Friday, March 1, 2019

Frisco 4 x U25B lash-up art


Nicknamed "U-Boat", a total 478 General Electric Bo-Bo type U25B's were built from April 1959 to February 1966.  This promo art is probably circa 1960.
  

Info on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway a.k.a the Frisco, which lasted from 1876 to 1980 when it was absorbed into Burlington Northern, here
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  1. UnknownAugust 12, 2020 4:25 PM

    General Electric was known for its corporate art collection and hiring artists for promo's like this. This was one of a series of at least 6 different lithographs produced in 1958 for promotion of GE's new U25B's to different US railroads. I own 5 of the different U25B GE lithographs but not this one.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 08, 2025 6:56 AM

    I have the same picture. Was my uncle Garlands who worked for the Frisco

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  3. Jay AllisonDecember 08, 2025 6:58 AM

    I have the same painting.

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