Comments on: The Paintings of Leslie Ragan – Advertisements for the Budd Company, Part 1 https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/04/12/the-paintings-of-leslie-ragan-advertisements-for-the-budd-company-part-1/ Art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: William Hays https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/04/12/the-paintings-of-leslie-ragan-advertisements-for-the-budd-company-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-338127 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:30:04 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8418#comment-338127 Was this the same artist that did the famous painting for General Motors? It showed a “Jimmy Junker” passing over a railroad. Unfortunately, for GM, the loco pulling the train was an Alco (FA, or PA), while GM was producing EMD units.

Aside: I recently became a Caterpillar shareholder, since their buyout of Electro- Motive Diesel (Canada). I was always an Alco fan, with slight affection of Fairbanks-Morse. Baldwin, including B-L-H, and Electro Motive Division (both loved by the “Red Team” [PRR]) were not in my viewfinder very often. Now that BHO’s lap-dog, Jeff Immelt, is running GE, I will not buy anymore GE locomotives. Take that, Jeff!

]]> By: Lee Winson https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/04/12/the-paintings-of-leslie-ragan-advertisements-for-the-budd-company-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-338090 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:27:38 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8418#comment-338090 Neat stuff, thanks for posting it!

Sadly, the Budd Company is gone. Their railway division (Red Lion) building in northeast Philadelphia was demolished to build a golf course.

Budd had a special expertise in welding stainless steel, a metal that is difficult to work with, but is lightweight, strong, and long-lasting. Budd products were known to last, and many remain in regular service to this day, such as Amtrak’s Amfleet, the PATCO fleet, a few NYC subway cars, some RDCs, and some Amtrak legacy equipment. SEPTA just retired its 49 year old Budd Silverliners and they were in good shape despite their age.

]]> By: Al Cyone https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/04/12/the-paintings-of-leslie-ragan-advertisements-for-the-budd-company-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-337293 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:43:40 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8418#comment-337293 I revisited (or, more likely, saw for the first time) your earlier post on Ragan and realized that I have long had a poster of his painting of the 20th Century Limited (without knowing anything about the artist). Thanks for the info.

]]> By: James https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/04/12/the-paintings-of-leslie-ragan-advertisements-for-the-budd-company-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-336900 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:40:26 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8418#comment-336900 Beautiful artwork, very inspiring!

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