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.

The New InterCity Sleepers, BR poster, 1983. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

Go by Train. British Railways

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.

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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File name: 08_05_000284 Title: Steam power Date issued: 1910-1959 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (poster) : color Genre: Travel posters; Prints Subjects: Railroad locomotives; New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company Notes: Title from item. Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: Rights status not evaluated

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.”

We have a fabulous selection of prints and vintage style posters predominately depicting the local area - Swanage, Purbeck and the wider county of Dorset.

Gianmarco Magnani — Poster Designer & Illustrator.