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.

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 4 also. This is part 5 of a 9 – part series on Railway Posters: Fred Taylor ( 1875-1963 ) Bridlington LNER c1927 Fred Taylor…

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A major exhibition of poster art opens at the London Transport Museum on February 15, to celebrate the Tube's 150th birthday.

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“Two gorgeous British Railways posters from the 1950s, by legendary artist A N Wolstenholme. @railwaymuseum collection. - Travel by train.”

Alfred Nicholls, 1907.

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).