RAILROADS IN PHOTOS AND PAINTING

Horse and Train - Alex Coleville

The painting "Horse and Train" (1954), was inspired by two lines from the poet Roy Campbell:
Against a regiment I oppose a brain
And a dark horse against an armored train.

Horse and Train is a part of the Art Gallery of Hamilton's permanent collection; Dominion Foundries and Steel, Ltd. (Dofasco Inc) donated the painting in 1957.

Horse and Train appears on the cover of the album Night Vision by Bruce Cockburn.

Alex Colville and his painting Horse and Train are mentioned in the introduction (and in the story itself) of Nova Scotia fiction writer Barry Wood's short story Nowhere to Go published in England's Postscripts #14 in 2008.

neeet!. Heres a print from Ted Rose that was used in the East Broad Top Restoration Project.

That recalls the discussion for the animal that would be selected as the nationqal symbol Franklin wanted a turkey and I believe it was T R who said that "an eagle on a railroad track will just fly away at the sight of an approaching train. A Crawfish, will stand up and spread its claws to do battle"

watched a very interesting documentary on The Flying Scotsman

Edward Hopper is study of the social and moral infrastructure of the railroad.

My sixth grade teacher took an interest in me as a budding young artist. (Somewhere, I went wrong). He won a prize with a wonderful watercolor of a boxcar. I would give anything to have an image of it now.

Was it one of those boxcars made of t&g slatting?. We have several being restored at the Pa RR museum in STrasburg .

common sight on the canadian prairies

de Witt Clinton

I remember that painting.. (the horse one)


I saved an approaching train photo in my "triggers" file for years. But I bet I cleared it out recently, thinking "I'll never paint that". On top of it, I don't even know where the file binder is right now. Alert! Woman has too much damned stuff.

I don't believe so.

love railway logos, especially this one



years ago there was this sunday morning radio show from detroit that pitted 4 university professors from around michigan to answer really offbeat questions

one time they had to come up with as many nicknames for the railroad companies as they could, it was a crazy show, they got tons of them but the only one i can remember was the the one for the Baltimore & Ohio (the B & O) it's nickname was the Broke & Owning

I have a lapel pin of that..

which reminds me, I've a couple of others.

I visited there and loved it. I have collected all manner of train type things and am enjoying this thread.

Thanks, Farmerman.


Another Hamilton train

me too

a few years back the Toledo Ohio PBS station showed train documentaries on sunday afternoons, very interesting stuff, wish i'd got the names so i could try and find them again

My great granddad was a section boss for the Old Milwaukee Road.