The Old Depot Gallery
The Finest in Railroad Art by Robert Frascella
Maine Central RR Gallery
Crawford Notch
Crawford Notch is located in the heart of New Hampshire's White Mountains along Maine Central's Mountain Division. Eighty-five miles from Portland, ME, the steep ascent culminates at the Notch where heavy tonnage is a challenge under any circumstance. On this particular day in the early 1980s, four General Electric U18B locomotives team up to move another trainload of merchandise up to the summit.
ORIGINAL PAINTING - 9” x 12” Watercolor - 2019 (AVAILABLE) $700 plus Shipping and Handling. Contact us for details.
NOW AVAILABLE - a limited number of Giclée prints signed and numbered by the artist (limited to 100 copies). The prints are reproduced on 11"x 14", 51-lb. heavy weight, Epson paper and printed with archival inks. Price........$30.00 plus $6.00 Shipping & Handling (US only contact us for S&H cost to locations outside of the United States)
Raising the Ball
The Maine Central and the Boston and Maine crossed at a single diamond at Whitfield, NH. The diamond was protected with an ancient ball signal system. One high ball gives the B&M rights to the crossing and two high balls gives the track to the Maine Central. In this late 1970s scene, MEC 401 and three identical U18Bs are awarded the diamond as a B&M local patiently waits. Today the tracks through Whitfield are silent, but the ball signals and diamond remain.
ORIGINAL PAINTING - 12” x 18” Pastel on Wallis Sanded Paper - 2015 (SOLD)
NOW AVAILABLE - a limited number of Giclée prints signed and numbered by the artist (limited to 500 copies). The prints are reproduced on 19"x 13", 51-lb. heavy weight, Epson paper and printed with archival inks. Price........$45.00 plus $8.00 Shipping & Handling (US only contact us for S&H cost to locations outside of the United States)
Mountain Division Finale
The Fall of 1978 finds a quartet of Maine Central GP-38's on the point of RY-2 passing the Queen Anne style depot at Crawfords, NH. A single track car waits in the siding for RY-2 to clear. Crawford Notch can be seen in the distance and Elephant Rock is situated just above the second locomotive. The last Maine Central train ran on the Mountain Division in 1982 about the same time the Maine Central was absorbed into the Guilford Transportation System.
ORIGINAL PAINTING - 12” x 18” Pastel on Wallis Sanded Paper - 2012 (Available) $1200 with double mat and framed. Shipping and Handling extra. Contact us for details.
NOW AVAILABLE - a limited number of Giclée prints signed and numbered by the artist (limited to 500 copies). The prints are reproduced on 19"x 13", 51-lb. heavy weight, Epson paper and printed with archival inks. Price........$50.00 plus $7.00 Shipping & Handling (US only contact us for S&H cost to locations outside of the United States)