Description: Rahway Valley RR GE 70T #16, Original First Edition 24x17" Watercolour Giclee Print Please read item description all the way through: • Original First Generation art print, not a reprint or photograph • Only 12 prints in First Edition of this subject • Museum quality 24x17" hand-cut cold press watercolour paper (textured matte-finish acid-free) • Large image 20x13” with wide white margins for matte and framing (matte and frame not included) • Not typical glossy mass-produced commercial poster/prints • Each print individually produced, using highest quality dyes for longevity • Hand-signed, and shipped direct to you by the artist • Color may be less vivid than your illuminated screen image • Only one print of this subject available on Ebay at this time The Rahway Valley Railroad may have been kinda short but it was a feisty rail- road, an 11.8 mile long “Streak ‘o Rust” which hauled steel, alcohol, cement, feed, coal, lumber, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, stone, bricks, asphalt, and even telephone equipment. Its President stated “We don’t look for big industry. Instead of a few big fellows we have dozens of little ones. In slow times the big ones shut down and everything stops. If you have lots of little fellows some of them are sure to keep on.” The railroad only ever employed about two dozen people. Because of its philosophy of diversity in customers, the line was able to avoid being absorbed into Conrail In 1975 a fleet of seventy-five boxcars was acquired to be hauled by its two GE 70-Ton Diesels, accruing additional revenue. The RV even operated a special pas- senger train when the U.S. Open was hosted at the Baltusrol Golf Club in 1980. Despite these efforts, even the “little fellows” continued to move from the region. Eventually the line was sold to Delaware Otsego which did virtually nothing to rejuvenate it. The railroad operated its last train on April 21, 1992. Andy grew up in the neighborhood, remembers the line fondly; his nostalgic painting shows GE #16 idling at RV’s Kenilworth Depot. 550 different Limited Edition railroad art prints by Andy available now at fixed prices. Find your railroad at trainutz.com Digital Fine art by Andy Romano. A life-long rail fan, model railroader, rail book author, Andy knows and loves trains. His work is found in rail publications, private collections, galleries and rail museums. His art is dedicated to the preservation of vintage rr paint designs, heralds and lettering styles of Fallen Flags as well as long-gone Diesel locomotives. His large museum quality prints are known for their detail and accuracy. Andy has many top-line creative awards, holds a Master’s Degree in Communications Art; a Life Member of The Art Directors Club of NY (now part of the Global One Club); proud graduate of The Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts. Private student and friend of Anthony Triano, Artist-in-Residence at Seton Hall University. An admiring friend of Howard Fogg, to whom Andy’s book “PA, Alco’s Glamour Girl” is fondly dedicated. P A Y M E N T & S H I P P I N G I N F O Shipping anywhere in U.S. flat $9.50 via USPS Priority Mail Insurance and tracking included NOTE: Ebay may collect State Sales Tax on this sale. Sales Tax Rates vary from State to State and will be specified in your sale invoice. I do not collect or receive this Tax, it’s an arrangement between Ebay and your State.
Price: 58 USD
Location: Camarillo, California
End Time: 2024-11-25T09:36:00.000Z
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