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A 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.

National Railway Museum

York

Title

Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class 'Union Castle' at Salisbury Station

Date

1969

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 74.5 x W 105.1 cm

Accession number

2004-7338

Acquisition method

gift, 2004

Work type

Painting

National Railway Museum

Leeman Road, York, North Yorkshire YO26 4XJ England

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