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Travel and Railway Poster Collection

The collection contains 20th century posters from Chicago, North America and international destinations. The chromolithographic posters employ graphic design and illustration to advertise tours, travel agents, and transportation to destinations by railroad as well as ship and bus lines.

Scope and Contents

Arrangement.

The posters are arranged into two series based on geographic location:

Series 1: Chicago, Illinois and North America, 1921-1941, undated

Series 2: international, 1910-1937, undated, subject headings.

• Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd.
• Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
• Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad
• Compagnie générale transatlantique
• Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
• Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans
• Cooper, Austin, 1890-1964
• Cunard Line, Ltd.
• Elmes, Willard Frederic, 1900-1956
• Hanson, O. R. (Oscar Rabe)
• Italy. Direzione generale delle ferrovie dello Stato
• Krollmann, Gustav Wilhelm, 1888-1962
• Laurence, Sydney, 1868-1940
• Ragan, Leslie Darrell, 1897-
• Lithographs--Color--1920-1930
• London & North Eastern Railway
• Mansbridge, John
• Metzl, Ervine, 1899-
• New York Central Lines
• Northern Pacific Railway Company
• Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
• Travel posters
• London Underground Limited

Collection Inventory

Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by travel company or by poster title.

Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by travel company or poster title.

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How this man built a collection of vintage travel posters that could rival many museums

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Geoffrey Weill’s collection is all laid out in his book All Abroad: A Memoir of Travel and Obsession, which chronicles his decades of journeys by cruise ship and train, car and plane.

Geoffrey Weill in front of a New York Penn Railroad poster. (Photo: Geoffrey Weill)

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Geoffrey Weill is a Londoner who has spent most of his life in New York, someone whose glamorous personal experiences of the golden age of travel seems to meld elements of Mad Men, Up in the Air and Catch Me If You Can.

They are all laid out in his book All Abroad: A Memoir of Travel and Obsession , which chronicles his decades of journeys by cruise ship and train, car and plane.

The 70-something-year-old – although his energy and joie de vivre belie the number – has led a life defined by travel like few others. It has also led to his collection of vintage travel posters that would rival many museums for their breadth, historical resonance, and beauty.

Sitting in what he defines in his book as drab, post-war London, Weill’s imagination was lit up by the National Geographic magazines that his aunt would send over from the US. But he wasn’t interested in the articles, so much as the adverts.

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“They presented a London which looked so lovely but didn’t exist!” he said. “I fell in love with the context and the graphics, these glamorous images which were definitely showing the best of a destination.”

Fast forward to 1973 and, as a young man, Weill headed to New York aboard a steamer, The Canberra. It marked the start of a whole new life and also had an auspiciously remarkable meeting along the way.

“The Canberra was never the world's greatest ocean liner; it was being brought to New York do a series of cruises. The dining room was all Formica, Yorkshire pudding and brown Windsor Soup,” he said.

“But I met this girl and we went down to the disco. And there on the dancefloor…. was David Bowie. In my 73 years, I've probably never seen a more attractive man. He didn't dance, exactly, he kind of strutted on heels. He had this hedgehog, multicoloured hair and would just thump away to the music.”

Bowie was travelling on board The Canberra because he had a severe fear of flying, but that was never going to be an issue for Weill.

“The journey was really symbolic of my transferring my life from one side of the Atlantic to the other. Strange but sort of wonderful!” he continued.

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Indeed, his ultimate destination in the Big Apple was the grand offices of Thomas Cook, the legendary travel agent which first opened way back in 1841. He was quickly promoted, something he puts down modestly to his accent. “There is still nothing more advantageous in New York, 50 years later, than having a British accent!” Weill said. “ I was put in charge of the window displays that changed every two weeks. Different shipping companies or tourist offices would provide us with props, including posters, and I would work to set it all up.”

It would cement his love affair with travel art, in every form. But it wasn’t just posters he collected; he also amassed luggage labels. He recounts in his book – part autobiography, part travelogue – how they were his entry point. On one of many travels as a small boy with his parents, a hotel concierge came up to him in the lobby and carefully placed one of the hotel’s luggage labels on his suitcase.

