Diesel Trains - A Diesel Train on the Shore of Bassenthwaite Lake, near Keswick, Cumberland

Painting, oil on canvas, Diesel Trains, A Diesel Train on the Shore of Bassenthwaite Lake, near Keswick, Cumberland, by Barber, 1961. Depicts a green two carriage diesel multiple unit passenger train on the line on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake in the Lake District. The driver and passengers can be seen at the windows. There are yachts on the lake, and fells in the distance. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster. Framed. Size 860 x 1337 mm.

Alternative Interpretation – Quote about this artwork from a community member with lived experience of disability, D/deafness and/or neurodivergence. Given as part of the ‘Go as you Please’, Curating for Change, exhibition project: “Although this isn’t that specific railway line, it really reminds me of the West Highland line in Scotland. The first time me and my partner were going to the Isle of Skye, we went up on that line. We had taken a flask full of ice, a folding champagne bucket and champagne glasses and we opened the champagne as we reached the bonny banks of Loch Lomond.”