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    British Travel Posters

    London, South Kensington

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    23 September 1999

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    Lot 105

    CUNEO, Terence

    BLUE TRAINS, HELENSBURGH, BRITISH RAILWAYS, SCOTTISH REGION

    Price realised

    GBP 920

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 500

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    CUNEO, Terence
    BLUE TRAINS, HELENSBURGH, BRITISH RAILWAYS, SCOTTISH REGION
    lithograph in colours, 1960, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, minor creasing, otherwise generally in excellent condition, backed on linen
    39 x 49in. (100 x 124cm.)

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Cuneo, p.136v


    Lot Essay

    The electric trains which ran between Helensburgh and Glasgow were colloquially known as 'Blue Trains'.

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