“I was no longer a little boy with a cardboard box of Dinky cars – I was a traveller and it was incredibly meaningful,” he continued. “There was something so romantic about these images, the typeface, the way the destination was depicted on the labels. So, I began to collect them. I would take the tube to Piccadilly Circus and look in the airport and tourist board offices, go in and ask for posters and timetables. They were happy to give them out.”

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As for posters, today he estimates that his collection extends to about 250, with around 80 framed and hanging. Some are at home, but the majority deck the walls of Geoffrey Weill Associates , the award-winning travel public relations agency that he has run since 1995.

They make for the perfect backdrop, a reminder of a gentler and certainly more glamorous time in travel. While he continues to occasionally buy today, largely on eBay, in the 1970s, his opportunities to buy involved dealers: “There was a poster dealer on Columbus Avenue. In 1976, you didn’t go to Columbus Avenue after dark, but very slowly it began to go upmarket. Up on a mezzanine was a guy called Philip Williams, I would go and sit with him for hours. He had piles and piles of posters, he’d show them to me and I’d just say ‘Okay, I'll have that one’.

They were never terribly expensive – there's none that I really went bonkers over, I've never paid US$1,000 for a poster. I know some are certainly valuable today and would maybe be worth around US$4,000 (about S$5,460) each.”

Weill explains that he also swapped a number of posters over the years. One he loved – and clearly misses - was an SAS one from 1957: “I did a deal with The Chisholm Gallery on 8th Avenue. SAS is the only airline with the same logo from 70 years ago – they introduced it in the mid 1950's. There's a really nostalgic feel to it.”

He also explains how there was a particular potency to ‘escapist’ travel images in posters before the Second World War. Although he hasn’t found one to date, a poster of a German ship called the St Louis hides a remarkable story: “The St Louis was carrying 1000 German Jews to Cuba, in May 1939. The ship got to Cuba but they wouldn’t let them in. Then the US didn’t let them in. Eventually the ship went to Antwerp and France, Holland, the UK and Belgium each took a quarter of the passengers. The Brits were the only to survive, due to the holocaust.”

Among those in his collection are a number which carry special resonance:

Japan, OSK Lines

“This one is from Japan, OSK Lines. It’s painted in such a way that it looks like it’s on silk. It’s really beautiful, but it’s also special because it’s big, 25 per cent bigger than the regular travel poster, which gives it a special gravitas. You also have to think about the time when this and these posters were produced. It was the 1930’s, the trains and boats back then looked so elegant, but the reality was that half the world was trying to escape on them as the world was falling apart.”

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The ‘Netherlands Indian Government Railways’ was actually a private railway company in Java, in what was then The Dutch East Indies: “This hangs in our office, it’s 45 inches (114.3cm) by 25 inches. I love how it talks about ‘only’ taking 36 hours to travel from Singapore – and six days from Manilla – complete with 2 l's. This was one of the first posters that has photography, then graphics in black and orange.”

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“Many of these posters are beautifully painted and the typefaces are often miraculously good. I certainly think they're up there, with some originals by Toulouse Lautrec. The oldest one I have is this one from 1890, a poster of Nice by Paris Lyon Mediterranee railroad. It hangs in our dining room. God, yes it’s art!”

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New York Penn Railroad

“These posters weren’t made to be kept, but stuck up for a month, or even pasted on a column somewhere. That’s why so few, comparatively, have survived. In our living room at home we have five, including one of Penn Railroad to New York with the words New York in neon, from about 1948 - the skyline and the neon really shine.”

Meet the Singaporean couple collecting Chanel handbags as art pieces and future heirlooms

“This ship is the Liberte, formerly the German liner EUROPA, which France "inherited" after Second World War. This poster is by Paul Colin, a French artist who also designed artwork for the Folies Bergeres, Moulin Rouge and the Champs Elysees Theatre. He is possibly the most sought-after poster artist, other than Cassandre.”

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American President Lines was founded in 1848 and are still going today, an American container shipping company known as APL: “They also have one of these posters at The Siam hotel in Bangkok. It has different colours in it, maybe it has faded over the years. Mine hasn’t, but theirs is kind of yellowy.”

