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There are a number of crisis points on the railways around Europe. Macedonia, the Channel Tunnel, and French HGVs, have all experienced tragic accidents as a result of political instability….

BBC2TV’s magazine format look at ‘the world’s busiest railway” continued yesterday evening. There were stories about long-distance sleeper services and behind-the-scenes looks at catering, laundry, freight services and train repair. Also, featured was the special training given to railway engine … Continue reading →

  The BBC are running a series about “the world’s busiest railway.” That’s the Indian railway system. Yesterday’s film looked at various aspects of Mumbai’s suburban service. You can watch the film on the BBC iplayer, or on UALs box … Continue reading →

Here is a picture from the front page of this weekend’s paper…it was rather gratifying to see this big US train against its desert landscape… This is a theme dear to my heart…I’m not a traveller, except in my head. … Continue reading →

To Margate, mostly to see Dreamland and to visit the not-quite-restored scenic railway. But also, to pop into Turner Contemporary, and to see the Grayson Perry exhibition, Provincial Punk. In the foyer of the Turner, was an interesting sound-scape piece … Continue reading →

Here is a painting by Richard Hamilton from the early 1950s. Hamilton is an artist who was associated with the ICA, the Independent Group, and the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. This painting is one of of a series … Continue reading →

Here is the centrefold from a project about the development of the French TGV trains during the 1970s. Terrific.

Here’s a small home-front window display poster by the Polish designers, George Him and Jan Lewitt. They worked in Britain from the 1930s onwards…I’ve posted about them before. This design makes a visual connection between bread, as a symbol of … Continue reading →

Here is a poster announcing the newly-nationalised French railways, called SNCF. The French railways were nationalised in 1938. I’m not sure exactly when this poster was made. I thought 1940s, but it could be earlier. I’ll have to check. The … Continue reading →

Here is a wonderful railway engine from Japan. It was spotted by my friend and colleague, Dave Hendley. The engine is named after the Power-Rangers…and the front of the engine is modelled so as to look like their helmets! Brilliant.