Remarkable Steam Trains 2015 Calendar

Remarkable Steam Trains 2015 Calendar

This exceptional collection of classic train images offers thundering power and great style through more than 50 years of railroading. <b>Remarkable Steam Trains</b> range from a New York Central 'Mo-hawk' passing through Chicago, to engine 2807 wading through the 1951 Mississippi River flood in Iowa, to the sleek stainless-steel 'Silver Wings' pulling the southbound 'Texas Zephyr' through Palmer Lake, Colorado. Steam's up; don't miss the call! (14 - 22 inches, open). (former title: Those Remarkable Trains) <br><b>January:</b> Colorado and Southern 806 is street running with a southbound freight on Mason Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado on November 23, 1957. <br><b>February:</b> New York Central 4000, its first EMD Class E7A, is in concert with a newer Class E8-A, lead Train 44, the eastbound "New York Special" out of Chicago, Illinois on November 10, 1962. <br><b>March:</b> October 1, 1958, Illinois Central 2608 is leading a coal train past the well maintained Du Bois, Illinois depot, pulling off the main line to allow higher priority traffic to pass. <br><b>April:</b> Norfolk and Western 2149 is near Montvale, Virginia with a mile of empty coal hoppers in tow on April 25, 1957. Engine 2149, a Class Y6, 2-8-8-2, was built in 1939 in the company s Roanoke, Virginia shops, and continued in service until the end of steam operations in 1960. <br><b>May:</b> Canadian National helper 3423 is assisting road engine 6240 on Photographed by Bill Price an eastbound freight at Hamilton, Ontario on May 17, 1958. <br><b>June:</b> Western Pacific 920A is on the point of a westbound freight, crossing the Keddie Wye Trestle, California in June 1969. <br><b>July:</b> Central Vermont 603 sits at the White River Junction, Vermont depot with the southbound "Ambassador" on July 23, 1952. Central Vermonter 603 is one of four Mountain, 4-8-2, Type locomotives built by American Locomotive Works in 1927. <br><b>August:</b> Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 5629, a Class O5-A Northern, 4-8-4, is leading freight near Gretna, Nebraska, 20 miles southwest of Omaha in August of 1956. <br><b>September:</b> Western Maryland Challenger, 4-6-6-4, 1202 is on a westbound freight passing the water tank at Lap, Maryland on September 13, 1952. <br><b>October:</b> Norfolk and Western 131, a Class K-2a Mountain (4-8-2) leads Train #14 as it leaves Luray, Virginia, on October 12, 1955. <br><b>November:</b> Southern Pacific s small engine terminal at Port Costa, California, located about twenty-five miles from Oakland, California, was one of their last terminals to use steam power. <br><b>December:</b> Wabash 493 and 486, EMD GP-9s, are coming through Decatur, Illinois with the "Wabash Cannonball" on December 12, 1960. <br><b>Tide-mark press has been publishing quality calendars for over 35 years. Search for these 12 Tide-mark train calendars:</b> <br><i> Baltimore & Ohio <br> Colorado Narrow Guage <br> Great Northern Railway <br> Great Trains <br> Howard Fogg <br> Milwaukee Road <br> Pennsylvania Railroad <br> Railroading! <br> Remarkable Steam Trains <br> Santa Fe <br> Shortline Railroads<br> Union Pacific <br></i>