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Here is a terrific poster by Paul Colin for the film, Ghost Train…

I’ve previously posted about the American artist, Thomas Hart Benton. Benton is part of what art historians call American Scene Painting. This was a cultural group that was part of FDRs New Deal of the 1930s. Artists became an important … Continue reading →

Here’s a terrific poster, from the 1920s, for the Mitropa long-haul services across Europe. Mitropa began as a specialist railway catering company in Germany during WW1. The war provided for an enormous expansion of railway services to support the German … Continue reading →

Here are two posters for West End Watches, from India. They make appeal to the punctuality of the railway by association…

We watched the concluding episode of BBC2TV’s, The World’s Busiest Railway…This featured a number of stories about the problem of safety and capacity on the Mumbai railway network. It turns out that people wander all over the place…on avarage, nine … Continue reading →

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 →