Southern Railway Merchant Navy class 'Union Castle'
- maker:
- George Heiron
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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:
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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.
