Train 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.

Poster, Inter City poster, (The Journey of a Nighttime), Black background, The journey of a nighttime, Image of a train at night, Inter City Sleeper, 1988, (Other IDs PO5372/A4/288/12.88SPL).

A vintage style poster for a magazine cover and interior illustrations. The feature was on great train trips in the United States.

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Long before a network of automobile highways crisscrossed the nation, the continent was conquered by rail. On May 10, 1869, the ceremonial driving of a golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, signalled the completion of America’s first transcontinental railroad. “May God continue the unity of our Country,” an inscription on the spike read, “as this Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world.”

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Gianmarco Magnani previously known under the label silence.tv, is an Illustrator & Poster Designer with some eye catching Swiss style. All the work displayed on his portfolio are mainly posters from various projects, some of them are available as limited edition Screenprints, some as open edition Art Prints and some have been done for commissioned

The legendary Trans Europ Express was not only technically innovative but also in terms of design. The strikingly designed trains were very suitable to depict on posters promoting the TEE service.