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ALCOS ON THE CANADIAN BORDER Until recently, American Locomotive Com- pany switchers were the mainstay of power for the then Boise Cascade owned Min- nesota,


which served the International Falls, MN and Ft. Francis, Ontario paper plants of its parent. Here, on a cold winter day, an MD&W S1 Switches the International Falls Mill.. Since this photo was taken in the 1980’s, Boise sold the plant, and the Alcos are gone, But the MD&W survives Serving the two mills.


Dakota and Western Railway, SERVING THE NATION


The Pennsylvania Railroad, once labeled the “Standard Railroad of the World”, con- tracted with Gif Teller when he was 74 years of age to be their official artist. This painting was done for the PRR’s 1940 cal- endar, showing one of the railroad’s mas- sive S1 articulated steam locomotives, the 6100, leading a PRR streamlined passen- ger train in a winter setting which had to be somewhere on the PRR’s then four tracked mainline through rural Pennsylvania. Teller did many great calendar and other paint- ings for the Pennsylvania for several years.


THE 20TH CENTURY LIMITED SPEEDING THROUGH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 1943 The New York Central’s calendars always depicted excellent paintings of their freight and passenger operations and flagship passenger trains-The “20th Century” was its premier overnight Chicago - New York City train, and this rendition of the “Centu- ry”, pulled by one of the Louis Dreyfus de- signed “Hudson” locomotives shows the train speeding on the NYC mainline by what appears to be an eastern Ohio or western Pennsylvania Steel mill,


Every morning for decades, the Great Northern’s Western Star and the Northern Pacific’s Mainstreeter, would line up next to each other at the St. Paul Union Depot (SPUD) loading mail and passengers for their trips to the Pacific Northwest. Both survived until the advent of Amtrak in May of 1971. Today, you can ride Amtrak’s Em- pire Builder along the former Great North- ern route between the Twin Cities and Seattle.


THE WESTERN STAR AND MAINSTREETER PREPARING TO LEAVE ST. PAUL


BEST WISHES FOR A JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HEALTHY NEW YEAR


Always on the edge of having enough mo- tive power to serve its needs, the “Rock” used passenger power made spare from train discontinuances as well its commuter fleet (particularly on weekends) to power its freights.. Here a trio of E units, led by E8 #652, lead an eastbound intermodal train by the Joliet, Illinois station and the ATSF and GM&O mainlines in the early 1970’s. While the Rock Island is now but a memo- ry, this line is still operated by Metra, the Chicago passenger commuter authority, the CSX, and the Iowa Interstate, who op- erates its old Blue Island yard all the way to Council Bluffs, Iowa.


EASTBOUND ROCK ISLAND INTERMODAL AT JOLIET


HAPPY HOLIDAYS


ANNOUNCING NEW STREAMLINER SERVICE


The Union Pacific began developing its streamliner fleet in the mid 1930’s with its first streamliner, the M10000, a three car diesel electric train which competed with the Burlington’s original “Pioneer Zephyr’’. Operating its transcontinental partnership with the Chicago and Northwestern for about half a century, the UP-CNW inaugu- rated streamliner service between Chicago and Los Angeles - with two sets of equip- ment operating every third day from each terminal. This advertisement announces the beginning of this service the coming February, somewhere around the late 1930’s or early 1940’s.. The the train be- came the “City of Los Angeles”, and would within a few years operate daily until the ad- vent of Amtrak in 1971.


HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND BEST WISHES FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE.


OUR WARMEST WISHES TO YOU FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.


SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM ELECTRO MOTIVE CORPORATION Well into the 1970’s, General Motors owned Electro Motive Division was the prime supplier o diesel locomotives to the railroad industry and once had near 90% of the market, In this 1940’s advertisement, Santa is standing near an EMD SW (switcher) locomotive, wishing all Greetings of the Season..


MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS


After the Santa Fe retired their Alco PA passenger fleet, the Delaware and Hudson Arranged for locomotive rebuilder Morri- son- Knudsen to rebuild a handful of the legended locomotives and they were used during the 1970’s on the railroad’s Montre- al New York “Laurentian”. They were re- tired in the late 1970’s when Amtrak took over State of New York subsidized service.. Here, two of the graceful PA’s lead the “Laurentian” through fresh snow and a snow storm in upper New York state. Photo courtesy of Phil Larsen.


FAMOUS ALCO PA’S ON THE D&H LAURENTIAN


MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS BE JOYOUS, WITH FAMILYAND FRIENDS, AND MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS.


WISCONSIN CENTRAL MEMORIES Wisconsin Central was perhaps one of the most successful “new” regional railroads, created in 1987 by the acquisition of the Soo Line’s properties and former Chicago- Duluth -Twin Cities mainlines. To celebrate the state of Wisconsin’s 100th anniversary in the late 1990’s, the WC prepared a spe- cial “Centennial” locomotive, which is pic- tured here leading the “White Pine” local over the Jackson Creek bridge near Wake- field, MI. Today, the CN has purchased the WC and this line is presently not operated by CN, although kept in place in anticipa- tion that new mining ventures in the West- ern Upper Peninsula of the State will bring it back to life.


MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS BE JOYOUS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND, MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS.


The Monon operated between Chicago, In- dianapolis and Louisville.


MONON MEMORIES


with financial difficulties, the Monon hired a skilled railroader, John W. Barriger, to give it new life and management in the mid 1940’s. Barriger hired his friend Howard Fogg to do a series of paintings showing Monon trains in “Monon Territory”. Here the new streamlined “Hosier” leaving Chicago for its Indianapolis destination. Ultimately, in the early 1970’s, the Monon was ac- quired by what was to become the CSX Railroad, but parts of its former route is still a major line of the CSX in Indiana.


After brushes


MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.


OUR BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR


Winter and Three Season


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