Among the paintings recently sold by Soulis Auctions are a series of profiles of F3 locomotives, all of them signed by Ben Dedek. All of these locomotives were made in 1947 or 1948 so presumably the paintings were done around … Continue reading
We’ve seen plenty of paintings by Ben Dedek, but here are ten more. Some of these have already been seen in the form of data cards, but the original paintings are higher in resolution and uncropped. Dedek’s name appeared on … Continue reading
We’ve seen several paintings by Harry Bockewitz, but here are five more we haven’t seen. First are a few paintings that apparently were done on speculation. Click any image for a larger view. Click here to download a 5.7-MB PDF … Continue reading
Paintings recently sold by Soulis Auctions reveal that GM proposed several different ideas for painting the E6 used for Illinois Central’s City of Miami, which began operating as an all-coach train in December 1940. In retrospect, I don’t think they … Continue reading
I’ve shown several paintings by GM Art & Color artist Paul A. Meyer. Here are three more. Click image for a larger view. Click here to download a 5.8-MB PDF with all three paintings in high-resolution format. The size of … Continue reading
The past few weeks have presented art by Leland Knickerbocker, Paul Meyer, Ben Dedek, and Harry Bockewitz, plus one data card whose painting was by Rex A. Prunty. Among images of original artworks provided by Greg Palumbo are three other … Continue reading
GM introduced the F9 in 1953 and the E9 in 1954. Both saw a power boost over their predecessors, the F9 from 1,500 to 1,750 horsepower and the E9 from 2,250 to 2,500 horsepower. Three F9s were about equal to … Continue reading
GM sold 496 E8 locomotives, all but 46 of them being A units. This was down only slightly from the 511 E7s sold. I only have eight data cards for E8s, possibly because GM stopped making such cards. The signature … Continue reading
The E8 locomotive succeeded the E7 in late 1949. Though the “E” in E locomotives represented eighteen, for the 1,800 horsepower of the E1 and E2, the E3 through E7 produced 2,000 horsepower and the E8 upped this to 2,250. … Continue reading
GM made more than 3,800 F7s, which was more than twice the number of F3s and in fact more than all other Fs combined. Yet Greg Palumbo has images of just eight data cards for F7s, plus a couple more … Continue reading
