UtahRailfan5450

I haven't drawn any articulated steam locomotives since I drew Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 back in June 2024, so here is my drawing of Norfolk and Western Class A No. 1218.

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"Pinewood Sundown"

Great Northern FA units No. 310A, 422B, and 442A lead a westbound freight train through a scenic pine forest to Seattle, Washington while in the midst of a beautiful sunset.

I may have drawn several electric locomotives in the past, but I had yet to draw any electrics using just third rail power. So here is my drawing of a New York Central S-Motor and one of the smallest locomotives I've drawn so far.

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"Tunnel Motor Octet"

Denver and Rio Grande Western SD40T-2 "Tunnel Motors" No. 5371, 5353, 5358, and 5363 are in charge of leading a heavily-loaded 105-car coal train through Price Canyon with assistance from Mid-Train Helpers No. 5350 and 5349 as well as Rear Helpers No. 5370 and 5348, this make for a total of eight locomotives getting the train over the steep grade. While most of the diesels in the consist would go on to serve other railroads or were retired and scrapped after serving the D&RGW and its successors; the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific, No. 5371 would continue to serve the UP until the late 2000s when it was retired and donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah where it has remained ever since.

"Recreating History"

Central Pacific No. 60 "Jupiter" and Union Pacific No. 119 standing face to face with each other as how it was on May 10th, 1869.

Taken on 07/04/2026

Pictures C) Me

It's been a while since I drew any Union Pacific stuff, so here's my drawing of Union Pacific 8500HP "Big Blow" Gas Turbine Locomotive No. X-26. On a side note, this drawing was made using a picture I took of the locomotive as a reference rather than having to use an image from the internet so this is my first time doing so.

Some railfanning in Gillette, Wyoming featuring BNSF ES44AC No. 5873 and SD70ACe No. 8566 leading a train carrying rails, a Burlington Northern Caboose with a Scale Car, and Burlington Northern U30C No. 5802.

Taken on 06/19/2026

"The Seashore's Finest"

Central Railroad of New Jersey G3s No. 832 leads train No. 4203, the Southbound Blue Comet, through the Bear Swamp Brook area to Atlantic City and other stops along the way. Due to the effects of the Great Depression as well as increased competition with the Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Company's Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, the train would make its final run on September 27th, 1941. Despite this, passengers can still travel by train between Jersey City and Atlantic City via PATH, Amtrak, and NJ Transit. No. 832 on the other hand would continue to serve the CNJ until it was retired and scrapped between 1954 and 1955 alongside the other G class Pacifics with none making it into preservation.

Some photos taken at the Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center in Douglas, Wyoming.

Taken on 06/16/2026

Since I've drawn some New York Centrall stuff, I figured that now is the time to get into drawing Pennsylvania Railroad stuff starting with K4 Pacific No. 1361.

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Photos featuring the locomotives of the Black Hills Central Railroad in Hill City, South Dakota and a ride on the "1880 Train" to Keystone, South Dakota.

Photos taken from 06/17/2026-06/18/2026

"Altamont Golden Hour"

Western Pacific GS-64 No. 484 leads a westbound freight train through Altamont Pass on a cool summer morning. When steam operations ended on the Feather River Route in 1953, No. 484 and two other GS-64s, No. 481 and No. 485, would be sold off to the Southern Pacific as a source of spare parts until they were scrapped along with the other WP GS-64s. Despite this, No. 484's tender, which was used in later years under Maintenance-of-Way and rotary snowplow service, is now at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California. Altamont Pass on the other hand still sees regular rail traffic in the form of Union Pacific freight trains and Altamont Corridor Express commuter trains that use the former Western Pacific line.

Because today is my birthday, I wanted to treat myself by drawing something unique. And so I've decided to draw EMD's one-of-a-kind GM6C electric freight locomotive.

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