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Service by Night

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

Great Western Railway Air Services

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1932, about

Ilfracombe

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1952

Painting, oil on canvas, Ready for the Road, Camden shed, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1928. Depicts the London, Midland & Scottish Railway's motive power depot in Camden, north London. At left are two Royal Scot class locomotives. Number 6109 'Royal Engineer' is in steam, with smoke blasting from its chimney, and one of the footplate crew is climbing into the cab amidst a cloud of steam. Another, older engine stands on track near the shed in the background, while a further Royal Scot class locomotive is beneath a water tower at right, with its tender facing the viewer. Two footplate crewmen stand talking in front of number 6109, and another walks near the edge of a turntable, the outline of which is visible at the bottom right of the picture. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Framed and glazed. Original artwork for London Midland & Scottish Railway poster.

Ready for the Road, Camden Shed

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c1928

Painting by A

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Northern Ireland,Dunluce Castle

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

Bournemouth

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Bath in 1828 by the New Steam Carriage Today by Western Region

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Painting, oil on canvas, Service to Industry for British Railways, South Grid Railway Sidings, Billingham by Terence Cuneo, 1962. A night scene depicting steam and diesel trains arriving and departing at the Imperial Chemical Industries site at Billingham, near Stockton-on-Tees. In the left foreground black smoke billows from a steam locomotive into the night sky. In the centre a floodlit green diesel locomotive with a train of tank wagons passes under elevated piping. At right are the pylons and tanks of the chemical works. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Original artwork for British Railways Eastern Region poster.

South Grid Railway Sidings. Billingham

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1962

Teignmouth is Devon

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1957

Edinburgh

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

Peveril Castle

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

sheringham

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1958

Painting, oil painting, original artwork for British Railways (Southern Region) poster Eastbourne by Bromfield, stick of Eastbourne rock sunbathing in a hat, c.1955

eastbourne - sun trap of the south

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

Painting, oil on canvas, Skipton Castle, by John Greene, about 1957. Depicts the castle on a steep wooded bank above the River Aire. In the foreground a couple walk along the riverbank, beside a number of small buildings. On the opposite side are another couple and a man, behind some railings. The castle is above, set against a cloudy sky. Signed by the artist at bottom right. One of the See Britain by Train series. Framed. Original artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster.

Skipton Castle

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1957

Painting, oil on canvas, original artwork for Great Western Railway poster, Newquay on the Cornish Coast, by Alker Tripp, about 1946. Depicts four figures on a cliff overlooking a sandy beach, a man with his arm around a woman, pointing, and two women seated on the grass. Two young women are descending steps carrying surf boards, and in the distance is the sea and a headland. Signed by the artist at bottom left, beneath the image. There is a blank space at the bottom approximately 120 x 630 mm to allow for the insertion of text.

Newquay on the Cornish Coast

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1946 about

Painting, oils on canvas, Cheltenham Spa for the Cotswolds by Douglas Relf, 1948. Depicts a view towards the town. In the foreground are fields with grazing sheep, bounded by dry stone walls, with farm buildings. In the distance is the town, with the hills of the Cotswolds beyond. Original artwork for a British Railways Western Region poster. Unframed.

Oil painting by D. Relf

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1948

Painting, oil on canvas, Restaurant Car, by Leonard Campbell Taylor (1874 - 1969), about 1935. Depicts the interior of a restaurant car. A well dressed young couple are seated opposite each other, next to a window, with a view of red-tiled houses, the coast and sea beyond. The woman is smoking a cigarette. Behind them is a waiter carrying a tray of coffee cups, while a middle-aged man at a table on the other side of the aisle reads an illustrated magazine. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Original artwork for a London, Midland and Scottish Railway poster. Framed and glazed.

