Blackpool station in 1963
Blackpool Central station and tower in 1963. Stanier Black 5 leaving Blackpool Central station with a train.

I’ve just completed a painting of Blackpool Central railway station. It depicts an ex LMS Stanier Black 5 locomotive leaving the station with an early morning train to Manchester in 1963, a year before Blackpool Central closed.
Here’s how the painting was created.

As always, prints available… here >>

Blackpool Black 5