THIS is the picture which captures Swindon station during the golden age of steam.

The print was created by 18 year-old Freshbrook art student Craig Tiley who has put signed copies of his work on sale at Steam, Swindon's impressive railway museum.

The print depicts the town's station as it looked around 1958, and shows the Castle class Earl of Powis steam locomotive racing through the station at nearly 80mph with the "Down Bristolian" train, the service from London to Bristol. The locomotive was built at Swindon Railway Works in 1936/7.

Craig said: "The painting is the most complicated I have attempted to date and was completed over a period of about two months. Before I started work, I spent time ensuring its accuracy and part of my research involved visiting Steam and sketching the Bristolian headboard on display there.

"This painting has already generated local interest, so I decided to produce prints from it and am delighted that they are now on sale at Steam."

Craig is a student on a foundation art course at Swindon College of Art and Design, and is an associate member of the national art organisation The Guild of Railway Artists.

Earlier this year Craig won a regional art competition run by First Great Western to design a poster for the launch of their new Adelante passenger train.

His picture is on sale for £9.95 in the Steam shop which is open every day, Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 11am to 5pm.