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Art For Investment Greeting Card featuring the painting Churchward 2.8.0 by Mike Jeffries

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Churchward 2.8.0 Greeting Card

$5.45

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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.

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THIS PAINTING IS NOW SOLD BUT YOU TOO CAN COMMISSION MIKE TO PAINT YOUR VERY OWN ORIGINAL OF YOUR FAVOURITE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE EITHER BRITISH OR... more

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Artist's Description

THIS PAINTING IS NOW SOLD BUT YOU TOO CAN COMMISSION MIKE TO PAINT YOUR VERY OWN ORIGINAL OF YOUR FAVOURITE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE EITHER BRITISH OR AMERICAN, A SOUND INVESTMENT FROM WHOM MANY REGARD AS BRITAIN'S LEADING TRANSPORT ARTIST. JUST E-MAIL mike@transportartist.co.uk

The Churchward 2.8.0 was designed primary for fast fitted freights, which sounds a bit of a mouthful but meant freight trains fitted with brakes on every vehicle in the train controlled by the loco driver from his cab via a system of one connected pipe throughout the train. Most freight, or goods trains in British parlance, were loose coupled and the only brakes were on the engine and a guards-van attached to the rear of the train so consequently speeds had to be kept low bearing in mind the train�s limited stopping power.

Fitted freights ran at near express speeds on trains of perishables like fish, fruit and vegatables or any other of the thousands of commodities that needed quick delivery while...

About Mike Jeffries

Mike Jeffries

COMMISSION A PAINTING FROM MIKE. It is with great regret that I have to inform you that Mike sadly passed away November 2020 aged 81, but I, (his partner) will keep his shop here going and am happy to reply to any emails you might send to his own email address at mike@transportartist.co.uk. Virtually nobody considered the humble lorry worthy of the subject of a painting until Mike made it so. Years of being at the sharp end of long distance HGV driving has given him an insight and knowledge into the industry that enables Mike to depict lorries as they really were in the past and not the idealized view of the less knowledgeable making him the man to paint an original of your favourite commercial vehicle. He is without a doubt THE lorry...

 

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