Restaurant Car

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1935

Painting, oil on canvas, original poster artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster, Isle of Man - Peel Castle by Charles Pears, 1949. Signed Chas Pears. Unframed.

peel castle

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1949

Painting, oil on canvas, Manchester's New Station, Piccadilly, by Claude Buckle, 1960. Impression of the new Piccadilly Station and office block in Manchester, built to replace the earlier London Road station. In the foreground a burgundy car passes in front of the station. There are parked cars to the right, and pedestrians walk on the pavement outside. A towering office block rises up at right, set against a graduated blue sky. Below the painting is designated space for text. Signed by the artist at right. Poster artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster. Unframed. Signed by the artist.

Manchester's New Station - Piccadilly

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Painting, oil on board, The Giant's Causeway, by John Greene, about 1960. Depicts the basalt rock formations of the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, with cliffs in the background and shows tourists walking over the rocks. Poster artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed, unglazed.

Giant's Causeway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Painting, oil on canvas, The Cornish Coast, St Ives, by Harry Riley, about 1958. Depicts a stretch of the Cornish coast at St Ives, with a couple clambering on the rocks in the foreground. A mother and child sit on a cliff overlooking the sea. Below people sunbathe on the beach and paddle in the sea. In the distance at right is the seaside town of St Ives, with a green headland and hills in the distance. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original poster artwork for British Railways (Western Region) poster. Unframed.

The Cornish Coast (St Ives)

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1958 about

Painting, oil on canvas, GWR 150, by Peter Owen Jones 1985. Depicts an artist's impression of the exhibition at British Rail's Swindon Works, proposed to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. It shows the interior of the works, with a Western Class 52 diesel hydraulic locomotive, the prototype Inter City 125 High Speed Train power car, Great Western Railway steam locomotives and carriages. Visitors are walking around the exhibition, or are paused in groups. At bottom right is a showcase with a model locomotive. Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right. Original artwork for a poster advertising the exhibition, which was never staged because of the announcement of the impending closure of the works. Framed and glazed.

Great Western Railway 150

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1985

Painting, poster paint, original artwork for railway poster, London & North Eastern Railway, 'East Coast Joys - No.3, Safe Sands', by Tom Purvis, 1931, Depicts children on beach, building a sandcastle and paddling in sea. Part of the 'East Coast Joys' series of six posters. Framed and glazed.

East Coast Joys - No. 3, Safe Sands

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1931

Painting, oil on canvas, Paignton, by Douglas Lionel Mays, about 1958. Depicts a young blonde woman in a blue swimsuit lying on a red rock, looking out to sea. Beneath her is the beach with lapping waves, and red cliffs with grass and trees at the top. Beyond are the breakwater, harbour, town and Devon hills. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Unframed. Original artwork for British Railways (Western Region) poster Paignton, South Devon, the family resort of picturesque Torbay, one of the Travel by Train series.

Paignton

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1958

Drawing, crayon and wash, preparatory sketch for British Industries, Coal by George Clausen, about 1924. Depicts four miners walking home at the end of their shift, with colliery pithead and winding gear and other buildings in the background. Smoke billows from engine house chimneys, set against a cloudy sky. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed. Produced in preparation for one of a series of sixteen posters, commissioned by the London, Midland & Scottish railway and created by members of the Royal Academy.

British Industries - Coal

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1923-1924

Painting, oil on board, Trains of our Times by Vic Welch, about 1949. Depicts three trains, diesel, electric and steam, running alongside each other in a cutting on the main line near Bushey in Hertfordshire. At left is a Class 5 4-6-0 steam locomotive in black livery, alongside diesel locomotive number 10000 in black and silver, and a suburban electric train in malachite green, with "Watford" on the destination board. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster. Framed, unglazed.

Trains of Our Times

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1949

Painting, oil painting, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Western Region), Somerset - Cheddar Gorge by Wootton, 1954.

somerset-cheddar gorge poster original

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1954

Painting, oil on canvas, Rock of Cashel, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1928. Depicts the cathedral and castle on top of the Rock of Cashel in South Tipperary, set against a yellow sky. Beneath the rock is a cottage with a red roof, and a man and child walking along a path across a green field. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Original artwork for London Midland and Scottish Railway poster Rock of Cashel, Ireland for holidays. Unframed.

Rock of Cashel

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1928

Painting, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Southern Region), by Laurence Fish, 1960, depicts vehicles driving off ferry.

