Berkshire at Midnight

Description

War preoccupies the land, and the considerable talents of the Nickel Plate Road, honed in the development of a second-to-none reputation for moving freight fast, now are devoted to hauling troops and tanks, At midnight brand-new (Lima Class of ’44) S-2 Berkshire 765 is checked over by her crew in preparation for manufacturing gross ton-miles per freight train-hour along the rim of Lake Erie en route to Buffalo.

Note: the painting for this print was used as the cover artwork for the Kalmbach Publishing book: “The Nickel Plate Story” by John A. Rehor 

lithograph (22″ x 16″)