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Service by Night

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

weymouth

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Great Western Railway Air Services

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1932, about

Teignmouth is Devon

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1957

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

Bournemouth

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Edinburgh

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

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

Painting by A

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Boston, Lincolnshire, The Pilgrim Fathers

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

The Giant's Causeway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c.1927

Northern Ireland,Dunluce Castle

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

sheringham

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1958

Peveril Castle

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

fenland poster original

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

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, oil on canvas, The Night Mail; The Enginemen, by Sir William Orpen, RA, 1924. Depicts the footplate of a London, Midland and Scottish Railway locomotive, seen from the side. A fireman leans over, shovel in hand, lit by the glow from the unseen firebox. In front of him is the engine driver. He is an older man, leaning on the side of the cab and looking straight ahead. Smoke drifts across the front of the cab. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original artwork for an LMS poster, one of a series which featured artworks by members of the Royal Academy. Framed, unglazed.

The Night Mail, The Engineman

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

Painting, oil on artists' board, London, Piccadilly Circus by Night by Maurice Greiffenhagen, 1926. Depicts a crowded scene in Piccadilly Circus in London's West End, with a couple in evening dress, a boy selling newspapers, a policeman, taxis and doubledecker buses. At left is a woman flower seller. Beyond are the surrounding buildings, including the Plaza Theatre advertising 'Back of Beyond' and 'Plaza Orchestra'. Original poster artwork for the London Midland & Scottish Railway poster 'London by LMS'. Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right. Framed, unglazed.

London, Piccadilly Circus by Night

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1926

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)

Painting, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Eastern Region), Gorleston by Paul B Mann, 1957

gorleston poster original

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, Cleethorpes by Kenneth Steel, about 1962. Depicts the view over gardens and seafront to the pier. Original artwork for British Railways (Eastern Region) poster. Signed by the artist at bottom left.

original artwork for Cleethorpes poster

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1962

Painting, oil on board, Now to Ascot, Reading, Camberley by Southern Electric, by Charles Pears, about 1939. Depicts a heathland landscape with birch and pine trees, with an approaching green electric multiple unit numbered 182. In the left and right foreground are birch trees, with the train between. Beyond is a row of pine trees, set against a blue sky and white clouds. Original artwork for Southern Railway poster.

Southern Railway electric locomotive No. 182

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Painting, oil on canvas, poster artwork for London & North Eastern Railway, Scarborough by Constantin Gorbatoff (Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov), about 1930. Painting in the Post-Impressionist style depicting Scarborough from the cliffs above South Bay. In the foreground a path leads along a garden. In the distance are the beach, harbour, with the headland and castle. Framed.

Scarborough

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c.1930

Oil painting, 'York' by Doris Zinkeisen, 1934. Original painting for London & North Eastern Railway poster 'To York. Dick Turpin's Ride', 1934. Depicts the highwayman on horseback with York Minster in the background. With 'York' in the lower left corner and artist's signature lower right. Unframed.

To York, Dick Turpin's ride

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1934

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, 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, gouache on artists board, The Cloisters, Norwich, by Kenneth Steel, 1950. Depicts the cloisters, spire and south transept of Norwich Cathedral. Original poster artwork for British Railways (Eastern Region). Title at bottom left, signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed.

The Cloisters, Norwich

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1950

Painting, oil on canvas, The Head of Ullswater at Glenridding, by Claude Buckle, about 1959. Depicts a view of Ullswater in the Lake District, looking north. There is a rowing boat in the foreground near the shore, with another in the distance. A steam pleasure boat leaves the ferry terminal in the centre, with Silver Grag on the right and the slopes around Aira Beck beyond. The mountains in the distance are lit by the warm glow of the sun under a blue sky, with white clouds. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original poster artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster "The English Lakes".

The Head of Ullswater at Glenridding

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1959

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 board, St. Michael's Mount West Cornwall, by Ronald Lampitt, about 1959. Depicts the view looking over Marazion towards the island of St Michael's Mount, with cottages in the foreground and sailing boats in the bay. Original artwork for British Railways (Western Region) poster with the legend By Train to Marazion.

