Malcolm Root FGRA Railway Art Print featuring "Warship" class D832 Onslaught.
Continental Co-operation - The Warships
When the proposal was made to phase out steam traction from Britain's rails in the modernisation plan of 1955, engineers on the Western Region found themselves with something of a problem. The diesels running in Britain at the time were somewhat underpowered and heavy, especially when considering the routes west of Newton Abbot. To counter this they looked to the continent and West Germany in particular where the much lighter 'V200' class was already running. The locomotive which resulted from Swindon was very much a scaled down version of the German locomotive and used two Maybach (Class 42) or MAN (Class 43) engines. Introduced in 1958, the locomotives were supplemented by the more powerful Class 52 from 1961. However, due to their non-standard diesel-hydraulic drive, the decision was taken to remove them from service as early as 1967 and the first withdrawal started in 1968, a somewhat criminally short life of a mere ten years.
In Malcolm Root's Diesel Railway Art Print, the sea wall at Dawlish is shown as both spectacular and treacherous. Warship diesel-hydraulic D832 'Onslaught' is seen battling the elements on its journey west.
Happily, the locomotive is one of two from the class of 38 to have been preserved.
Key Features
- Image size of
- 20" x 16" (23" x 19.75" including borders)
- 508mm x 406mm (590mm x 502mm including borders)
- Printed on 300gsm Matt Fine Art Paper with lightfast inks.
- Limited Edition Print of only 50 copies.
- Each print is inspected and signed by the artist before dispatch.
