CPR 360, Canadian Pacific Railway, Engine Number 2822, an H-IC-Class 4-6-4-Type, Being Serviced at Glen Engine Terminal, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec
1960, printed 2017
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inkjet print
Dimensions
image: 28.7 × 28 cm (11 5/16 × 11 in.) sheet: 33.02 × 48.26 cm (13 × 19 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of David Plowden
Accession Number
2023.59.65
Art Historical Context
This striking photograph by David Plowden captures a precise moment in railway history: Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive No. 2822, an H-1c class 4-6-4 Hudson type, undergoing servicing at the Glen Engine Terminal in Westmount, Montreal. Taken in 1960, the image records the final years of steam power on North American rails, just as diesel locomotives were rapidly replacing these majestic machines. The detailed title itself serves as a historical document, preserving both the engine’s technical specifications and its exact location. Printed as an inkjet print in 2017 from the original...
About the Artist
David Plowden
David Plowden, born on October 9, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Roger Stanley Plowden and Mary Russell Butler, grew up primarily in New York City with time spent in Putney, Vermont. He attended the Putney School, graduating in 1951, and earned a BA in economics from Yale University in 1955. His passion for photography ignited early; at age eleven, his mother gave him a Brownie reflex camera, ...