St. Michael's Mount

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1959

Oil painting on canvas, version of Ireland Overnight, by Claude Buckle, 1950. Version of original artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) poster, Ireland Overnight, Dublin via Holyhead, Belfast via Heysham. Frame and glazed, glass.

Ireland Overnight

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1950

Painting, oil on canvas, Britannia leaving Paddington, by Terence Cuneo, about 1951. Depicts British Railways steam locomotive No 70000 'Britannia' in green livery, leaving London Paddington station with an express train, with a King Class locomotive in experimental blue livery in the background. In the right foreground a railway worker walks along the tracks, beneath a signal. Above him a man looks out from a signal box at the train. The driver leans from the cab of the engine. In the background are the curving girders of Bishop's Bridge. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed. Original artwork for the poster Forging Ahead, The First British Railways Standard Express Locomotives.

britannia leaving paddington

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1950

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, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Eastern Region), Norfolk, Blakeney, by George Ayling, about 1956. Depicts pleasure craft on the quay at Blakeney, Norfolk. Signed by the artist at bottom right. 40 x 25 inches. .

Norfolk, Blakeney poster original

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1956

Painting, Peterborough by Kenneth Steel, 1955. Depicts the west front and tower of Peterborough Cathedral. Original artwork for British Railways (Eastern Region) poster. Signed by the artist at bottom left.

original artwork for Peterborough poster

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

Painting, gessowork, Train ferry boat, by Walter Thomas, 1936. Depicts the Southern Railway train ferry Twickenham on a night service from Dover to Dunkirk. The twin funnel ferry is seen from the rear on the starboard side, steaming towards the coast, illuminated by lights in a town. Above is a starry sky. Original artwork for Southern Railway poster, The new train ferry boats, promoting train ferry services from London to Paris. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Framed and glazed.

Train Ferry Boat

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1936

Painting, oil on canvas, Cornwall by Leonard Richmond, about 1934. Depicts a harbour scene, with a sea wall and lighthouse, and colourful fishing boats in the harbour. Two fishermen talk at the end of the breakwater. Beyond the harbour are a village, beach and cliffs. In the background are yachts at sea. Below the painting is designated space for text. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original artwork for Great Western Railway poster, Cornwall. Unframed.

Cornwall

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1933

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

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

Cornwall

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

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.

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

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1961

Painting, oil on canvas, London, Hyde Park, by Edwin Harris, about 1949. Depicts Alexander Munro's marble boy and dolphin fountain, with a tree to the right and Park Lane in the background. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original poster artwork for Railway Executive / British Railways (Eastern Region) poster, London, Hyde Park, part of the See England by Rail series. Unframed.

London Hyde Park

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 board, original artwork for railway poster, British Railways (Eastern Region), Cleethorpes by Allanson Hick, about 1952. Depicts the beach under a section of Cleethorpes pier, with children playing on the sands and people seated in deckchairs. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Unframed.

Cleethorpes

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1952

Painting, original artwork for British Railways (Western Region) poster, The Enchanting River Dart, by C King, 1961.

original artwork for The Enchanting River Dart poster

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1961

Oil painting, Fishguard to Rosslare, by L A Wilcox, 1954. Depicts the TSS St David passenger ferry leaving Fishguard on a voyage across the Irish Sea. There are passengers on the upper decks and a yacht sailing at the ferry's port side. At the left side of the painting are the harbour wall and lighthouse. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Original painting for the British Rail (Western Region) poster Fishguard-Rosslare, shortest route to and from southern Ireland.

Fishguard-Rosslare

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1954

Painting, original artwork for railway poster, Southern Railway - South for Sunshine by Hal W. Jenner, 1935, depicts legs and deck chair.

South for Sunshine

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1935

Original poster artwork, British Railways (Southern Region), "Buy a Country Afternoon Cheap Ticket", from this station on Sun,Weds,Thurs,Sats & bank holidays March 26 to October 29, ask for handbill showing destinations and train times. by Amos & Power, 1960-1961, depicts flowers wrapped with track.

Buy a country afternoon ticket

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960-1961