RAILWAY PAINTINGS Grigorenko Atrem SZD-123 MALCOLM ROOT S

RAILWAY PAINTINGS Grigorenko Atrem SZD-123

MALCOLM ROOT’S

Malcolm was born in Colchester, Essex in 1950 and has lived in Halstead ever since. He left school at the age of 16 years and trained as a printing apprentice with a view to a career in design and typography. He left the printing trade in 1981 to become a full time artist. Malcolm's greatest interest is mid twentieth century transport and its impact on the ordinary person. He regularly has commisions for calendars, collector's plates and much private work.

GRESLEY B 17 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE 2859 'EAST ANGIAN' IS SEEN ON BETHNAL GREEN BANK, EAST LONDON, WORKING THE LAST DOWN TRAIN PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II. THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS ONE OF TWO B 17 4 -6 -0 S STREAMLINED FOR THIS SERVICE.

Southern Railway Lord Nelson class 4 -6 -0 No. 855 'Robert Blake' is seen in Folkestone Warren with the up Night Ferry circa 1938.

Ivatt class 2 loco heads north from Halstead station in 1960 on the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway.

N 2 tank loco with a quad-art set of coaches leaves Bethnal Green station in East London. A Streamlined Gresley B 17 Class Locomotive is seen in the distance.

Southampton Ocean Terminal in 1961. Bulleid 'Battle of Britain' class locomotive No. 34081 '92 Squadron' leaves for Waterloo with 'The Cunarder' boat train. The liner 'Queen Mary' is seen in the background.

'Winter Blues' - Runner-Up Picture of the Year 2012. The Colne Valley & Halstead Railway (CV&HR). An F 9 class 2 -4 -2 locomotive No. 2 arrives at Earls Colne Station circa 1909. F 9 engines worked the CV&HR passenger trains from Haverhill to Chappell.