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A railroad standard, recorded in 1939 and filmed here, in 1943, on a train…Perfect. And with wonderful jackets and an easy style. Genius.

Lovely.  

Another one, lovely. Austin Cooper was a tutor at Byam Shaw…and a great poster designer. He was one of the “big five,” offered exclusive contracts by the LNER in the 1920s. The five poster designers were Tom Purvis, Frank Newbould, … Continue reading →

Just arrived. Lovely.

Here is Johnny Cash singing along with some lovely old steam trains…Just to get us rolling.

I’ve posted before about railways, locomotives and music…my friend and colleague, Abbie, recommended a spotify playlist of railway machine-noise. It’s a kind of ambient drone, and a sort of music. There’s something of this in the kling-klang soundtrack of the … Continue reading →

Here is a lovely engine badge from the modernisation period of British Rail in the early 1960s. This was the first big AC engine. And here is a lovely painting of the engine…terrific. Actually, this picture is based on a … Continue reading →

This is a lovely badge with the streamlined loco, Mallard, painted in BR colours. So, after WW2. Mallard is probably the second-most-famous loco in Britain after Flying Scotsman. That is because Mallard holds the world speed record for a steam … Continue reading →

Here is a most interesting little pamphlet. It’s from 1935 and describes a lecture given by Sir Stephen Tallents about the opportunities, benefits and challenges in relation to promoting the activities of the Post Office. I’m interested in this because … Continue reading →