Edwardian Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 taking the Castle Aching thread off-topic... That would be quite an achievement. Taking Castle Aching off topic? I think you should be posting this the The Forum Jokes Thread, or at least Things That Make You Smile, not here . Quite! Now, this might well qualify as art, but this painter might well benefit from a dose of pre-Grouping pedantry ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Miles Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 That would be quite an achievement. Quite! Now, this might well qualify as art, but this painter might well benefit from a dose of pre-Grouping pedantry ... Perhaps they are in fancy dress? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Looks like a modern picture - the station looks like York, the locomotive is LMS and the coach in a Southern livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Perhaps they are in fancy dress? They could be Preservationalists. That would explain everything! Looks like a modern picture - the station looks like York, the locomotive is LMS and the coach in a Southern livery. It's York, Jim, but not as we know it ... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 runs as required has requested that I repost the following observation here so that it can be responded to without taking the Castle Aching thread off-topic... Following the posting of one of Monet paintings of the Gare St Lazare, he had requested a pre-Raphaelite painting of a railway station to provide balance. My response: The problem here is that railway stations were simply too prosaic and mundane to form a suitable subject for a pre-Raphaelite artist. Indeed, unlike railway modelling, the whole railway set-up was based on principles that ran directly contrary to William Morris' ideal of the individual craftsman. Many thanks for responding It is true I do have an image in mind but cannot yet locate it. 1) It is most definitely a pre-Grouping station, and 2) It is, if I recall correctly, a wood cut - which I do think William Morris might have approved of. The subject is a station on the joint GW/LNW North to West line south of Hereford which originally opened with its booking office within a hollow tree. I think I remember seeing it in a bound copy of the Railway Magazine. dh 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) The subject is a station on the joint GW/LNW North to West line south of Hereford which originally opened with its booking office within a hollow tree. I think I remember seeing it in a bound copy of the Railway Magazine. Moreton-On-Lugg Edited September 28, 2017 by Penlan 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2017 Moreton-On-Lugg Moreton On Lugg #2.jpg Hobbiton. You don't get past an Ent if you've not got a valid ticket, as Saruman found to his cost. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Moreton-On-Lugg Moreton On Lugg #2.jpg I've already changed my Cameo Competition entry once, because I found something unbelievable that really existed, and needs to be modelled. This is even more interesting, but I think I'll save it for future use! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted September 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'm glad it has a brick built fireplace! Not Pre-anything arty I am afraid, but there are some nice paintings of early railways by one of the Pissaros. Lordship Lane in this case. Jonathan 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Moreton-On-Lugg Moreton On Lugg #2.jpg I'm most grateful to you for saving me hours of ferreting for this image - quite clearly pre-Grouping. But I have to admit to false memory on two counts 1) It is north, not south of Hereford: and 2) more seriously, in view of my petty pedantic disputation with Compound, it looks to be a pencil drawing and not the wood-cut that I argued would please William Morris. I'm glad it has a brick built fireplace! Not Pre-anything arty I am afraid, but there are some nice paintings of early railways by one of the Pissaros. pissarro lordship lane.jpg Lordship Lane in this case. Jonathan But the landscape around Lordship Lane does looks decidedly pre-grouping for Dulwich ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Here's another picture of the tree: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb7jqjOWEAA3XMi.jpg Is it still there? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Looks like a modern picture - the station looks like York, the locomotive is LMS and the coach in a Southern livery. The loco is one of those 3F "express locos", an LMS Jinty. Its definitely not pre-grouping, being built in November 1924 by Hunslet for the LMS. Its main stomping grounds were Camden, Northhampton, Willisden, Bletchley and St Helens (God knows why it should be pictured at York!), before going to live on Barry Island. From whence it was resurrected and went to Steamport and took part in the "Rocket 150" celebrations in 1980, thence to the Llangollen, where it spent some time playing a blue childrens loco and is currently (according to Wikipedia) based on the East Lancs Railway undergoing overhaul. Phew! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 They could be Preservationalists. That would explain everything! ... Shouldn't that be pre-Preservationalists. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Rixon Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I'm glad it has a brick built fireplace! Not Pre-anything arty I am afraid, but there are some nice paintings of early railways by one of the Pissaros. pissarro lordship lane.jpg Lordship Lane in this case. Jonathan Accurately showing the boxed-in sleepers with every nth sleeper exposed for inspection. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Shouldn't that be pre-Preservationalists. Sort of like strawberry jam before it was jam? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted September 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2017 A Jones goods may be pre grouping but it certainly isn't French! Having come to this thread a tad late... It may not be as far away from France as you would think.... The larger HR Castles were also supplied to the Etat...... Andy G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Sort of like strawberry jam before it was jam? Yes, in those days it was merely conserved .... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Yet again, we need some more "Ratings" buttons, in this case possibly a trombone symbol for that "Wah-Wah-Wah" feeling, as well as the oft requested "Groan"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Having come to this thread a tad late... It may not be as far away from France as you would think.... The larger HR Castles were also supplied to the Etat...... Andy G As Pete Drummond might have said "L'Etat c'est moi". Or perhaps not... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 As Pete Drummond might have said "L'Etat c'est moi". Or perhaps not... I remember him on Radio 1 ... Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 As Pete Drummond might have said "L'Etat c'est moi". Or perhaps not... Back to Louis XIV. Modest chaps, these absolute monarchs. Perhaps we can work back to railways via his namesake and biggest fan? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2017 Back to Louis XIV. Modest chaps, these absolute monarchs. Perhaps we can work back to railways via his namesake and biggest fan? Louis XIV, rail enthusiast - hang on, we were here only two days ago... Anyway, I thought that when this photo came up on Castle Aching, we established that it's actually the interior of a LNWR family saloon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Louis XIV, rail enthusiast - hang on, we were here only two days ago... Anyway, I thought that when this photo came up on Castle Aching, we established that it's actually the interior of a LNWR family saloon. Ah, but which family? It's so ostentatiously bling-y one could almost thing it was built for the Trump family – wrong continent/century of course, but... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Ah, but which family? It's so ostentatiously bling-y one could almost thing it was built for the Trump family – wrong continent/century of course, but... It could be worse .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted September 29, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2017 Ah, but which family? It's so ostentatiously bling-y one could almost thing it was built for the Trump family – wrong continent/century of course, but... Yes, but it is the continent and (depending on exact location) century in which his mind seems to exist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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