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1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
1935 1936
1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
1955 1956 1957 1958 1976 1980 1985 1997 2000 2001
| Year | Description | Poster | Artist | |
| 1925- 1926  TOP
|
"Speed and Security" Eastbound Broadway Limited headed by a powerful K4 steam locomotive No. 5357, east end of Rockville Bridge, five miles north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Milepost 110. The Rockville Bridge, completed March 30, 1902 and stretching for almost three-quarters of a mile across the Susquehanna River, can still be seen today. The popularity of the 1925 calendar was so great that requests for it exhausted supply, and so the PRR used the same painting for its calendar the following year, but identified the train on the 1926 calendar as the New Yorker. |
Yes | n/a | Harold M. Brett |
1927 TOP |
"The Broad Way of
Commerce" Steam passenger train passing steel mill by night, Pittburgh area. |
Yes | n/a | Harold M. Brett |
1928 TOP |
"When the Broad Way Meets the
Dawn" Eastbound Broadway Limited Juniata Valley, perhaps Milepost 158.5. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1929 TOP |
"Harnessing the Plane to the
Iron Horse" Steam passenger train at Port Columbus, Ohio, airport, Milepost 183.8. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1930 TOP |
"Servant of the Nation's
Industry" Rural/agricultural scene; allegorical city and industries beyond. |
Yes | Yes | Grif Teller |
1931 TOP |
"Giant Conquerors of Space
and Time" Rural open scene; steam train with Ford Tri-Motor airplane overhead. |
Yes | Yes | Grif Teller |
1932 TOP |
"On Time!" Steam passenger train in snowstorm, alleged in broadside text to be western Indiana. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1933 TOP |
"Spirit of America" Steam passenger train with allegorical skylines of New York and Chicago. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1934 TOP |
"The New Day" Electric-powered passenger train between New York and Philadelphia. (The first calendar painting to show an electric locomotive.) |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1935 TOP |
"The World's Greatest
Highway" Westbound passenger train at Horseshoe Curve, near Altoona, Pennsylvania, Milepost 242. |
Yes | Yes | Grif Teller |
1936 TOP |
"Speed-Safety-Comfort" Southbound electric passenger train at Claymont, Delaware, Milepost 19.5. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1937 TOP |
"Ready to Go!" Two steam locomotives at 46th Street engine terminal, Philadelphia, Milepost 4. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1938 TOP |
"The Main Line of American
Commerce" Steam freight train in rural setting; observation car receeding. (The first calendar painting to show a freight train.) |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1939 TOP |
"Leaders of the Fleet of
Modernism" Night view, streamlined prototype S1 steam engine and passenger trains. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1940 TOP |
"Serving the Nation" Streamlined S1 engine with passenger train in snowy countryside. (The first calendar painting who title was duplicated by that of a later painting.) |
Yes | Yes | Grif Teller |
1941 TOP |
"The Steel King" Streamlined S1 engine passing U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Milepost 341.5. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1942 TOP |
"Partners in National
Defense" Steam freight train passing coal mine, composite site based on St. Michael, Pennsylvania. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1943 TOP |
"Serving the Nation" Steam freight train in industrial scene with allegorical sky and "Uncle Sam" character. |
Yes | n/a | Dean Cornwell |
1944 TOP |
"Forward" Steam freight train in agricultural/industrial scene with allegorical tanks, troops, flags. |
Yes | Yes | Dean Cornwell |
1945 TOP |
"Power" Industrial scene with streamlined train pulled by prototype T1 steam engine. |
Yes | n/a | Alexander Leydenfrost |
1946 TOP |
"One Hundred Years" Lineup of four modern locomotives; also, three historical 19th century scenes. (First calendar painting to show a diesel locomotive.) |
Yes | n/a | Frank J. Reilly |
1947 TOP |
"Working Partners" Diesel, steam trains at Marysville, Pennsylvania, Milepost 112 (Northern Central Milepost 91). |
Yes | Yes | Grif Teller |
1948 TOP |
