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"Tale of Two Zephyrs " Original Oil/Acrylic 24x48
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| Although this is not usually the place for these trains to meet. On this fall morning Salt Lake is hosting two California Zephyrs, one bound for Oakland the other for Denver and Chicago. | |||||||
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"Powhatan Arrow " Original Oil/Acrylic 20x24
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| The Arrow ran on a day schedule between Norfolk, Virginia and Cincinnati. The streamlined "J" class locomotives that pulled the Arrow seemed to bring a new found sence of excitment and prosperity to the vast region of the Appalachians. | |||||||
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Original Oil/Acrylic 18x24
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| This scene in Echo Canyon brings out the little boy in all of us, who loves trains and would sit beside the tracks just hoping to hear the roar, smell the smoke and feel the power of a passing locomotive. But most importantly to possibly get a wave from the engineer or a blast of the horn just for him.
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Original Oil/Acrylic 18x24 |
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| If the setting for the movie "Casablanca" had been a Chicago rail station you can bet it would have looked much like this. | |||||||
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Original Acrylic 16x20 |
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The Southern Pacific with its eye catching "Black Widow" paint sceme, blasts across the Arizona desert hauling parishables eastbound through an afternoon thunderstorm.
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Original Oil/Acrylic 24x30
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"Elements of Change" sums up this piece of artwork in so many ways. The changing from summer to all the splendors of fall, the changes in behavior and attitude of a bull elk going into rutting season, and the changes that the Central Pacific railroad brought to the western landscape, wildlife and our ability to experience the west.
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Original Oil 24x30
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"Cattle Crossing" Original Oil/Acrylic 18x24 No prints avalible at this time |
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| "Is it a photo or a painting?" is the commonly asked question. The vivid detail and clearity of the flashing crossbucks will both amaze and delight you as the Great Northern unit train of cattle cars speeds past.
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Original Oil 20x30 |
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The streamlined version of the Baltimore & Ohio's, 4-6-2 was an all-coach train that ran from Baltimore to Cincinnati. Although the train boasted of a 95% on-time preformance record, its life of service was short lived. This somewhat unusual looking steam engine in its brilliant blue color with black and gold accent, was strikingly beautiful in a snowy backdrop like "The Cincinnatian in Winter"
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"Crew Change" Original Oil 16x20 |
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| Train 31 the "Butte Express" stops at Pocatello to change crews and pick up passengers. The train is heading northbound for its remaining 260 mile journey to Butte Momtana. As the new crew waits to board the locomotive and inbound crew climbs off their train on a bitter cold January day. The steam mixed with the cold air makes for a scene that jogs the memories of those fortunate enough to have experienced it.
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Original Oil 24x36 |
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| After saying thier good-bys, he speeds away aboard the Santa Fe Chief, leaving her with that empty, lonesome feeling inside.
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Original Oil 24x30 |
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This incredibly realistic painting enables you to see the acurrate detail and feel the powerful force of this diesel locamotive as it builds up momentum in hopes of "Making Up Time" through Weber Canyon.
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"Racehorse through the Blues" Original Oil 24x30 |
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| The eastbound "City of Portland" out runs an encrouching storm through the Blue Mountains of Oregon. The train is powered by Union Pacifics's E-9 passenger locomotive referred to as the "Racehorse".
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"Rio Grande at Denver" Original Oil 18x24 |
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"Steam at Evantson" Original Oil 24x30 |
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| Commisioned by the City of Evanston, WY for auction at the 2004 Renewal Ball for the Roundhouse restoration project. I depicted an Alco 4-8-4 Northern type locomotive backing out of the Evanstan roundhouse as a machinist admires his work and listens to his sleeping giant come to life.
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Original Oil 24x36 |
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| The romance of traveling by train in all of its glory. Woman in long dresses and parasols, men in top hats and gloves, along with a brightly colored steam locomotive and luxurious passenger car let us reflect on the emotions associated with traveling by train. This scene appeals to a wide variety of people that remember and enjoy the mood of train travel in days gone by.
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Original Oil/Acrylic 16x20 |
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As the train passes into the "Twilight", one has to wonder how good the coffee is, that is on the stove in the caboose.
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Original Oil 16x20
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| Feel the fall breeze and take in the changing colors as this Burlington Northern Frieght train rounding a curve into the fall foliage between Elliston and Avon Montana.
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"Inevitable Change" Original Oil/Acrylic 24x30 No Prints avalible at this time |
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| Change has occured since the beginning of time and it is something that the American Indian could not avoid. They were free to live and hunt and fish on their land for many years,
but the coming of the Iron Horse brought them" Inevitable Change".
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All rights reserved Copyright 2005 - Shayne Stoakes
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