{"title":"Malcolm Root FGRA","description":"\u003cspan class=\"half-break\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eArt Prints and Greetings Cards - Aviation, Railway and Transport\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name of Malcolm Root FGRA is most likely known to anyone with an interest in transport art, especially railways, and we are very pleased that he has seen fit to join us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm was born in Colchester in 1950 and has had a lifelong fascination with all forms of transport. We think you will agree, the nostalgia created by a Root painting is some of the finest any collector will find. His use of subtle colours and wonderful composition, combined with an expert knowledge of his subject and undeniable skill in both technical drawing and painting techniques have seen him become one of the biggest names in our field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter leaving school, Malcolm entered the printing trade but continued to paint until he took the momentous decision to become a full time artist in 1981. Over the next few years he was to hone his skills, picking up numerous commissions along the way and being elected to become a full member of the Guild of Railway Artists in 1983.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm's work has appeared in publications, including four of his own books, greetings cards, puzzles, commemorative plates and myriad other items, making him one of Britain's most recognisable transport artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010 he was awarded the accolade of Fellow of the Guild of Railway Artists, the highest rank achievable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile he is now retired, we are proud to work with this master of his craft to bring you some of the best transport art prints and cards available. We will be selling Limited Edition prints of his Railway art and aviation art, as well as \u003cspan\u003e blank greetings and Christmas cards featuring his work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"malcolm-root-topping-the-tank-adams-o2","title":"Topping The Tank - Adams O2","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRailway Steam Locomotive Birthday Card - Adams 02 Tank Engine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe O2, designed by William Adams for the LSWR was a charming locomotive that owed its existence to the number of small towns springing up in the railways area of operation. First built in 1889 the locomotives were displaced by the larger M7 type from 1897 and the type went to secondary duties. 21 locomotives were to receive a second lease of life when they crossed the Solent and became the main source of motive power on the Isle of Wight, where the loco in the painting is shown.  Even today a single O2, W24 Calborne resides on the island at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in full working order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis railway card, featuring a painting by Malcolm Root FGRA, shows engine No.29 having its water replenished some time in the mid-1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for Father's Day and Birthdays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvelope included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlank inside for your personal handwritten greeting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Malcolm Root FGRA","offers":[{"title":"7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm); Blank","offer_id":55869217407355,"sku":"MRC-001","price":1.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1172\/9848\/products\/toppingthetank-500x500.jpg?v=1615256105"},{"product_id":"malcolm-root-commonwealth-of-australia-gresley-a4","title":"Commonwealth of Australia - Gresley A4","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRailway Steam Locomotive Birthday Card - 4491 Commonwealth of Australia\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComing in the third batch of A4s to be built, 4491 was built in June 1937 for the special “Coronation” service. These middle-batch A4s were named after commonwealth countries and had stainless steel numbers and letters when first built, instead of the usual painted ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eResplendent in the Garter Blue livery of the later A4’s, Commonwealth of Australia stands at York shed, the lowly J52 in the background creating a real contrast to the cutting edge of 1930s railway technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis wonderful railway art birthday card by Malcolm Root FGRA would be ideal for any lover of the LNER, its locomotives or the East Coast Main Line in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for Father's Day and Birthdays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvelope included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlank inside for your personal handwritten greeting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Malcolm Root FGRA","offers":[{"title":"7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm); Blank","offer_id":55869217374587,"sku":"MRC-002","price":1.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1172\/9848\/products\/commonwealthofaustralia-500x500.jpg?v=1615256111"},{"product_id":"malcolm-root-streaking-past-60014-silver-link","title":"Streaking Past - 60014 Silver Link","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRailway Steam Locomotive Birthday Card - A4 Class 60014 Silver Link\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLazy summer afternoons in the 1950s and 60s would normally find children and adults ‘spotting’. With beauty, grace and memorable names the attraction of the large locomotives is easy to see. In this painting by Malcolm Root FGRA we see a ‘streak’ or A4 class Pacific, in this case 60014 Silver Link on the run north from Kings Cross. 