Frances Lincoln Staff
Published: 2006-06
Total Pages: 0
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This diary showcases a selection of the most popular posters from theollection of the national Railway Museum. Showing nostalgic images of thelying Scotsman and other famous engines, glamorous destinations, dramaticandscapes and sunny beaches, all these posters were commissioned in theolden age of railway travel to be displayed in waiting rooms, bookingffices and on platforms to entice the traveller. Each week has a full-pageolour illustration and the diary includes national and religious holidaysnd astronomical information. Beautifully produced in week-to-view formatith a colour picture on every spread and a ribbon marker, and with a freshesign, generously laid out, with plenty of room to write, this is a perfectift for travel and art lovers alike. The National Railway Museum in York ishe largest of its kind in the world. It holds an exceptional collection ofbout 8,000 railway posters dating back to the 1920s.