Author Archives: Paul Rennie

The French have a long tradition of coloured paper cut-out models…this story begins with paper figures associated with the playhouse and with the battlefield… I posted before about these kinds of images, here http://paulrennie.rennart.co.uk/post/122765079235/napoleon-illustrated-again  

Another lovely picture of tracks, buildings and people…this time from Switzerland.

I like these coloured prints of provincial railway stations and seaside views. Usually, they are black-and-white albumen prints with hand-colouring added, through a pochoire stencil. The French were very good at producing these kinds of images. The combination of colour … Continue reading →

Ages agi, I posted about the way that modernist architects have tried to satck the railway station platforms above and beneath the ground. This makes for a better footprint, Here is a picture of Limoges stato in France. I know … Continue reading →

Lovely speedy artwork…

I love the photographs of all the people, from top to bottom, who help run the railway. The railway system, in its mechanical form, quickly became a very large employer…and, from the early days nwards, photographs recorded every aspect of … Continue reading →

Pinhole brakeman…very 1960s vintage looking. Lovely.

Leaning, not waving…

The brakeman is the guy who rides the train and warns the driver of any problems by hanging out the train and waving….because of his visible role on the train, he is seen as photogenic…