Gerard M. Foley

Travel & Photography Collection

Steam Locomotives in Color

If I see a locomotive and have a camera, it is highly probable that I will photograph it. Here are scans of Kodachrome 25 slides with my HP PhotoSmart scanner. I have no information on when or where they were taken beyond what I find in the pictures themselves.

To the left, Santa Fe Engines probably in August 1941 in Texas and New Mexico

2-10-2 (Santa Fe) types 3912 and 3897
2-10-2 (Santa Fe) types 3912 and 3897
Old 2-10-2 (Santa Fe) Type. The Original? Probably in the same train as 3897 and 3912.
Old 2-10-2 (Santa Fe) Type. The Original? Probably in the same train as 3897 and 3912.
AT&SF 2-6-2 (Prairie) Type No. 1214. This was rebuilt from an early 4-6-2 (Pacific) type. Why?
AT&SF 2-6-2 (Prairie) Type No. 1214. This was rebuilt from an early 4-6-2 (Pacific) type. Why?

To the left, these engines are from the New York Central.

These engines were probably at Thurston, Ohio, around 1942-4

A handsome New York Central 2-8-2 (Mikado) Type
A handsome New York Central 2-8-2 (Mikado) Type
I think these are two ends of the same locomotive, probably an older NYC 2-8-2 (Mikado) type.
I think these are two ends of the same locomotive, probably an older NYC 2-8-2 (Mikado) type.
I think these are two ends of the same locomotive, probably an older NYC 2-8-2 (Mikado) type.
I think these are two ends of the same locomotive, probably an older NYC 2-8-2 (Mikado) type.

To the left, an engine from the Southern Pacific.

Cab Forward 4-8-8-2
Cab Forward 4-8-8-2

To the left, engines from the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Probably around Columbus, Ohio, 1942-5

I1s 2-10-0 (Decapod) type 4384
I1s 2-10-0 (Decapod) type 4384
I1s 2-10-0 (Decapod) type 4575
I1s 2-10-0 (Decapod) type 4575
Engine 3851, one of the 475 famous K4s 4-6-2 Pacific types.
Engine 3851, one of the 475 famous K4s 4-6-2 Pacific types.
If it weren't for this picture, I wouldn't have believed the PRR would run a freight like this. In front is certainly an old passenger engine, a 4-6-2 Pacific type of Class K2 or K3. Note the pretty red keystone. Behind it may be an L1s 2-8-2 (Mikado) type, but that is no more than a guess. I like the picture, though.
If it weren't for this picture, I wouldn't have believed the PRR would run a freight like this. In front is certainly an old passenger engine, a 4-6-2 Pacific type of Class K2 or K3. Note the pretty red keystone. Behind it may be an L1s 2-8-2 (Mikado) type, but that is no more than a guess. I like the picture, though.