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Harry Dean Stanton

Here’s a picture of Harry Dean Stanton, walking the tracks…it’s from Paris, Texas (1984) by Wim Wenders. The film was one of the great films of the 1980s…

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Polish Children’s Book • Locomotive • Tuwin

I’ve posted before about the Polish children’s story, The Locomotive by J Tuwin and with illustrations by Lewitt and Him. It turns out that this book has been published, over and over, in various illustrated editions. Here, with pictures by … Continue reading

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British Rail Intercity 125 • Enamel Badge • 1970s

Lovely

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Bert Hardy • Railway Picture Post • 1950s

Terrific

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Andreas Feininger • New York Railway Station • 1940s

Lovely

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Sebastiao Salgado • Indian Railway Terminus

Wonderful and terrifying…

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Silver Dome Observation Car • Willard R Culver • National Geographic • USA • 1950s

Beautiful…and pin-sharp

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Girl on a Train • Fashion Shoot • Lillian Bassman • 1951

How to travel in style…

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Freight Lettering…

I’m often a bit disappointed by the lettering and typographic design on vans, lorries and trains….so, I’m delighted by this. I love it. Click on the picture to see it bigger.

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Lewis Hine • Railway Photographer • USA • Early 20C

The democratic and republican origins of the US has tended towards a mythologising of ordinary people and the intrinsic dignity and heroism of blue-collar America. Nowadays, this is still evident in the RnB of Bruce Springsteen…and in the long tradition … Continue reading

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