Switch Engine #604
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Switch Engine #604
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Close-up of front view with builder's plate of switch engine #604 built 1936 by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. It is the ONLY remaining Switch Engine of its size or kind. The other 8 were scrapped years ago. As a switch engine, its duties were confined to heavy freight hauling between factories in the east and midwest. Toward the end of its work life, it had a very unusual assignment. It was used to heat a Wisconsin factory building. Tracks were sidled up to the side of the building and the engine pulled up to a vent system and the heat from its giant boiler was transferred through the vents to the rooms above. The engine is displayed at the Greenville Railroad Park, Greenville, Pennsylvania.
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July 30th, 2018
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Comments (5)
Greta Foose
Your choice of black and white really accentuates the multiple layers of textures in this image.
Steve Raley
Marvelous shot! Love your BW treatment...not to flat, not too much contrast...just right! Also, very interesting history lesson...thank you!