Oil painting of two men working in a locomotive furnace at night. One is shoveling fuel into the oven, and the other is leaning out of the far side of the car. Very dark scene with strong light coming from the furnace. The number "1966," the year the painting was created, is dimly visible painted on the side of the car.
Oil painting of a single train car, a locomotive engine, moving at speed with steam streaming upwards. In the distance another, longer train is visible down a parallel track. Hilly landscape with yellow dawn light.
Large model railway constructed by Francis Lee Jaques between the 1940s through the end of the 1960s. Jaques called it the ""Great North Road."" Florence Page Jaques donated it to the St. Louis County Historical Society, but it is on long-term display at the Minnesota Museum of Mining, Chisholm, MN. The main area of the diorama measures approxim...
Painting of steel mills, locomotive engine, ore cars, two brightly-colored sedans, and pollution in the Duluth harbor area. Smokestacks belch smoke in the background, while the foreground is occupied by a dirty pond with old cars, tires, and other debris on its shores. Lettering across the top of the painting reads "The Mills of the Gods Grind S...
Oil painting of a train traveling across a landscape from right to left, with a large plume of smoke. Dramatic hills in background, water in foreground. A bird skims along the surface of the water, paralleling the movement of the train.
Oil painting of a train speeding across a hilly landscape, towards snowy mountains in the distance. Two large plumes of smoke, one white and one gray. Only the engine and part of the first car have entered the frame; the engine is marked "2053" and the car is marked with the logo and name of the "Great Northern."