"Sunset on an Era: Union Pacific's GE U23B at Hill City, KS"

by Michael Boss
Alkyd on Linen
18" X 14" From the Collection of Carol Hobbs, WaKeeney, Kansas

During the early 1990s, the Plainville Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad saw a resurgence of activity. Since that time, I have kept several hundred slides and photographs of branch activity west of Plainville to Colby, Kansas.

Even though less than documentary, the photos I took of UPs GE U23B diesel engine #247 served to make a rather nice painting composition.