The Flying Scotsman 1862-1962

Made:
1962
artist:
Bagley
and
Bagley
and
maker:
British Railways

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Poster, British Railways (North Eastern Region), The Flying Scotsman 1862-1962 by Laurence Bagley, 1962. Coloured lithograph depicting two locomotives hauling the Flying Scotsman service, one hundred years apart. In the foreground is a Deltic class diesel locomotive of 1962 with a Flying Scotsman headboard and, appearing in an orange sky above, Great Northern Railway 'Single' steam locomotive with a passenger train. Format double royal.

British Railways North Eastern Region poster advertising the Flying Scotsman train service, by Laurence Bagley, 1862. It depicts trains operating on the service one hundred years apart. In the foreground is a new Deltic class diesel locomotive of 1962 with Mark 1 type coaches and, in the sky above, a Great Northern Railway 'single' steam locomotive of 1862.

The Flying Scotsman express passenger train service between London and Edinburgh began in the 1860s, although it wasn’t formally given the name until 1924. It continues to this day.

British Railways introduced its fleet of twenty-two Deltic diesel locomotives in 1962, the year this poster was published. They were used on express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh until 1982. The locomotive from 1862 is a Great Northern Railway steam locomotive with a single pair of main driving wheels.

The artist, Laurence Bagley, was born in Southampton in 1922. He was a commercial artist who specialised in maritime, aviation, railway and motoring subjects. He worked as an illustrator for the Airspeed company and the Royal Navy's torpedo school, HMS Vernon. He produced posters for British Railways and illustrations for magazines such as Aeromodeller, and was also an author. Bagley died in 1983.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1979-7807
Materials:
paper and ink
type:
poster