GWR City of Truro breaks the 100 mph barrier in 1904 - SOLD
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Commission. City of Truro was 1st 'locomotive' to break the 100 mph barrier. Client asked for scene showing this feat, but too long ago for any contemporary images. Plenty of images of the loco as it still exists. Help from the GWR Society to identify carriages used on this journey as it was running the 'Mails Express'. Internet searched, reference books bought and studied to get the carriages right. End result: Client over the moon, Me: very happy.
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Malcolm Davies GRA
I studied art at school in the early 1970's and my early paintings were all aircraft based. As my personal interests changed so did my artwork, and I moved into motor cycles and cars. My first car based commission in 1978 was for a Jensen CV8. In the years since then my artwork has gone…
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