Portal:Trains/Selected picture/Week 2, 2008
The painting Vor der Vollendung (Before the Completion) by German artist Paul Meyerheim, circa 1876. The painting shows the final touches being applied to a steam locomotive under construction as the shop foreman goes over some details with the workers while work on other equipment goes on around it.
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