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Luckily, both Lewitt and Him, (see post below), were able to come to Britain before the advent of WW2… They became famous, in Britain, for their illustrations to the story by Diana Ross of The Little Red Engine. The first … Continue reading →

Here are some pictures, by the Polish design duo Jan Lewitt and George Him, for a children’s book from the end of the 1930s. There are Polish and English versions of this book, and later editions with different illustrations. My … Continue reading →

I’ve just purchased this book…it’s about how, during the 19C, people learnt to be passengers on the railway…this wasn’t without a struggle. Indeed, I could just as easily have purchased a book about how the prospect of railway travel induced … Continue reading →

Virgin have announced that they received 15 000 applications for the 78 train driver jobs on the new East Coast main line…

Here is a lovely Swiss travel poster, for the Bellevue Hotel, from 1913. I love the flat colour and geometric symplification of the tweed sports coat and breeches. That comes from Ludwig Hohlwein’s designs from a bit earlier, and from … Continue reading →

This was my best find in Japan. It’s a modern sign, printed on plastic film, for display on the front of an engine. It’s usually back-lit for special effect. I believe that it is for the Kaiji Limited Express, a … Continue reading →

I found this in Japan…a hand-printed poster for some kind of railway event. The text seems to be the return ticket…who knows?

This is an image from a series of pictures of abandoned railway stations in Saudi Arabia… The picture is by the German artist photographer, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, who headed to Saudi Arabia to photograph former railway stations the Ottoman empire, lost … Continue reading →

This is from a small collection of black and white commercial illustration from Britain after WW2…it’s the kind of thing that went into newspapers and magazines. Here’s an image of the Midland Pullman.