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This print is available
This print is available (UK
only) in the following sizes:
36" x 24" Canvas (no border) - £79.99
24" x 16" Canvas (no border) - £59.99
18" x 12" Canvas (no border) - £44.99
*All canvases come with a 20mm frame and reversed
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18" x 12" Fine Art Print (1" border) - £29.99
OR with 5mm border:
36" x 24" Fine Art Print (5mm border) - £59.99
24" x 16" Fine Art Print (5mm border) - £42.99
18" x 12" Fine Art Print (5mm border) - £29.99
(Fine Art Print Options - Satin or Matt finish)
12" x 8" Welsh slate (no border) - £34.99
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The King Edward II Steam Train
in the sheds area at Didcot Railway museum, this preserved
locomotive was built at Great Western Railways Swindon Yard in
1930. The locomotive was used as an express passenger train
from Devon to London Paddington.
In June
1962 it was withdrawn from service and and the decision was
made for it to be sent to Swindon to be dismantled for scrap.
However It was then used as a weight test for a new bridge in
South Wales and instead of Swindon it was sold to Woodham
Brothers scrapyard in Barry Island where many Locos ended up
awaiting there fate with the scrappers cutting torch.
Fortunately for the King Edward II after a couple of owners
it was eventually chosen for a restoration by the Brunel
Engineering Trust (Via the Manpower Services Comission, a
training body) with restoration work continuing until late
Autumn 1988 when the funding was withdrawn and once again King
Edward II faced an uncertain future.
The
locomotive was again thrown a lifeline when GWS bought it and
it was transported to Didcot for the restoration to continue,
in January 2011 King Edward II moved for the first time since
1962 under her own power and fortunately despite a few hiccups
along the way is still to be found running at various events
throughout the UK. A beautiful job the restorers, enthusiasts
and engineers have done too.
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