Train or car this weekend?

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Robert Rozeman sends this jigsaw picture form his collection showing an Austin Seven in the countryside. The jigsaw puzzle appears to be a promotional item of 'Great Western Railway', UK (not to be confused with Great Western Railroad, US...). Checking out a few websites we found the "1400 tank class" locomotive at GreatWestern.org.uk, showing almost perfect similarity with the loc on our puzzle (click photo to zoom in on our loc). The '1400' was built from June 1932 until 1933 for use on smaller lines when tenthousands of Austin Sevens (the British Model T) were humming through the countryside to visit family and friends. The Great Western marketeers must have thought that this would be the perfect target group in terms of wealth and transport need. For distances greater then comfortable in the little Austin Seven...

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