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"Dawn" (sold) |  |  | "Fancy Dancers" (prints available) | "Himalayan Hell" This work was done during a tumultuous period of my life...the idea of angelfish swimming in the Himalayas was peaceful. And it's fun to put fish in unlikely places. (sold) |  |  | "Sea of Life" (sold) | "Traditional Dancer" (sold) |  |  | "Engine 1058" Engine #1058 was built for the Grand Trunk Railway by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November, 1873. It was an American standard type, class J1 4-4-0: construction number 3473; 17 x 24 engine cylinders, sixty inch drivers which were later increased to sixty-three; 165 pound boiler pressure, and weighed 80,365 pounds. Originally numbered 242, it was changed in 1881 as the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway's #238, and again renumbered in 1898 as #1058. The locomotive was scrapped in October, 1901. Information courtesy of the Bluewater Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
Pictured first from left is my great grandfather, William S. Ready, who was employed by the Grand Trunk Railroad for nine years as a locomotive engineer. In 1934, his death ended thirty six years of service with the Detroit United Railway/Detroit Street Railway as a motorman on the Jefferson line, assistant superintendent of the Woodward and Pontiac lines, inventor and instructor of motormen in the DSR training school. 11" x 15" Pen & Ink Prints available | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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