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Steve Ember


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Thunder at Sunset

As the last rays of afternoon sunlight filter through the leafy canopy of summer, there is a low-pitched husky whistle in the distance, accompanied by the ever-closer syncopated chuffing of a very large steam locomotive. The ground begins to tremble, as the huge iron beast rounds the curve and looms into view with its long train of heavy-weight passenger coaches. The trembling increases with the thunderous sounds of the two sets of huge cylinders, pistons, and driving wheels that propel this 1940s-vintage Norfolk and Western 2-6-6-4 articulated locomotive, No.1218, one of the most powerful steam locomotives ever built.

From a color transparency.

This image is available in archival gallery prints and as a custom printed photo greeting/note card.

©Steve Ember

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