Painting, original artwork for railway poster, British Railw

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Painting, oil, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Western Region), Gloucestershire by Claude Muncaster, 1960, depicts village scene.

gloucestershire poster original

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Painting, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Western Region), Weston-Super-Mare by Merville, 1957, depicts woman in red swimming costume at open air swimming pool. 40 x 25 in.; 1016 x 635 mm

Weston super Mare

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1957

Painting, oil on canvas, Southend by Wilfred Moody Fryer, 1957. Painting shows men, women and children on a balcony over looking the sea front and pier. At left are people sat on a bench, with a girl in a pink dress standing and pointing to the sea and pier. In the mid ground are tourists walking along and around the pier, ferris wheel, carousels and boating pond. There are yachts at sea. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Unframed. Poster artwork for British Railways (Eastern Region),

Southend

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1957

Painting, oils on canvas, Wales, Travel by Train by Frank Wootton, about 1960. Depicts an imagined scene in Wales. In the foreground is a river, crossed by a stone bridge. An angler fishes on one bank, and on the other side of the river cows approach the water to drink. Beyond the bridge is a ruined castle, similar in some respects to Harlech Castle. Dominating the background is a mountain, which closely resembles Cader Idris. Original artwork for a quadroyal poster published by British Railways Western Region in about 1960.

Wales, Travel by train

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960, about

Painting, oils on canvas, Glenariff, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1935. Depicts the steep green mountainside of Glenariff in County Antrim, with a patchwork of fields on its lower slopes. There is a tree in the foreground at left and in the background is Red Bay and the Irish Sea. Original artwork for London, Midland & Scottish Railway poster. Painting is labelled with no. 380/66 on top left edge. Unframed.

Glenariff

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1935

Painting, oils on canvas, Dublin and Holyhead, by Norman Wilkinson, 1905. Depicts a London & North Western Railway ferry in Dublin Bay, passing the Kish lightship. In the distance are sailing ships, and the headlands at the mouth of the bay. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original artwork for a London & North Western Railway poster. Framed.

Dublin & Holyhead

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1905

Painting, gouache on board, Teignmouth, by Glen Steward, 1960. Depicts a woman in a black and white striped swimsuit running through the sea at the water's edge, carrying a beach ball. On the beach ball is a map of south Devon, showing the coast with Teignmouth, Exeter and Torquay. In the background are red cliffs. Original artwork for British Railways (Western Region) poster

teignmouth

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Painting, oil on canvas, Diesel Trains, by Barber, about 1955. Depicts a British Railways two carriage diesel multiple unit passenger train in green livery, passing over a brick bridge on a sunny day, with white clouds in the sky. In the background at right is a signal box. Original artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) stock poster, published with a variety of texts advertising new diesel services. Signed at bottom right. Unframed.

Diesel Trains

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c1955

Paste-up, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Western Region), Burnham-on-Sea for Sea, Sand, Fun, 1960, depicts photo of girl in a gingham bikini on a wash background.

burnham on sea poster original

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Painting, gouache on paper, pinned on to canvas, King George V by Moy Thomas, 1927. Depicts the 4-6-0 locomotive moving at speed, with a trail of smoke streaming from the chimney. The firebox glows against a blue sky. Below the image is a designated space for text, on a blue ground. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Original poster artwork for the Great Western Railway poster "Britain's Mightiest". The published poster had the accompanying text "Britain's Mightiest, King George V, The 'Kings' lead for power and speed, Go Great Western". In another version for the American market the text read "New York to London, Fastest route via Plymouth and Great Western Railway". The locomotive carries the bell fitted when it featured in celebrations marking the centenary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the United States of America. Unframed.

King George V

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1927

Painting, gouache (?) on canvas, Boston, Lincolnshire, The Pilgrim Fathers, by Lance Cattermole, 1955. Depicts the religious dissenting Pilgrim Fathers on the deck of a ship in front of the Guildhall in Boston Lincolnshire. One, dressed in a red cloak, holds a telescope while a colleague points excitedly ahead and other men climb in the rigging and wave. The scene is intended to represent the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers for the Netherlands in 1608, after their imprisonment in the Guildhall for attempting to emigrate illegally. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Framed and glazed, glass. Original artwork for British Railways (Eastern Region) poster.

