Description

A Wainwright C-class 0-6-0 crosses Foord viaduct in Folkestone, Kent and heads towards Ashford.
In this late 1940s scene a Leyland ‘Tiger’ road coach is seen parked on Bradstone Road behind a local East Kent vehicle.

The South Eastern Railway began running trains to Folkestone on 28th June 1943. At Folkestone, the SER had to establish a station on the western side of the Foord valley, the desired location of a permanent station resided on the eastern side and to fill the breach, the South Eastern Railway needed to take the railway over a viaduct comprising nineteen arches, the tallest of which towered 100-feet in the air. This was constructed across the valley in under six months, a remarkable achievement given the sheer scale of the project. Trains began running over the viaduct and using a new Folkestone station on 18th December 1843. Strengthened by British Railways by the addition of steel tie rods within the arches, the structure remains as the world’s highest arched brick viaduct.

• Signed giclée print on high quality 190gsm satin/gloss paper.
• Image size: 41cm x 30cm
• Overall size 50cm x 40cm

Original painting is for sale. Acrylics on canvas, 600mm x 500mm. Email: steve.wyse@artwyse.com