The 060 Locomotive, Kokosing Gap Trail, Ohio

Circa 1924 060 Switcher Locomotive on the Kokosing Gap Trail-
a window into the past, preserved for us today.

My wife and I, on a visit to central Ohio in early July, were taken to visit the 060 by friends. At one time I was a marine steam engineer, and am drawn to these engines.

But the big steam locomotives terrified me when I was a little kid: alive with smoke and hissing and chuffing. When they spun their wheels getting underway, the ground shook for miles around.

The thunder of trains brings me back to those warm, midsummer days in the Midwest of my childhood.

October 22, 1758 Sinking of the Radeau

This painting of the sinking of the Radeau "Land Tortoise" was commissioned by the Lake George Historical Association and hangs in a room dedicated to the Radeau in the Lake George Museum, Lake George, N.Y. It is the oldest intact wooden warship in North America. I used eye witness observations from period journals in illustrating the event.

October 22, 1758 Sinking of the Radeau

Due to the unique 7 sided shape of the vessel, a model was made for me to pose in the sinking attitude, for the depiction in the painting.

Model of the Radeau by John  Farrell

My painting of the Radeau "Invincible" shows
what a radeau would look like sailing and rowing on Lake George.

The Radeau "Invincible" Lake George, NY 1759

For more information on the Radeau: a trailer for the documentory film
"The Lost Radeau".