Railway posters

As early as 1925 the London & North Eastern Railway were cannily marketing both the locomotive Flying Scotsman (4472) and the named train service - it certainly probably was a contender for the confident assumption that it was the most famous train in the world. The cover artwork is very potent - worked up by Harry Gawthorn, a well-known commercial artist who also did many posters for the company.

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Go by Train. British Railways

Leonard Squirrel. Northumberland. British Railways

PERCIVAL ALBERT TROMPF (1902 - 1964) For Interstate travel - the Railway is always the best way! colour lithographic poster, c1935 by Posters Ltd., for Australian Railways, signed in the plate lower left. The text continues: "Low fares...safe & comfortable travel...modern, well-equipped sleeping accommodation, meals & refreshments in luxurious dining cars or at convenient points en route...intimate & fascinating glimpses of the real Australia, and EXPRESS SPEEDS THAT MAKE RAIL TRAVEL EASILY…

Poster produced for British Rail to promote the company�s new sleeper service between Bristol and Scotland. The poster shows a train winding its way around a full moon, in a night sky full of stars...

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Liverpool overhead railway

Posts about Flying Scotsman written by scarf&goggles

Original vintage GWR train travel poster advertising Wales issued by the Great Western Railway featuring a scenic image of a rocky stream with the water flowing down in front of a hill between trees in the picturesque Welsh countryside and the title text with the GWR logo and information text below reading: Travel information may be obtained from associated British and Irish Railways Inc 9 Rockefeller Plaza New York City. Printed in Great Britain by Dangerfield Printing Co, London. Excellent…