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(freehand and painted in oils) It is Winter. Problems ahead with frozen points because of severe wintry weather. Coronation Class Locomotive no 46235, City Of Birmingham waits patiently with its passenger train for a signal to proceed. A framed print was donated to the Millennium Point Museum in Digbeth, Birmingham UK., from my exhibition entitled Nostagic […]

(freehand and painted in oils) The grandeur of the Castle class locomotive no 4075 .(Cardiff Castle) on GWR Lines Exhibited with the Guild Of Railway Artists in 1994. See PRESS advertisement in the Cornishman magazine no 62 Autumn 1997. 'THE BRISTOLIAN-READER OFFER' Published In The Cornishman magazine for the Gloucestershire/ Warwickshire Railway, August 1997   […]

(freehand and painted in oils) The TIMELESS BEAUTY of Chirk aqueduct and a railway viaduct in Cheshire. Designed by Thomas Telford from 1801 and completed in 1814. Published by Newcomers Gallery as Open Edition Prints in 2004. See the video below See PUBLISHED ARTWORK approved pencil sketch Giclee prints size 16 in x 12in are […]

(freehand and painted in water based oils) Commissioned by Mr Kieran Barber (volunteer at Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway Trust) Inspired by a visit to Toddington Station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Preserved Railway in the 1990s. We have LMS Ivatt Class 2 no 41312  2-6-2T tank built at Crewe in 1952 with a passenger train waiting […]

(freehand and painted in oils) Commissioned by friend and Railway enthusiast Mr Jeff King. It is Autumn and British Railways Class 3 no 77002 2-6-0 under the direction of Mr R A Riddles and built at Swindon, stops for water on the Stainmore Line at Kirkby Steven East  during the 1960s. The painting was reproduced […]

(freehand and painted in oils) One of the most majestic looking Class of pacific steam locomotives ever built in my opinion. Still can't believe that all 49 of her Class were scrapped with the demise of steam in 1968. Now we have the magnificent Tornado n0 61063. built in 2010 by railway enthusiasts and volunteers […]

(freehand and painted in oils) Commissioned by friend and rail enthusiast Mr Jeff King. It's Summer and rebuilt West Country class 34027 4-6-2 locomotive "Taw Valley" is on Southern lines between Padstow and Dover during the early 1960s. Built in 1946, it was withdrawn from service in 1964 and sent to Barry scrapyard. It was […]

 (freehand and painted in oils) Looking onto the attractive Offchurch Viaduct near Radford Semele built in 1851 (UK), from Top Lock on the Grand Union Canal. The nostalgic days of steam trains on the London North Western Railway across the Viaduct and a Cargo boat approaching Top Lock on the Grand Union Canal under. Published […]

(freehand and painted in oils) A feeling of atmosphere in Lancashire Romance Of Steam Kevin Alun Parrish GRA © 2011

(freehand and painted in oils) Manor and Castle Class double head an Express near Warwick on Hatton Bank. Great Western Locomotives had an elegance about them on the GWR. (Gods Wonderful Railway) http://www.kunstkopie.de/a/parrish/greatwesternglory-1.html Romance Of Steam Kevin Alun Parrish GRA© 1996