Monday, September 24, 2012

London & South Western Railway London to Plymouth Express


From the 1900s, what could almost be a chocolate box cover.  It looks like a 4-6-0 in front, but according to this page, L&SWR locomotive 457 was a 0-4-0ST dock engine. 

2 comments:

Peter Salt said...

The loco is a G14 class 4-6-0, I think: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSWR_G14_class . The painting appears to be based on a photo, a copy of which is currently available on E-Bay, that's captioned as showing a Plymouth express near Wilton, c.1910: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSWR_G14_class .

Peter Salt said...

Sorry! The second link should have been to http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DEVON-LSWR-4-6-0-No457-DOWN-PLYMOUTH-TRAIN-NEAR-WITON-c1910-/350713884980 .