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Original Travel Poster British Railways Service to Industry Cuneo Diesel Steam Locomotives
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Original vintage British Railways poster - Service To Industry (rare version before text was applied to the posters) - featuring an industrial painting by the notable British artist Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) depicting a view of the rolling stock at the Imperial Chemical Industries factory rail yard in Billingham County Durham with a steam train approaching the viewer on the side emitting thick black smoke into the cloudy blue sky and a modern diesel powered engine pulling tank wagons on the other side of the railway tracks by the chemical works. Cuneo's original painting is held at the National Archives collection in Kew. The Billingham Manufacturing Plant opened in 1918 as the Government Nitrogen Factory; the British chemical company ICI, founded by the merger of four companies, took over the chemical works site in 1926. Published by British Railways North Eastern Region. Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Horizontal. Very good condition, folds, creases, minor tears on bottom margin. Country of issue: UK, designer: Terence Cuneo, size (cm): 129x104, year of printing: 1962
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Original vintage British Railways poster - Service To Industry (rare version before text was applied to the posters) - featuring an industrial painting by the notable British artist Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) depicting a view of the rolling stock at the Imperial Chemical Industries factory rail yard in Billingham County Durham with a steam train approaching the viewer on the side emitting thick black smoke into the cloudy blue sky and a modern diesel powered engine pulling tank wagons on the other side of the railway tracks by the chemical works. Cuneo's original painting is held at the National Archives collection in Kew. The Billingham Manufacturing Plant opened in 1918 as the Government Nitrogen Factory; the British chemical company ICI, founded by the merger of four companies, took over the chemical works site in 1926. Published by British Railways North Eastern Region. Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Horizontal. Very good condition, folds, creases, minor tears on bottom margin. Country of issue: UK, designer: Terence Cuneo, size (cm): 129x104, year of printing: 1962
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