"Progressive Power" Diesel and steam trains passing at Aqueduct, Pennsylvania, Milepost 123. (The first of three calendar scenes that were painted in two versions, with the second showing different seasons of the year.) |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1949 TOP |
"Main Lines -- Freight and
Passenger" Electric-powered passenger train at Whitford, Pennsylvania, Milepost 28. |
Yes | Yes | Grif Teller |
1950 TOP |
"Crossroads of Commerce" Three trains, west end of Rockville Bridge, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Milepost 110.8. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1951 TOP |
"Main Lines of Commerce" Three trains at New Florence, Pennsylvania, composite view, approximately Milepost 290. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1952 TOP |
"The Horseshoe Curve" Three trains on Horseshoe Curve, near Altoona, Pennsylvania, Milepost 242. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1953 TOP |
"Crossroads of Commerce" Trains at east end of bridge, Weirton, West Virginia, and Steubenville, Ohio, Milepost 42. (The last calendar painting to show a steam locomotive.) |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1954 TOP |
"Pittsburgh Promotes
Progress" Train passing Golden Triangle, Pittsburgh, PRR Milepost 2.3 (Conrail Milepost 4.5). |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1955 TOP |
"Mass Transportation" Trains lined up at Army-Navy Game, Municipal Stadium, South Philadelphia, Milepost 5. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1956 TOP |
"Dynamic Progress" Aerotrain and piggyback TrucTrain passing at Cove, Pennsylvania, Milepost 117.5. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1957 TOP |
"Vital Links to World
Trade" Ore dock and unloading facilities at Pier 122, South Philadelphia, Milepost 7. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1958 TOP |
"Conway Yard" Aerial view, Conway Yard, near Pittsburgh, Milepost 23.5. |
Yes | n/a | Grif Teller |
1976 TOP |
"The Remarkable GG1" Eastbound GG1 No. 4901 pulling a passenger train over the stone bridge at the Delaware River crossing toward Trenton Station. This scene was never captured on a PRR calendar, but rather made the cover of the Karl Zimmermann book with the same The Remarkable GG1 title. |
n/a | Yes | Grif Teller |
1980 TOP |
"An Tribute to Grif Teller - Pride
of the Pennsy" Eastbound passenger train headed by a K4 steam engine making its way around Horseshoe Curve in the Alleghenies. The idea for this 1980 PRR calendar was conceived by Ken Murry, who commissioned the painting of the winter scene displayed here. |
n/a | No | Grif Teller |
1985 TOP |
"Loewy's Legend" Passenger train headed by a GG1 locomotive No. 4935 speeding down the mainline through a winter landscape. This artwork was never the subject of a PRR calendar. The actual restored PRR GG1 locomotive represented in this painting is currently on display in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA. |
n/a | Yes | Howard Fogg |
1997 TOP |
"World Famous Horseshoe Curve" Encompassing the entire curve, a Conrail Double Stack TV Train heading east bound down the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountains stretching completely around the curve! This limited edition 16" x 20" print of the Horseshoe Curve is printed on heavyweight, acid free gloss white paper stock, utilizing the state of the art printing processes. | n/a | Yes | Second Street Shop Company |
2000 TOP |
"Broad Street
Station" Passenger trains headed by GG-1 electrics awaiting departure as passengers board at Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, PA for a warm holiday trip. GG-1 No. 4935 has been restored and can be viewed today at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA. |
Yes* | Yes | John Winfield |
2001 TOP |
"Rockville
Bridge" Pennsy's big M1 class swinging off Rockville Bridge, just north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and into Enola Yard while M1a #6783 pulls out with a westbound freight. Rockville Bridge, the longest stone arch bridge in the world was completed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1902. |
Yes* | Yes | John Winfield |
Cupper, Dan, Crossroads of Commerce: The Pennsylvania Railroad Calendar Art of Grif Teller, Great Eastern Publishing, Richmond, Vermont, 1992. Hardcover. Color Photos. 184 p. ISBN 0-9625602-1-9.
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