John Hayden Art

The Bournemouth Belle ran every morning from London Waterloo to Bournemouth West and returned late in the afternoon. This picture shows the Belle, hauled by engine no. 34021 Dartmoor, crossing the River Avon at Christchurch on its return journey.

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“On Time at Hawthorn Lane”

Hawthorn Lane is near Christchurch where I live and the original painting was purchased by the charming lady who had lived in the white cottage , “Hawthorn Cottage”, for many years. She remembered with affection the years of steam and the Southern Railway.  She knew exactly when all the trains were due and used to check her grandfather clock when they passed. They were always on time in the good old days she said! 

Framed:     £45 (add £15 Postage & Packaging  UK)  Overall framed size just over 18 x 14 inches

• Mounted Ready For Framing:    £30 (add £5 Postage & Packaging UK)
• Loose Print: £10 (Includes Postage & Packaging)
• All enquiries           john.hayden4@ntlworld.com
• Telephone       UK      01202  499376                          

The original painting was a commission for a client who wished to portray an un-rebuilt “Merchant Navy” locomotive in 1947 Southern Railway livery, and also to include in the painting his beloved 1960 MG car. As the loco had been de-streamlined by the time his car was built, this involved a degree of artistic licence with time!  But although this scene could never have happened in real life he was very pleased with his oil painting, and it has proved to be a popular print.

• Framed: £45 ( add £15 Postage & Packaging UK)  Overall framed size just over 18 x 14 inches
• Mounted Ready For Framing: £40 (£5 Postage & Packaging)
• Loose Print: £10 (Includes Postage & Packaging)
• All enquiries           john.hayden4@ntlworld.com
• Telephone       UK      01202  499376               
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The winter of 1962-1963 was one of the hardest in living memory,  especially in the Mendip Hills  of Somerset.

The painting depicts a Somerset and Dorset Railway freight battling uphill through the fresh snow.

Preserved Class O2 locomotive ” Calbourne ” in Southern green livery arrives at Haven Street on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

• Framed: £45 ( add £15 Postage & Packaging UK )
• Overall framed size  just over 18 x 14 inches. 
• Mounted Ready For Framing: £ 25 ( add £5 Postage & Packaging UK)

The original oil painting was commissioned by the railway staff at Bournemouth and was presented to Driver Brian Heckford to mark his retirement after 49 years and 8 months.

The painting is set at Bournemouth in the late 1980s following the electrification of the line to Weymouth and depicts the arrival in Platform 2 of an Up Boat Train from Weymouth Quay to London Waterloo.

The class 33/1 Diesel locomotive is about to be detached and replaced for the rest of the journey to London by the class 73/1 Electro-Diesel , which is waiting in the Up Bay, Platform 1. A class 442 Wessex Electric multiple unit train has just  arrived at Platform 3 with a London to Weymouth service.

• Framed: £45 (£15 Postage & Packaging)
• Mounted Ready For Framing: £30 (£5 Postage & Packaging)

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• Framed: £75    (add £15 Postage & Packaging  UK)  
• Mounted Ready For Framing: £40 (add £5 Postage & Packaging UK)
• This is a Limited Edition (800 prints only). 
• Overall framed size slightly over 24 x 18 inches.
• The “Bournemouth Belle” ready to depart from Bournemouth West Station on it’s return journey to London Waterloo. The date is around 1947, after the Second World War but before the Southern Railway became a part of the nationalised British Railways in 1948. The locomotive is “Merchant Navy” class 21C12 “United States Lines”

Basingstoke was always a busy shed in steam days being situated on the Southern Region main line from Waterloo near the point where the Southampton and Bournemouth line diverged from the West of England line via Salisbury and Exeter.

The print shows a Standard 4 tank locomotive with a Bullied Pacific alongside.

• Framed:     £35 (add £15 Postage & Packaging  UK)  Overall framed size just over 16 x 12 inches
• Mounted Ready For Framing:    £25 (add £5 Postage & Packaging UK)
• All enquiries           john.hayden4@ntlworld.com
• Telephone       UK      01202  499376