Author Archives: Paul Rennie

Nightsleeper • BBCTV • 2024

The BBC are showing a new thriller set on the railway sleeper service between Glasgow and London…The series is available to stream on the BBC iplayer. The series has received almost universally poor reviews, but it was pretty tense and … Continue reading

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Railway Poster • CH • 1950s

Here is a Swiss railway poster from the 1950s…The poster combines several of my interests: posters, railways and modernist engineering and architecture. The poster shows an elegant and beautiful concrete bridge in the style of the pioneer concrete engineer, Robert … Continue reading

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Antique Tin-Plate Toy Train • Germany • c1900

Not the slightest bit realistic; but completely lovely. The idea and spirit if the train is entirely comprehensible. Beautiful!

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I Live on Trains • Guardian • 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jun/07/experience-i-live-on-trains

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Railway + Cinema • Yasujirō Ozu • Japan • 20C

The Japanese film director, Yasujirō Ozu had a long and distinguished career in cinema. Many of his films play-out against a background of railway action. That doesn’t mean that things happen on the train, but the action takes place in … Continue reading

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Railway Factory • Building a Locomotive • Southern Railway • 1930s

I found this image in an old book about the History of the Southern Railway (1936).

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Film Showcards • The Overland Limited • 1925

The greatest railroad photo-play ever made…. The Union Pacific route between Chicago and San Francisco

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John Betjeman • Poet of the Rails • Liverpool St Stn • London • 1961

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US Streamliner • 1930s

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Davis Bowie • Trans-Siberia Express • 1973

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