Boston, Lincolnshire, The Pilgrim Fathers

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

Painting, poster paint on paper, Visit the Ancient City of Lincoln, by Allanson Hick, about 1950. Depicts a map of Lincoln, with annotated illustrations of places of interest and historic events. These include the railway station, industry, the Usher Art Gallery, cathedral, a public execution, Pottergate Bar, pageanty and a stereotypical view of the Jewish financier "Aaron the moneylender on Steep Hill". At the top are the coats of arms of the City of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste, Hugh of Avalon, Edward King and Robert Sanderson. Original artwork for Railway Executive (Eastern Region) poster. Surrounded by a decorative border. Unframed.

Visit the Ancient City of Lincoln

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1950

Painting, oil on canvas, Wales, Cader Idris and the Afon Mawddach by Herbert Alker Tripp, 1937. Original artwork for Great Western Railway poster. Depicts the River Mawddach, with a shepherd, sheepdog and flock of sheep on its banks. In the background are the mountains of Snowdonia, dominated by Cader Idris.

Wales, Cader Idris and the Afon Mawddach

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1937

Painting, gouache (?) on board, Norfolk, Nelson, Born Burnham Rectory, 1758, by Lance Cattermole, 1959. Depicts Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson on the deck of a warship engaged in a battle at sea. Nelson is dressed in his naval uniform complete with decorations, holding a telescope in his left hand, with the redundant right sleeve pinned to his coat. Behind him sailors man the guns as a warship approaches. Probably intended to represent the scene on board HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805. Signed by the artist at top right. Original artwork for British Railways (Eastern Region) poster, part of the See Britain by Train series.

norfolk, nelson, born burnham rectory 1758

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1959

Painting, gouache on board, Minehead, by Johnston, 1950. Depicts Minehead seafront and North Hill. In the foreground is a family group of a mother, father, girl and boy, with a sandcastle, bucket and spade and beach ball. In the background are the town and beach, where people in swimsuits sit in deckchairs, play on the beach and swim in the sea. Original artwork for British Railways (Western Region) poster.

minehead poster original

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1950

Painting, oil on canvas, Aberdeen, Brig o'Balgownie, by Algernon Talmage, 1924. Depicts the thirteenth century bridge, Brig o’Balgownie or Bridge of Don, spanning the River Don in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. People sit on the grassy banks of the river admiring the picturesque views around them. In the distance are the bridge, with houses set among trees. Artwork for London Midland & Scottish Railway poster in the Royal Academy series, published in 1924. Framed, unglazed.

Aberdeen - Brig o'Balgownie

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

Painting, poster paint on board, Holiday Haunts in Southern England by Laurence Fish, 1962. Depicts a mother with two small children on a beach. The woman is dressed in a blue swimsuit, the children are in red swimming trunks. One is pouring water from a bucket into a hole in the sand. All are blond. Text, above and below the illustration, reads "Holiday Haunts in Southern England, 1962. Kent to Cornwall and the Channel Islands. 2/6". Original artwork for a British Railways Southern Region brochure.

Holiday Haunts

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1962

Painting, gouache, Burnham-on-Sea, by Alan Durman, 1956. Depicts a family, mother, father, boy and girl, on a beach building a sandcastle. Original artwork for British Railways (Western Region) poster, 'For leisure and pleasure choose Burnham-on-Sea'.

Burnham-on-Sea

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1956

Painting, gouache on board, Bristol City of Adventure, by unknown artist, about 1961. Depicts buildings of Bristol in a semi-abstract style, with diagonal shafts of sunlight. Lettering in the 'sky'. This poster was published by British Railways (Western Region) in the Travel by Train series.

Bristol City of Adventure

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Original artwork for British Rail (Western Region) double royal poster Cornwall, by Reitz, map with vignettes.

Cornwall

Pictorial Collection (Railway)