Southern Railway’s Crescent – For Sale

“Provenance: Renowned railroad artist Gil Reid created this painting in 1976 on a commission for Hugh Stephens, a native of Virginia and a lifelong Southern Railway fan. After a postwar career in the early years of the airline industry, Stephens served for many years in the 1950s and ’60s as Vice President-Sales for Kalmbach Publishing Co., then formed Amro Ltd., a model-railroad important company. In the 1980’s and ’90s, he was the executive secretary for the Model Railroad Industry Association. Stephens, who died in 2004, is a member of the Model Railroad Industry Hall of Fame. The painting, “Southern Gothic,” depicts the Crescent somewhere in Virginia behind a Ps4-class 4-6-2. It includes Gil Reid’s original signature. “

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