Some fascinating results here including what must be a near record for a photographic poster. The South Western posters interspersed with a more industrial scene of Grangemouith showing the enduring appeal of Norman Wilkinson Selected results
I may have been a little disparaging about Map Posters in the past : no more, this article puts the whole thing into perspective! via Pictorial railway maps telling stories | retours
Book Review: Poster to Poster – Railway Journeys in Art – Vol 2 Yorkshire and the North East, by Richard Furness The book sale at work spoils me as to the price and value of books; but we also have a bonus scheme, and though it doesn’t compare to that of a banker, it allows […] …
via Graphically British Rail: 1960s and 1970s Travel Posters ‹ fearsandkahn ‹ Reader — WordPress.com
via The Railway Poster in Britain by Dieter W. Hopkin and Beverley Cole – RailwayManiac
Well done Steve for spotting this great 1940s poster by Lesley Ragan in the background of another smash hit American sit com. But which one?
You know, I have never thought much about German Railway posters :until now (For full article visit http://retours.eu/en/44-frauenplakate-bundesbahn/) Before World War Mitropa The early Bundesbahn Rheingold-Express
Out of the UK again, this time in Bruges : Belgium. There is a Salvador Dali exhibition on here Which reminds me of his fine set of abstracts for the French railways in 1969
The next GWR Railwayana auction takes place on 18th November I have been to one of these auctions and its an experience not to me missed I will never forget the impassive nature of a buyer who had just won a nameplate for £32,000. No whooping or victory dances there! Also this smasher went for …
Despite the economic crisis, the German railways flourished between the two world wars. This was also the case for sleeping and dining car company Mitropa. Founded during the First World War as the German counterpart of Wagons-Lits, it entered a period of prosperity after the war, despite the restrictions it was subjected to. Mitropa was […] …
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