indiana with a westbound mail train in October 1945.
• New York Central 3817, a matched A-B-A set of Baldwin “sharknoses,” so named because of their appearance, are waiting a call at the Detroit, Michigan engine terminal in August 1962.
• Here Niagara 4015 is rolling a westbound passenger train through Buffington, Indiana in the winter of 1947. 4015 and its train are about one-half hour east of Chicago’s La Salle Street Station.

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Contemplation Jigsaw Puzzle by Jonathan Green

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Wearing a flowing white dress, a woman looks out toward the ocean as she prepares for a picnic beside the sea, in the Contemplation jigsaw puzzle adapted from an original painting by South Carolina artist Jonathan Green. The artist invites us, as viewers, to share the wonderful view of the sea and the sky along with the picnicker in this  inviting painting that has been reimagined as a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. The finished size is 19 by 26 inches. This puzzle is made in America.

| 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle | Finished size: 19 by 26 inches | Artist: Jonathan Green | Published by Tide-mark © 2022

Baltimore and Ohio 2024 Wall Calendar

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Running the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad meant big trains operating through challenging terrain, but the railroad made it work with smart engineering and impressive steam. This edition of the calendar features a range of engines and named trains from “Big Six” engine 6222, a Santa Fe Class S-1a 2-10-2, and Baldwin-built engine 7621, a Class EM-1 2-8-8-4 “war baby,” to engine 4422, a Class Q4-b Mikado 2-8-2 built in 1922, and engine 5316, a Pacific type 4-6-2 originally named President Grant. Ride the B and O all through 2024.

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size

Locomotives and named trains featured in this edition include:
≈ It is May 3, 1951, and Baltimore and Ohio 7209, a simple articulated Class EL-2a (2-8-8-0) built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1916, is seen here on a freight near Corriganville, PA.
≈ It is June 26, 1952, and Baltimore and Ohio 72 A is on the point of Train #9, the westbound Washington to Pittsburgh Express. This train is advertised in the Official Guide as “Diesel Electric All The Way.” This day’s power consists of three Electro-Motive E6s, an A-B-A set.
≈ Baltimore and Ohio 5316, a Class P-7e Pacific (4-6-2), originally named President Grant, is on the point of Train #21, the westbound, six-car Washingtonian crossing Evitts Creek, only a mile east of Cumberland, MD, on July 2, 1952.
≈ Baltimore and Ohio 7619, A Class EM-1 (2-8-8-4) is working hard lifting a freight through the Cumberland Narrows on September 18, 1955. 7619 was the last of 20 “war babies” built in 1944 (7600 through 7619) by the Baldwin Locomotive Works; a second order followed in 1945. These were B&O’s largest steam locomotives. Engine and tender combined weighed over one million pounds. They were coal-burners and carried 25 tons of coal and 22 thousand gallons of water.
≈ Baltimore and Ohio 813, an FA-FB-FA set, is leading a Timesaver freight eastbound near Meyersdale, PA on September 25, 1952. The FA’s were built by the American Locomotive Company as 1,600-horsepower units. They were used mainly in freight service, but could and were also used in passenger, mail, and troop-train service on occasion.
≈ Baltimore and Ohio 7154, a Class EL-5a (2-8-8-0) is teamed up with 6222, an S-1a (2-10-2) on a heavy westbound manifest, with SA Tower off to the right side. The summit of Sand Patch is just ahead of the train, which has another S-1a pushing behind the caboose. The 26 Class EL-5s were built by Baldwin in 1919 and 1920, and they served the B&O for more than 30 years before being retired.
≈ Baltimore and Ohio 6209, a 1,600-horsepower Model AS-16 built by Baldwin in 1955, has a transfer freight in tow at Cincinnati, OH on October 30, 1965. B&O had sixteen of these engines in service.
≈ Baltimore and Ohio Class P-7 Pacific (4-6-2) 5305 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927. The locomotives were designed for passenger train service and were named after United States Presidents. 5305 was originally named President Monroe. It was eventually rebuilt by the Mount Clare Shop and assigned number 5305. It is seen here making a station stop on November 9, 1955 at Zanesville, OH with westbound Train 233.

