This remarkable collection of classic steam locomotives offers thundering power and great style through more than 50 years of railroading. Locomotives include: Pennsylvania Mountain 4-8-2 built in 1930, Erie Berkshire 2-8-4, CN Pacific 4-6-2 from 1920, Colorado Southern Santa Fe 2-10-2 built in 1919, B&O Yellowstone 2-8-8-4, Cincinnati Southern Mikado 2-8-2, a unique Chicago and Illinois Midland American 4-4-0 from 1927, and more. Don t miss the call! Those Remarkable Trains 2021 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Beautiful reproduction | Quality heavy-weight paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size
Railroads, locomotives and locations featured include:
Union Pacific 820, a Class FEF-2 Northern, is leaving Council Bluffs, Iowa with 15-car Mail Train #5 on January 25, 1955. 820 was delivered in August 1939. There were 15 locomotives in its class, all with 80-inch-drivers, so 110 miles per hour was not a stretch for 820 and its 14 stablemates.
This derailment occurred on the Erie Railroad in February of 1948. The location is described as east of Port Jervis, NY." Erie Derrick 02685 is rerailing a combine. Erie Berkshire Class S-3 3380 (2-8-4) was one of 35 locomotives built and delivered by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928.
Pennsylvania Railroad 6742, a Class M-1a Mountain (4-8-2) is bringing an eastbound freight through Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on October 7, 1946. 6742 was one of 100 Mountain-Type locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930.
Colorado and Southern 908, an E-5b Santa Fe Type (2-10-2) built in 1919 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, is on a southbound freight heading out of Castle Rock, Colorado on April 2, 1950.
Canadian National 5126, a Class J-4-E Pacific, is leading westbound Commuter Train #173 through Hamilton Junction, Ontario on May 13, 1958. 5126 was a 4-6-2 built in 1920 by the Montreal Locomotive Works.
Virginian Railway 214 was a Class PA Pacific (4-6-2), constructed by the American Locomotive Works in 1920. It is seen here on a three-car passenger train #4, eastbound at Roanoke, Virginia in May 1954.
The Baltimore and Ohio was not afraid to put big power on a train if that choice was warranted. Here three Class EM-1 Yellowstones (2-8-8-4) triple-headed on a northbound coal train at De Forest Junction, Ohio on August 21, 1956.
Crossing above the Kentucky River, High Bridge was rebuilt in 1911 to accommodate increased train traffic. Southern Railway 6627, a Class MS-4 Mikado (2-8-2), is rolling right along as it crosses the bridge with a short freight on September 28, 1951.
Central Vermont 464 and 466, Class N-5a 2-8-0 Consolidations, are double-headed on October 24, 1954. The only suggestion of location is the notation Connecticut on the slide. Both engines were built by the American Locomotive Company in 1923.
Western Maryland 764, a Class H-7b Consolidation (2-8-0) is on the head end of Train #153, a five-car mixed train that ran daily between Elkins and Durbin, West Virginia, seen here at Glady on October 17, 1951.
The Chicago and Illinois Midland was a major coal hauler that ran a stable of large non-articulated locomotives, mostly 2-10-2s. But off in a corner of their roster were three American-Type 4-4-0s, all built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. 500 and 501 were delivered in 1927, and 502 followed a year later. They were the newest, and nearly the only 4-4-0s in service anywhere on an American railroad at the time.
Southern Pacific had 12 classes of AC (Articulated Consolidation) locomotives, 11 of which were of the cab-forward design. Baldwin built more than 200 oil-fired locomotives with the cab forward. 4164 has been serviced and awaits a call at Oakland, California on February 4, 1956.
