His Art

While there is no formal accounting, it is estimated that Howard Fogg completed more than 1,200 paintings over the course of his 50-year career. A number of these images continue to be printed in calendars and as greeting cards, but the majority of the original paintings reside in offices, businesses, museums, and the homes of those who loved his ability to capture the emotion of railroading.


Denver & Salt Lake Railroad passenger train exiting a snow shed at the

top of Rollins Pass, Colorado (prior to completion of the Moffat Tunnel)
Watercolor painting by Howard Fogg

Courtesy of Richard Fogg

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad’s California Zephyr
climbing the foothills westbound out of Denver in the early ‘50s
1983 watercolor painting by Howard Fogg
Image courtesy of Leanin’ Tree, Inc.



Seaboard Coast Line diesels, part of the Family Line System of railroads
Painting by Howard Fogg
Image from the photo archives of Howard Fogg

Early in his career Howard painted almost exclusively in watercolor, and although it remained his medium of preference, he did complete approximately 200 oil paintings at the behest of both corporate and private customers.



Denver and Rio Grande Western #3707 along the Colorado River
in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
Oil painting by Howard Fogg

Courtesy of Richard Fogg

The Alaska Railroad was finished in 1923 and owned by the US
government until 1985 when it was purchased by the state of Alaska.
Mount McKinley looms in the background.
1978 oil painting by Howard Fogg
Image courtesy of Leanin’ Tree, Inc.