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'Crewes Finest'

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30"x 20" / 76cm x 50cm
Private collection - Lancashire UK

A magnificent locomotive in the twilight of it's career. 'Princess Coronation' Pacific No.46256 'Sir William A. Stanier, F.R.S' stands ready for duty at Crewe North engine sheds c1961.

This, the penultimate Stanier Pacific, was built at Crewe in 1947 and withdrawn from service by British Railways in October 1964.

This picture is available as a limitied edition print from either The Guild of Railway Artists website or the Quicksilver Publishing website. Details at the bottom of the gallery page.