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Exquisite Detail (model trains, trees, and realism)

This is a post about model railways. The Folkestone Model Engineering Society held their annual exhibition at the week-end. It was their 40th birthday and they pulled out all the stops… The show comprises lots of stands with people selling … Continue reading

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Railway Lithography (posters)

This is a post about the railways and lithography. It’s also about the relationship between between industry and printing and communication. Specifically, it’s a post about railway posters. Some of you will know that I am interested in the history … Continue reading

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Safety and Control (posters)

This is a post about safety and railways. You might be wondering why it’s beginning with a picture of Doris Day as Calamity Jane? Well, at a crucial moment in her career Doris was involved in a a car accident. … Continue reading

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Steam, Steel, and Stars (the night-time railway photographs of O Winston Link)

This is a post about trains and photography; black and white photography; night-time, black and white photography from the USA during the 1950s. This is a post about O Winston Link. Link was born in New York during 1914. His … Continue reading

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Once Upon a Train Track in the West…(cinema)

This is a post about cinema, the wild west, and trains. There are lots of films about the history of the wild west and many of those films include railway trains. Usually, the train is high-jacked or robbed, or chased … Continue reading

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