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Forging Ahead

Collection:  NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Name:  poster
Maker:  British Railways; Cuneo, Terence; Waterlow and Sons Limited
Date Made:  1951
Materials:  paper
Measurements:  1020 x 1270 mm
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Description:  Poster, British Railways, 'Forging Ahead, The First British Railways Standard Express Locomotive' by Terence Cuneo, 1951. Depicts No 70000 'Britannia' leaving London Paddington station with an express train, with a King Class locomotive in blue livery in the background. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited. Quadroyal format, 1020 x 1270 mm.

Object Number:  1978-8976

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3 Related People

British Railways
1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom
Waterlow and Sons Limited
1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London
Cuneo, Terence Tenison
1907-1996, artist; illustrator, English; British
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