I’m back from Shanghai with lots of posts on the way (super busy city with some amazing architecture) but just stumbled across these wonderful re-imagining’s of Seoul, Tokyo and New Yor…
Railway maps of France
In the mid-20th century pictorial maps in cartoonish styles were a popular way of promoting travel and tourism. They were used to tell anecdotes about a region's history, culture and landscape in a way attractive to old and young.
We’ve been in touch with train buff, map-lover, and Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society Mark Ovenden to learn more about his latest book Railway Maps of the World. Please tell us a bit about the book. Is it about trains or cartography or design or all of the above? Yes, it is all of…
The London Underground Map may be the best-known example, schematic railway maps were just as important for (inter)national rail connections. They make complicated journeys look easy.
High speed rail maps in China show the running and planning maps of high speed trains in major Chinese cities and planned extensions to other countries.
China railway maps of 2023 show the railway network of China, high speed rail operation map covering, map of top train travel routes, and some maps of top high speed train routes…
The Beeching Report
BNSF 5971 West pulls a variety of ocean-going containers to KC
The remains of one of the dismantled railway bridges which used to cross the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal at Radcliffe. The bridge carried the line from Radcliffe North Junction towards Black Lane and Bradley Fold. Part of the housing estate in the background is built on the course of the railway, which is shown on the 1940s OS map.
Disused Stations: Southampton Terminus
Poster, British Railways (Southern Region), Bournemouth by Alan Durman, beach with trees in the foreground, Printed in Great Britain by Leonard Ripley and Company Ltd, 1953
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~ Henry George Gawthorn (British, 1879-1941), circa 1930
Locomotive No.2, PRINCE, of the Ffestiniog Railway, built in 1864.
Disused Stations: Wigston South Station
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