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Great Trains 2024 Wall Calendar

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In Great Trains 2024 the power and romance of the rails is captured through the paintings of Gil Bennett. There are paintings of classic passenger trains of the past, along with locomotives that moved freight and goods across this land. From the diminutive 2-4-4T of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad to Union Pacific’s big 4-6-6-4 Challenger, trains from coast to coast are depicted with historical details about the railroads and trains pictured.

This 2024 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size

Locomotives and trains featured in this edition include:
• In 1937, the Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad ordered five 4-8-4 locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works for fast freight and passenger service. Being a “Southern” railroad, they called these Generals instead of the regular moniker of “Northern.”
• On February 12, 1909, a light snow started that ended up dumping six feet of snow on the western slope of Cumbres Pass. This closed the Denver & Rio Grande line over the pass and stranded several trains. The railroad had two rotary snowplows, OM and ON, but a mild winter was forecast, so OM was sent to Denver to be rebuilt. ON was clearing the line over Marshall Pass.
• A light snow falls as Union Pacific Challenger 3989 heads up the 1.7% grade out of Ogden, Utah in 1948. Challenger 3989 is headed against an east wind as it struggles up the steep grade at 12 mph. Back at the end of the train, a big 2-10-2 pushes to keep the train moving.
• Western Pacific 901A is at the top of Silver Zone Pass. Snow-covered Pilot Peak is in the back on the Utah–Nevada border.
• Here Union Pacific GP30 718, GP30B 731, and GP30 817 take the local back to Ogden on a cool day in May.
• Every week during World War II,
the Logan High marching band and well wishers would send off sailors, soldiers, and airmen. The Utah-Idaho Central station at Logan, Utah, was filled with the crowds that would spill out into the street. UIC train 206 would depart at 11:35 a.m. with mail, passengers, and the newly drafted kids, heading off to meet trains in Ogden.
• To run their freight trains, the road ordered eighty large 2-8-4 Berkshires from ALCO and Lima Locomotive works. These locomotives would regularly handle freight trains at speeds over 60 mph for an enviable on time performance.To keep trains moving, even coal and ore trains would run at 45 to 50 mph, as seen here. Berkshire 761 accelerates its ore train out of a small town in Ohio on a warm summer morning.
• Here we see the Hooterville Cannon Ball stopped at the Shady Rest Hotel water stop with Betty Jo in the cab talking to Earl of Petticoat Junction. The locomotive, Sierra number 3, is a Rogers 4-6-0 built in 1891. It still runs today.
• Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad locomotive #8, a Mason Machine Works Bogie, pulls a train into East Boston in 1906. This was once the most heavily traveled passenger line in the United States.
• Denver & Rio Grande locomotive 361, a C-21, and 454, a K-27, help the road engine 456, a K-27, move a loaded twenty-car stock train up Cerro Summit in western Colorado in 1947.
• Altoona was the main shop and locomotive complex of the Pennsylvania Railroad, building cars and steam and electric
locomotives. The busy line through town saw more than 200 freight and passenger trains and helper movements daily. All passenger trains would get a helper to climb up the grade west of town, and freights would get both a helper on the front and pushers on the rear to move tonnage up the mountain. Here 6459, a 2-10-4 J1a, and 4587, an I1sa 2-10-0, shove hard on the back of a heavy freight train as it blasts past the tower at Slope.
• The shrill cry of a whistle reverberates against the crystal-trimmed depot at Elkhorn, Nebraska, as a frosty Union Pacific 2-10-2 and 4-12-2 hustle tonnage westward on Christmas Day, 1951. Clear exhaust forms a white muffler for the charging steamers as helper engine 5057 and road engine 9504 head southeast in the sub-zero morning.

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