British railways

This large series on railway poster deals mainly with what could be called the golden age of the railway poster, where the sun always shone and the British seaside was as glamorous as the Côte d’Azur. Many talented and famous artists like Frank Newbould, John Hassall and Terence Cuneo worked on these posters. For more information, and for other works, see parts 1 to 3 also. This is part 4 of a 9 – part series on Railway Posters: Frank H. Mason RBA RI RSMA ( 1875-1965 ) Boatbuilding LNER…

High quality photograph of CrossCountry British Rail Class 220 # NA at Dawlish, United Kingdom.

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High quality photograph of British Railways class 27 # D5377 at Gloucester, United Kingdom.

91025 heads a northbound Anglo-Scottish ECML express from Newcastle Central - c.09/1992. The actual date the image was made is unknown; the indication given is based on the film processing date imprinted on the original slide.

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Poster, British Rail, Inter-City Sleepers, Overground by Night, 1974. Offset lithograph in colours depicting a schematic map of main line rail sleeper service connections between England, Wales, Scotland, France and Belgium in the style of the London Underground map. The map is set on a ground of dark blue shading to black, with the rail lines shown in a variety of colours. It includes the British Rail 'double arrow' logo and the slogan "Close your eyes and you're almost there". Doubleroyal…

55022 is seen threading across the trackwork leaving Newcastle on 1st August 1981 with the Plymouth to Edinburgh service. Earlier that day it had hauled the southbound service as far as York where it would take over the balancing northbound working.

Blank walls suck, so bring some life to your dorm, bedroom, office, studio, wherever Printed on 185gsm semi gloss poster paper Custom cut - refer to size chart for finished measurements Includes a 3/16 inch (5mm) white border to assist in framing Since every item is made just for you by your local third-party fulfiller, there may be slight variances in the product received