Prints for Sale!

By popular demand, I am now selling photo prints of select artwork I have done. The prints are on 4x6 matte or 8x10 glossy photo paper, (Note that due the dimensions of the art, some don't fit perfectly on the photo paper. The actual dimensins are recorded below) I am offering the following for sale at the listed prices:

CA&E 308 at Batavia Junction.
Cropped 4"x6" - $8
8"x8" - $25
Cropped 8"x10" - $25

The Last Night. 
6 5/8"x10" Landscape - $25

The Electroliner.
4"x6" Landscape - $8
5"x10" Landscape - $20 

749 Leaving Milwauke.
4"x6" Landscape - $8
 8"x8" or 8"10" Portrait. $25

Train Time at Sheridan Elms.
4"x6" Landscape - $8
 8"x10" Landscape - $25

Fairlie in the Snow
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $25
8"x8" Landscape - $25

CNS&M 458.
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $20.

CSS&SB 1100
4"x6" Portrait - $8
8"x10" Portrait - $20

CNS&M 160
4"x6" Portrait - $8
8"x10" Portrait - $20

CA&E Pullman
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $20

BR Blue Pannier
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $20

DP1 Deltic
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $20

Furness Railway L1
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $20

CA&E Woods at IRM - Pencil Drawing
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $25

CNS&M 749 at Ryan Tower - Pencil Drawing
4"x6" Landscape - $8
8"x10" Landscape - $25

I will accept paypal or cash, (for local orders only please). Shipping and Handling on 4"x6" prints is free. Shipping and Handling for 8"x10" prints will be calculated on an individual basis. For any orders, questions, or suggestions, email me at nsl714@yahoo.com. Please include in the order email which prints you would like to purchase, your method of payment, and shipping address. I will respond in confirmation, (and with my paypal address if that is the selected payment method). I ship on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, via USPS.

Thank You,

Zach Ehlers

50th Anniversary

50 Years ago tonight, a railroad ceased to exist. The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee, running between it's namesake cities since 1898, was formally abandoned at 4:01 AM, January 21st 1963. A few hours previous, the last trains were making their way toward their terminals, and at approximately 12:30 AM, they passed at North Chicago Junction. A fan braving the cold temperatures leaned out the motorman's sash of car 760 on northbound train 437, and captured train 436 heading south into the darkness, and toward the end of an era.

The 'Liner

On a brisk afternoon in the mid-1950's, the silence of the day in Southern Wisconsin is broken by a blur of Salmon and Turquoise.

That blur is the Electroliner, one of 2 built for the North Shore in 1941 by the St. Louis Car Company. The pair of trains made 5 round trips a day between Chicago and Milwaukee at the blistering time of 1 hour and 50 minutes. They ran from 1941 until abandonment of the North Shore on January 21, 1963. Both trainsets are preserved today.

As a side note, this is the first artwork I've done where I've purposely left off the lineart. I may or may not do more like this in the future.

Until next time,
Zach

New Stuff

Some new stuff has cropped up in my art folder in the past few weeks.

First is a CA&E Pullman. Why? Because Pullmans are awesome.

Second is this, which I have rediscovered, (Again). It's another pullman car, except this one's a CSL streetcar. This was about the second drawing I started on the tablet and I never got around to finishing it. Someday, I WILL finish it, I promise!

Train time at 6th and Clybourn

On a summer afternoon in the late 1950's, CNS&M car 749 leads a Chicago Limited out of the railroad's Milwaukee Terminal. Car 749 is of course preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL.

Go By Road They Say...

It's safer that way!




















A little homage to the Film "Titfield Thunderbolt", a 1953 Ealing Studios comedy which features this Great Western 14xx, number 1401. The GWR 14xx's have to be up there as one of my favorite engines.

In other news, I've broken this art block! Expect regular (if it can be considered regular) programming soon.

Until next time,
Zach

Batavia Junction 1949

On a fine summer night, a proud crew poses with their late night CA&E local from Aurora at Batavia Junction. Car 308 leads an unidentified second car.

Full size image can be found here: http://nsl714.deviantart.com/art/Late-Night-Train-at-Batavia-Junction-305619263

Until next time,
Zach