Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Another GWR Station

Today's post, 30th November 2016, features a jigsaw showing a GWR locomotive in early British Railways' days pulling into a picturesque station.





The above jigsaw is a 500-piece example from Classic Deluxe titled Winchcombe Station, from artwork by Peter Webster. The scene appears to be from the early British Railways era, 1948-1956, as the locomotive is liveried with the prominent 'cycling lion' motif. An 0-6-0 pannier tank, No.9681, is pictured hauling a short freight train through the ex GWR station, now part of the preserved Gloucester Warwickshire Railway. The 1949-built Pannier tank locomotive was one of 863 built by the GWR and BR western Region, although the number included several class variations. She is currently preserved on the Dean Forest Railway.