Monthly Archives: September 2018

I love this, and who wouldn’t travel on a train called, the Sunbeam…perfect.

The green diamond was the wonderful symbol for the passenger services of the Chicago and Illinois Railroad. The railway styled itself the Mainline of Mid-America…and provided a range of Streamline and Pullman services between Chicago and various big cities to … Continue reading →

As part of my Music of the Rails project I have been thinking about the different kinds of railway music: there’s orchestral, machine-noise, jazz, swing, soul and country music at least. The noise of the railway has always been understood … Continue reading →

Too right…

Modern poster for an old film…

Lovely new wave poster by Ferracci. In two sizes.

News story, in French, about Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour making a song from the SNCF audio ident…marvellous.

Strangely beautiful…and a kind of music.