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And with a train loco on the cigarette pack…

Lovely.

A terrific modern-style poster. I love that orange and yellow combo.

One of the great posters of the 20C…dynamic, dramatic and classic.

Typography, map and photography combined. Lovely.

A lovely poster from the early 20C by Ludwig Hohlwein; flat-colour, alps, sports tailoring and a train. Perfect.

I found this book in our local Oxfam bookstore…a fine selection of murder fiction, set on the railway. Perfect.

The TV presenter, James May, has made a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Hornby PLC. They are the go-to name for model railways in Britain. largely because they have been going for over 100 years and almost everyone remembers having a Hornby … Continue reading →

Here’s an anorak patch from the 1960s that I found today. It shows the overhead railway in Wuppertal, Germany. Technically, the railway is a suspension railway, identified as the Electric Elevated Railway Installation. There was once something similar in Liverpool. … Continue reading →