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Upon entering servic a number of initial teething troubles were identified, but soon remedied and the locomotives became an important part of the LMS and BR roster until the end of steam. The locomotives took their names from famous British heroes, dominions and warships, 5596 taking her name from the Islands in the West indies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Root FGRA’s Railway Greeting and birthday card shows her in the LMS red livery and would be ideal for a birthday or fathers day card with room for a personalised message\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for Father's Day and Birthdays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvelope included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlank inside for your personal handwritten greeting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Malcolm Root FGRA","offers":[{"title":"7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm); Blank","offer_id":55869217309051,"sku":"MRC-003","price":1.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1172\/9848\/products\/scarborough_20by_20steam.jpg?v=1615256135"},{"product_id":"malcolm-root-marks-tey-austerity-2-8-0","title":"Marks Tey - Austerity 2-8-0","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRailway Steam Locomotive Birthday Cards- W.D Austerity 2-8-0 at Marks Tey\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing sterling war service a large number of surplus War Department designs became available to the four railway companies, and later British Railways. With the wearing out of a great number of locos from the pre-war era these new engines were gratefully received and put to work. At Marks Tey in East Anglia an “Austerity” or “dub-dee” works a mineral freight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Root FGRA uses his knowledge of both locomotive and local area to turn back the clocks to around 1960 in this railway greeting card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn excellent choice for Birthdays, Retirements and Father's Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes with envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlank inside for your message of choice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Malcolm Root FGRA","offers":[{"title":"7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm); Blank","offer_id":55869217276283,"sku":"MRC-005","price":1.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1172\/9848\/products\/marks_20tey.jpg?v=1615257230"},{"product_id":"malcolm-root-cunarder-rms-queen-mary","title":"Cunarder - RMS Queen Mary","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRailway Train \u0026amp; Ocean Liner Birthday Card - RMS Queen Mary \u0026amp; Bulleid Light Pacific\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUp to the 1960s the Southern Railway and British Railways (Southern Region) maintained a regular schedule of named “Boat Trains” which took passengers to and from Southampton Dockside and Waterloo. 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Here A4 Class 60019 Bittern is seen on a passenger train, some time in the early 1960s. 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The locomotive, 2001 Cock ‘o the North, was the first of a new powerful class, built specifically for the routes of northern England and Scotland. The largest passenger locos ever made in Britain, the P2 were not an overly successful design despite their size. 2001 is seen in its second guise with A4 styling replacing the original air-smoothed casing it had been built with. 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Her maiden voyage was to Malta, while she was used by the Queen to meet no less than four different U.S Presidents. At 412ft and with a speed of 21.5 knots the ship was to be seen all over the globe and performed her last duty in 1997 when she was used to ferry Sir Chris Patton away from Hong Kong after the British withdrawal from the area in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRetired by the new Labour government in December of the same year no replacement was forthcoming and several schemes to introduce a Royal vessel through private finances has come to nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBritannia is happily preserved as a floating museum and corporate venue at Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for any occasion, especially birthdays and Father's Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe card is Blank inside, ready for a heartfelt message.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Malcolm Root FGRA","offers":[{"title":"7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm); Blank","offer_id":55869217046907,"sku":"MRC-021","price":1.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1172\/9848\/products\/royal_20yacht_20britannia.jpg?v=1615257555"},{"product_id":"malcolm-root-canberra-at-southampton","title":"Canberra at Southampton","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBirthday\/ Greeting Card featuring the P\u0026amp;O Cruise liner SS Canberra by Artist Malcolm Root FGRA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Britain’s most iconic ships of the post-war period, P\u0026amp;O’s Canberra had both a long and profitable career, as well as usage as a troop ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt by Harland \u0026amp; Wolf at Belfast, she was christened by Dame Pattie Menzies, wife of the Australian Prime Minister of the time with Australian wine rather than Champagne. Despite making her initial cruise in 1960 some reliability and financial problems delayed her being truly successful until the mid-1970s. In 1982 she became embroiled in the Falklands War where she was to see service in the thick of the action as a troop ship for the men of 42 Commando. 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The British Overseas Air Corporation (BOAC) suddenly had an aircraft that could fly higher, faster and more reliably than any other airliner in service. Unfortunately pioneers in all field suffer early problems and the Comet’s faults resulted in several catastrophic accidents that greatly affected its reputation for the rest of its career. The problem was traced back to compressibility at the edges of the windows of early marks, such as the Comet I seen here, resulting in airframe failures and crashes with loss of life. The later Comet 4 rectified these faults but the introduction of newer aircraft, such as the Boeing 707, and its the tarnished reputation from previous problems led to disappointing sales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this airliner birthday card by Malcolm Root FGRA, the graceful lines of the early Comet are shown off the good effect, flying over the Pyramids, some time in the early 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for any occasion, especially birthdays and Father's Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe card is Blank inside, ready for a heartfelt message.