This watercolor by Howard Fogg is titled “Darius Ogden Mill’s Private Car" and depicts Darius Ogden Mill’s private car in the high Sierras headed for Virginia City, Nevada.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor painting by Howard Fogg, titled “Cape Cod Central Engine ‘The Highland Light,'" depicts a Cape Cod Central Rail Road engine “The Highland Light” with a Boston-Cape Cod Express train around 1870.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This oil painting, "Genoa" Virginia Truckee Railroad No. 12, was done by artist Howard Fogg.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor by Howard Fogg is titled “The Fall River Boat Train”. It depicts engine 859 of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad around 1900.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor, "Sherman Hill Sunrise," was painted by Howard Fogg. It depicts a scene of the Union Pacific Railroad around 1909.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor, "White Train," was painted by Howard Fogg and depicts the celebrated “White Train” (even the coal was whitewashed). It was the super-deluxe pride of the New York & New England Rail Road’s New York to Boston service introduced in 1891.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor painting by Howard Fogg, titled “Boston & Mt. Desert Limited Express," depicts the all-Pullman “Boston & Mount Desert Limited Express” of the Boston & Maine Central Railroad in 1888.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
Painted by Howard Fogg, this watercolor, "The Wabash Cannonball," depicts the engine of the Wabash Cannonball Daylight train around 1946-47. The Wabash Cannonball Daylight ran between Detroit and St. Louis.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor, titled the San Emidio, was done by artist Howard Fogg and depicts the wooden business car end of a passenger train in the high Sierras, Emigrant Gap, California, around 1902.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This oil painting, done by Howard Fogg, depicts a Denver and Rio Grande train in the mountainous landscape of Colorado in 1885.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor painting by Howard Fogg, titled “Air Line Limited," depicts the New York & New England Rail Road’s “Air Line Limited in the Connecticut foothills at 80 MPH, Rogers engine 183, circa 1896.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This oil painting, done by Howard Fogg, depicts a Central Pacific train in 1899.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor by Howard Fogg depicts the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad No. 217 around 1890.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
Painted by Howard Fogg, this watercolor, "The Millbrook Special on the Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut Railroad," depicts a locomotive and passenger train around 1900.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
Lawrence W. Davis used this clothes brush during his career as a Pullman Porter from 1925 until his retirement in the 1960s.
Pullman cars were almost all sleeping cars with "sections" that converted from day seating to night-time berths, usually with a few separate, small rooms with their own toilet and sink. Each Pullman porter—one assigned per car—were on call throughout the day and night to serve their passengers. While the hours were stressful, pay was good because of union bargaining, especially when compared to many other jobs open to African Americans before the late 1960s. At home, porters were frequently leaders in their communities.
Painted by Howard Fogg, this watercolor, entitled "Narrow Gauge in the Rockies, Colorado & North Western No. 30," depicts a locomotive and train.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor painting by Howard Fogg is titled “Central of New Jersey Engine #592" and depicts the central section of New Jersey high-wheeled Atlantic type camelback engine #592 pulling a Jersey City – South Jersey coast express train circa 1915-1920.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor painting, "the Florida East Coast Railway," by Howard Fogg depicts four private railway cars parked on the private car tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway in 1902. The Royal Ponsiana Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida appears in the background. The four cars are: the Oceanic (T. B. Wannamaker of NYC); New York Central’s Business Car #499 (H. McK. Twombly); New York Central’s Business Car #493 (Frederic Wm. Vanderbilt); and Milwaukee’s Business Car #222 (C. W. Armour of Chicago).
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This watercolor, "The Chicago & N. W. Railroad in Iowa, scene circa 1915," was painted by Howard Fogg.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.
This oil painting of a train, Live Oak, Perry & Gulf No. 100, was done by artist Howard Fogg.
Fogg (1917-1996) was a prolific painter of trains and railroads throughout the twentieth century. After serving as a pilot in World War II, he worked as the company artist for the American Locomotive Company, which began his nearly fifty-year-long career painting railroad imagery. His collaboration with Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg began in 1947 when they featured his painting on the cover of their book, Mixed Trains Daily.
This painting and others from the collection of Howard Fogg works once belonged to Beebe and Clegg, who were both notable travel writers. Partners in life and business, they were known for exploring the country in their private rail car. The works of Howard Fogg, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg were all an integral part of railroad culture in the twentieth century.
Fogg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1938 with a degree in English Literature, and then attended the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts with the intention of becoming a cartoonist. After being drafted in 1941, Fogg served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Following the war, he began working for the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as their company artist. He soon met travel writer Lucius Beebe, and in 1947 Beebe used Fogg’s painting for the cover of his book, Mixed Train Daily. Over the course of the following decades, Fogg made a career of painting images of trains and railroads, both for railroad companies and private commissions.
Lucius Beebe was born in 1902 in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a prominent New England family. He attended Yale and the Harvard, he began his career as a contributor to the New York Herald Tribune. In 1941, he met his life partner, Charles Clegg, at a party at the home of D.C socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean. Clegg also came from an affluent family and studied photography. Together, the two collaborated on several publications, the first being Mixed Trains Daily. In 1952, Beebe and Clegg moved to Virginia City, Nevada and revived the newspaper the Territorial Enterprise. Together they wrote for the editorial section and had a column in the paper. They traveled the country in their private railroad car and wrote a number of books about their travels, the American West, and railroads. Beebe and Clegg sold their newspaper in 1960 and lived the rest of their lives together in San Francisco. Beebe died of a heart attack in 1966 and Clegg committed suicide in 1979 on the day he turned the exact age that Beebe was when he died. Following his death, Clegg’s sister donated his papers, photographs, and collected works of art to various museums, including the Smithsonian.