Grand Departure
24" x 30" Acrylic on Canvas 2007
Private Collection
Take yourself back to December 1937 at 21st Junction (also known as Alton Jct.) in Chicago. Imagine
standing here in this wintry scene, witnessing the departure of Pennsylvania railroads flagship passenger
train, the Broadway Limited to New York. Steam and smoke thunder from the #5396, one of Pennsy’s famed
K-4 Pacifics, as it leads its train across numerous diamonds and into the snow filled day.
24" x 30" Acrylic on Canvas 2007
Private Collection
Take yourself back to December 1937 at 21st Junction (also known as Alton Jct.) in Chicago. Imagine
standing here in this wintry scene, witnessing the departure of Pennsylvania railroads flagship passenger
train, the Broadway Limited to New York. Steam and smoke thunder from the #5396, one of Pennsy’s famed
K-4 Pacifics, as it leads its train across numerous diamonds and into the snow filled day.