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LMS EXPRESS AND CUNARD LINER. 39x24 inches. Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds; minor restoration at edges and in margins. An effort to cross-market two formidable transportation companies by highlighting their elegant, streamlined flagships. The Royal Scot was the London Midlands and Scottish Railway's signature locomotive, which made the run from London's Euston Station to Glasgow. Pictured with the locomotive appears to be the Cunard's own Aquitania, which, from 1919, made the run from Southampton to Cherbourg to New York. In creating a poster highlighting the style and comfort of these two machines, the advertiser appears to have taken some liberties with geography. In actuality the Royal Scot didn't stop in Southampton, which means that these two super-vehicles may never have come face-to-face. Other British rail companies also advertised their connection to transatlantic shipping lines. The Southern Railway has a very similar poster stating "Cross the Atlantic by White Star Line via Southern Railway."
