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In 1986, the National Model Railroad Association held its annual convention in Boston. I painted several pieces to sell or put up to auction. This turned out to be a profitable venture, and I regret I didn't repeat it for the next conventions I attended. Ah, well.. I recently found the 35mm negatives of the pictures I had taken. After scanning and some clean-up in PhotoShop to take out some of the discoloration of 25 years of bad storage, I hope they look okay.

The Boston & Maine ordered a train set virtually identical to the Burlington's "Pioneer Zephyr" in 1935 and named it the "Flying Yankee" to serve a similar purpose- fast day-time service. The B&M ran it between Boston and Portland and on to Bangor, Maine, over the Maine Central (which was controlled by the B&M). I show it here passing a local hauled by an elderly American type (4-4-0).

Acrylic on canvas. This is a large painting, roughly 24"x36" or so.

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In 1986, the National Model Railroad Association held its annual convention in Boston. I painted several pieces to sell or put up to auction. This turned out to be a profitable venture, and I regret I didn't repeat it for the next conventions I attended. Ah, well.. I recently found the 35mm negatives of the pictures I had taken. After scanning and some clean-up in PhotoShop to take out some of the discoloration of 25 years of bad storage, I hope they look okay.

The Boston & Maine ordered a train set virtually identical to the Burlington's "Pioneer Zephyr" in 1935 and named it the "Flying Yankee" to serve a similar purpose- fast day-time service. The B&M ran it between Boston and Portland and on to Bangor, Maine, over the Maine Central (which was controlled by the B&M). I show it here passing a local hauled by an elderly American type (4-4-0).

Acrylic on canvas. This is a large painting, roughly 24"x36" or so.