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Company: London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Title: The Night Mail - The Enginemen
Date: 1924
Description: The artist William Orpen created this dramatic image of the fireman and driver of a speeding steam locomotive for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. It is one of a series of 16 commissioned by the LMS from members of the Royal Academy.
Inv. No. 1978-8844
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