Monthly Archives: March 2020

The Psychedelic Railway c1982

A lovely image from the music video, posted below, from 1982. I’ve posted before about the psychological effects of speed and railway travel in relation to Freud and Brecht etc. This is perfect.

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Music of the Rails • Long Train Running • Doobie Brothers • 1982

Great sounds, and great trains.

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Film Poster • Buster Keaton • The General

and previously posted about, here https://bagdcontext.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2011/07/02/cow-catching-babbage-and-keaton-and-the-machine/

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Railway Photography • Giancarlo Staubmann • CH • 2015

The Guardian had a story about this terrific photo https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/mar/05/train-across-alps-bernina-express-giancarlo-staubmann-best-photograph

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Railway Poster • LNER • Henry Gawthorn • 1927

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