Painting of mystery .uk location

Chris Tolley wrote:
> I have just posted a picture of a painting to
> binaries.pictures.rail. The painting shows a steam loco on a viaduct
> heading towards a tunnel through a hillside covered in mills.
>
> I have been asked to identify the location depicted in the painting that
> is attached. (I have my suspicions that it may not be a real location.)
>
> Can anyone help?

Can't help, but can I have one last try at asking you if you are ever
going to update your RCH map website?

Brian.

On Jul 25, 5:58�pm, Chris Tolley <cj...@supanet.com> wrote:
> I have just posted a picture of a painting to
> binaries.pictures.rail. The painting shows a steam loco on a viaduct
> heading towards a tunnel through a hillside covered in mills.
>
> I have been asked to identify the location depicted in the painting that
> is attached. (I have my suspicions that it may not be a real location.)
>
> Can anyone help?

Just an idea, could it be Weekday Cross Junction Nottingham?

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>On Jul 25, 5:58?pm, Chris Tolley <cj...@supanet.com> wrote:
>> I have just posted a picture of a painting to
>> binaries.pictures.rail. The painting shows a steam loco on a viaduct
>> heading towards a tunnel through a hillside covered in mills.
>>
>> I have been asked to identify the location depicted in the painting that
>> is attached. (I have my suspicions that it may not be a real location.)
>>
>> Can anyone help?

>Just an idea, could it be Weekday Cross Junction Nottingham?

No, for (at least) the following reasons:

At Weekday Cross, the diverging route is on the other side.

The surroundings are much more northern mill town than Nottingham.

I think the scene is purely imaginary.

Regards

Jonathan

On Jul 27, 2:05 pm, Chris Tolley <cj...@supanet.com> wrote:

Midsommer Norton, looking north,

from a photo by Ivo Peters

The train is the short-lived 04.50 SO Bournemouth - Pontefract
Baghill, as evidenced by the two through carriages from Todpuddle S&D.
B16 hauled throughout.

OTOH, it could just be a fantasy.
:)

I got this reply so far from someone knowing the area.



"Having looked at the image it's certainly reminiscent of the Oldham
Rochdale line. Checking it against at my old OS map of Manchester I can't
identify any junction in the Middleton, Oldham, Rochdale area that had the
characteristics of this picture. "

"Chris Tolley" <cjt.7@supanet.com> wrote in message
news:uurusky1rjkz$.18k1pnmkpzyz4$.dlg@40tude.net.. .
> MB wrote:
>
>> The painting looks very professional as a work of art. Has anyone tried
>> to
>> identify the artist through the Guild of Railway Artists? That may well
>> give some clues.
>
> I don't believe it is a "railway" artist, though it may be. The title of
> the picture is "Morning March to Golgotha", which refers to what looks
> like a Whit Walk(1) that is seen through the viaduct arches(2). The
> painting hangs in a Jesuit retreat centre. I believe it was given to
> them.
>



Has this comment through the list

"Husband's comment was. 'Why are there no names shown on the mills? If this
were a 'real' picture they would be picked out in white and it would be
possible to identify the place'. But he also thought it looked vaguely
based on Oldham.
Janice "



You do tend to usually find names prominently on mills in Lancashire, could
it indicate that the painter was not from the area?

MB

Also

"I showed this painting to my artist husband who said he was fairly sure it
was a composite picture, pointing out the `cross` created by the railway
and the housing which is a traditional artistic device.
best wishes

Marjorie"

On Jul 29, 1:26 am, Chris Tolley <cj...@supanet.com> wrote:
> MB wrote:
> > The painting looks very professional as a work of art. Has anyone tried to
> > identify the artist through the Guild of Railway Artists? That may well
> > give some clues.
>
> I don't believe it is a "railway" artist, though it may be. The title of
> the picture is "Morning March to Golgotha", which refers to what looks
> like a Whit Walk(1) that is seen through the viaduct arches(2). The
> painting hangs in a Jesuit retreat centre. I believe it was given to
> them.
....................

Well, it's interesting that the artist has chosen to put the sun at
about 7 or 8 o'clock (if the viewer is looking at 12.00 o'clock.) All
the shadows are thus going across the picture - except that the loco
is lit like it would be in a film - as if there were a giant mirror on
the other side of the viaduct, illuminating the loco with the
reflection.

The light inside the left hand arches also looks somwhat false - the
rest appears consistent in tems of light.

Me, I still maintain its Midsomer Norton.
But I've heard it's by Pivo Peters, Ivo's half Czechoslovak, litle-
known, usually inebriated, half-brother :)

Kester