Several locomotives from different origins feature in today's post, 3rd Februaury 2012, (as jigsaw puzzle pictures) hence the title.
The first picture shows a 200-piece jigsaw from Falcon titled Cookham Manor and Burton Agnes Hall. The double heading GWR pair are part of the 'Steamtrains' series 2, of 1982. The orignal artwork was by Paul S. Gribble. Charles Collett designed the 4-6-0 'Manor' class and Frederick Hawsworth the 'Modified Hall' class of larger 4-6-0s.
The
Main Line Station, a 400-piece Terminus puzzle from Tower Press, shown in picture number two, is one of very few
puzzles to show station office staff in close up. Two male staff, one wearing headphones, are overlooking the main lines from an elevated office. They have
push button equipment, two telephones and an automated diagram of the local
rail system before them. Two Gesley 'Pacifics' are standing at the platforms beneath. The artist is not named but the graphic artwork is clear and colour saturated, ideal for jigsaw puzzles.
In 1985 Waddingtons produced a set of four jigsaw puzzles, each one replicating a postage stamp depicting a Terence Cuneo painting. They made a handsome and popular set. The set comprised the Flying
Scotsman (17p stamp), Golden Arrow (22p), Cheltenham Flyer
(29p) and Royal Scot (31p). Picture number three in this post shows the puzzle depicting the 22p stamp. But why was there no fifth puzzle
replicating the Cornish Riviera Express on the 43p stamp?