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For sale is one of several spectacular precision railroad drawings by the legendary professional scale model train builder, designer, developer, architect and artist Alan Brewer Armitage (1913 - that we are selling here in our store.
Armitage is a legend in the train modeling community and was honored with a #21 lifetime membership in National Model Railroading Association. His contributions to the scale model community and industry is legendary. These drawings were acquired from a sale and were all formerly from the artists estate.
This is a great opportunity to own one of his exquisitely rendered precision drawings of various railroad locomotives.
The drawing in this sale is as follows:
Train - Denver & Rio Grande Western #480. Class K-36
In 1925, the Rio Grande was pursuing the modernization of its narrow gauge system and ordered another series of 10 Mikado from Baldwin Locomotive Works, again outside frame engines and equipped with superheating. They were numbered from 480 to 489 and designated class K-36. These engines were the last narrow gauge locomotives ordered new by the D&RGW, they were heavier and about 30% more powerful than the K-28. The K-36 were freight engines but were also occasionally used on passenger trains, especially on the San Juan between Alamosa and Durango in the fourties and fifties
This is an original pen and ink drawing and is signed by the artist Lower left corner.
Condition: Some light toning. Areas of darker toning/staining.
Measurements:
Sheet - 14 1/2” x 18 1/4”
Image Size - 13 1/4” x 16 1/4”
Alan Brewer Armitage (1913 -
- National Model Railroading Association (Lifetime Member Pioneer, 1997)
- The Massachusetts Society of Model Engineers (O Scale)
- New England Live Steamers
- Boston & Maine (Brakeman & Art Department)
- Professional Photographer
- Northeastern Scale Models (Developer & Designer) Designed famous “Yellow Box”
- Atkins & Merrill (Professional Designer)
- Models Unlimited (Van Nuys California
- 1964 Developed N Scale Kadee Rail Spiker (Medford Oregon)
- Kemtron Corporation (1965, California)
- Maineline Modeler (Artist)
- Train Miniature and Balboa Scale Models LaMesa California (Advertising & Photography)
- Private Owner Reeefers (Artist)
- Russ Tipple & Associates, LaMesa California (Architectural Scale Models)
- Micro-Scale, Santa Ana CA (Billboard signs)
- Precision Scale Models, 1979. (Freelance work)
- Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette (Contributer)
