The Railway Paintings of

'Waiting in the Night'

• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 20"x 16" / 76cm x 40cm
• Private collection - Staffordshire UK

There is a fascination about freight trains at night that was not always shared by those who lived near busy marshalling yards during the days of steam.

Here a typically work-stained Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No.48197 waits impatiently with it's crew before heading north with a heavy freight train from Washwood Heath yards, Birmingham, during the latter days of steam.

This picture is available as an Open Edition print from the Quicksilver Publishing website. Details at the bottom of the gallery page.