Southern Railway Merchant Navy class 'Union Castle'

Made:
1969 in England
maker:
George Heiron
Southern Railway Merchant Navy class 'Union Castle'

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Painting, oil on canvas, Southern Railway Merchant Navy class 'Union Castle' at Salisbury station, by George Heiron, 1969. Right side profile view of 4-6-2 locomotive No. 21C 2 'Union Castle' waiting at Salisbury station in about 1946. The locomotive is partially in shadow underneath a footbridge, and behind are a water tower and station buildings. A railwayman walks alongside the engine, holding an oilcan, while a porter pushes a luggage trolley over decking laid across the tracks. There are two men on the top of the tender shovelling coal. Framed, unglazed.

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
2004-7338
Materials:
oil paint
Measurements:
overall; frame: 745 mm x 1054 mm x 50 mm,
image: 697 mm x 1008 mm
type:
painting and oil painting
credit:
Adams, J. H. L.