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Malcolm Root FGRA","offers":[{"title":"7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm); Blank","offer_id":55869216981371,"sku":"MRC-015","price":1.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1172\/9848\/products\/comet_20over_20pyramids_20s-500x500.jpg?v=1615257563"},{"product_id":"malcolm-root-black-paint-polished-steel-lms-black-5","title":"Black Paint \u0026 Polished Steel - LMS Black 5","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBirthday\/ Greeting Card featuring a LMS\/ BR Black 5 4-6-0 5MT Locomotive by Malcolm Root FGRA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVery much the jack-of-all trades, William Stanier's Class 5, or Black 5 locomotives have gone on to become an icon of British locomotive design. Built in huge numbers and equally happy on passenger or freight services, BR took the opportunity to base its own Class 5 very much on this machine. In fact, a number of the older engines were built after nationalisation and were to be seen until the end of steam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Malcolm Root FGRA's Railway Art Print birthday\/ greeting card, two very different locos are seen together. 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For the event the new locomotive was christened \"Flying Scotsman\" and an icon was born that has lasted over 100 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first locomotive to do a recorded 100mph and first to run non-stop from London to Edinburgh non-stop, 4472 has been a remarkable survivor since her retirement in 1963. 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Such trains were the staple of summer traffic for much of the 1930s and took the locomotives through and around some of Britain’s best scenery. 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Accordingly, major ideas were implemented with new farming land being brought into use and the populace encouraged to grow their own food. Both ideas proved very successful,  but it was soon felt that mechanisation could help still further and a much higher number of tractors and other machines were brought into use by 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to this, WWII saw many cultural changes and an immense number of women entering the work force and services. 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The locomotives intended to haul these trains were larger, more powerful versions of William Stanier’s successful Princess class. Forever known as the ‘Duchess’ class, the first, 6220 “Coronation”, was outshopped from Crewe works in May 1937. The striking Blue\/Silver livery and the challenge to the LNER’s dominance of high speed running to Scotland proved an irresistible draw for the British public and when it was announced that the speed record for steam had been broken at 114mph, the LMS had one of the finest locomotives in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Root FGRA’s railway birthday card shows 6220 “Coronation” powering along with the special set of coaches produced for the train.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasures 7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for any occasion, especially birthdays and Father's Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe card is Blank inside, ready for a heartfelt message.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Malcolm Root FGRA","offers":[{"title":"7\" x 5\" (177mm x 127mm); Blank","offer_id":55869216850299,"sku":"MRC-012","price":1.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/1172\/9848\/products\/the_20coronation_20scot_20s-500x500.jpg?v=1615257803"},{"product_id":"malcolm-root-sussex-spectacle-lbsc-atlantic","title":"Sussex Spectacle - LBSC Atlantic","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRailway Art Blank Birthday and Greetings Card of a London, Brighton \u0026amp; South Coast Railway Marsh Atlantic by Malcolm Root FGRA\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the locomotives from the earlier part of the 20th Century are absolutely stunning and are well represented by this Marsh Atlantic. Built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1911, the Marsh Atantics came in two guises, the earlier H1 designed by Marsh himself and the H2, which was built to a similar design, with improved superheater, by his assistant, Lawson Billinton. The Atlantic wheel arrangement of 4-4-2 would lose its appeal not long after the introduction of these locomotives as more powerful 4-6-0 and 4-6-2 locomotives would be introduced. These stunning locomotives carried on until the early part of the 1950s and the last of the class, 32424 Beachy Head was the last British Atlantic in service. While the locomotive was scrapped, a reconstruction effort was undertaken in the mid-1980s, made possible by the discovery of a suitable boiler. 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Now having gone through numerous incarnations, the immediate post-war years saw the introduction of the Austin FX3, a cab that would serve London and other parts of the U.K well for a quarter of a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere we see a scene at Liverpool Street in around 1948 with the driver helping to load luggage into the open compartment. 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Roy Chadwick, Avro’s chief designer, was not one to be deterred and proceded to design a fuselage to use the wings, tail-planes and other assemblies from his excellent Lancaster. With the first prototype flying on 5 July 1942, the aircraft became an immediate success as a VIP transport but it would not be until after WWII that the aircraft would enter RAF service, when, in December, 511 squadron received its aircraft. As well as military orders, the aircraft proved very popular with private airlines and freight carriers, these including BOAC, FAMA of Argentina and two for Skyways. 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