In Singapore, an 80-year-old vintage car collector with a thirst for adventure

Finally, to a Dutch poster for a Pullman train service linking Amsterdam and Brussels. It launched in December 1945 and was the first international train to run following the war. It had to detour through Nijmegen as destroyed bridges had yet to be repaired, meaning that it took eight hours instead of four. This was designed for Dutch Railways by Fedde Weidema, a Dutch painter and graphic designer. In his book, Weill talks lovingly about the attention to detail, the light – and most of all the ham sandwich and steaming cup of coffee which would have felt like pure luxury in austere post-war Europe.

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Japanese Government Railways - Hakone Shrine, Lake Ashi, Japan

Pieter Irwin Brown

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Pennsylvania Railroad, Florida

Travel Poster

Provence, France - French National Railways - Market in Aix-en-Provence

André Planson

Berlin, Germany - Deutsche Reichsbahn (German National Railway)

Jupp Wiertz

Siam - Beautiful Bangkok, The Jewel City of Asia - Thailand

Wening c. 1920's

Santa Fe Railroad: Navajo Land

Elms c.1954

Bryce Canyon, Utah - Union Pacific Railroad

Travel Poster c.1935

Santa Fe Railroad, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Oscar M. Bryn, c.1940's

Collioure, France - Pyrénées Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees)

E. Paul Champseix

Mount Rainier National Park - Stampede Pass, Washington USA

Gustav Wilhelm Krollmann

The New Empire State Express - Hudson River Valley

Leslie Darrell Ragan

Paris - Place de La Concorde Fountain - Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway (PLM)

Julien Lacaze

Menton, Paris - Lyon - Mediterrenee: France Railway Company

Roger Broders c.1920's

Santa Fe Railroad - Arizona

Don Perceval

Visit India - The Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) - Amritsar, Punjab

Fred Taylor

Japan - Todaiji Great Eastern Temple - Nara Temple Deer - Japanese Government Railways

Vintage Railway Poster

Santa Fe Railroad, Land of Pueblos, Native American Indians, New Mexico

Vintage Poster, c.1950's

Kraków, Polska (Kracow, Poland) - Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish State Railways) - King Stefan Bathory

Zygmunt Kamiński

Banff in the Canadian Rockies - Lake Louise National Park, Canada - Canadian Pacific Railway Company - 1936

James Crockart

Mont Saint-Michel - Normandy, France - The Pearl of French Mediaeval Art - French National Railroads

David Starr

Montreux - Bernese Oberland Railway, Switzerland

Vintage Travel Poster, c.1925

Château d'Azay-le-Rideau - Loire Valley, France - Railways Poster

Léon Constant-Duval

Santa Fe Railroad, California, Coastline and Spanish Mission

Côte d'Azur - St. Tropez French Riviera - SNCF French National Railway Company

Roland Hugen

Paris - Lyon - Mediterranee Railway, Le Tour du Cap Corse

Roger Broders (1883-1953)

California - America's Vacation Land - New York Central Lines

Jon O. Brubaker

Santa Fe Railroad, Hopiland, Native American Hopi Indian, Arizona

Don Perceval, c.1940's

Santa Fe Railroad, The Chief Way, Native American Indian

Vintage Poster, c.1955

Cote d'Azur Bay, France - National Society of French Railways

Germany Wants to See You - Berlin - French Church of Friedrichstadt, Berlin Concert Hall

Friedel Dzubas

Chemins de Fer Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee, Dauphine Saint Pierre de Chartreuse ET Le Pic de Chamechaude French Travel

Roger Soubie c.1950's

Air Like Wine - Weston Super Mare, North Somerset, England

William A. Sennett

Montana - Steam Engine through the Absaroka Mountains - North Coast Limited Passenger Train - Northern Pacific Railway

Canada for Big Game! Travel Canadian Pacific Railway

Peter Ewart c.1950

Norway in September - Fjord Autumn Fall - Norwegian State Railways

Freda Lingstrom

PLM Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee EVIAN LES BAINS, France

French Alps Railway Company poster c.1920's

Season's Best way to Travel - Pennsylvania Railroad

Vintage Railroad Travel Poster c. 1955

Bruxelles (Brussels) Belgium - On Atteint le Mieux en Chemin de Fer (Is Reached Best by Railway)

Frank H. Mason

Marseille, France - Porte de L'Afriqe du Nord (Gateway to North Africa) - Paris-Lyon-Mediterrannée

Roger Broders

Canadian Pacific Railway Company - CP FP9A 4040 Diesel Locomotive Train - CPR Logo Beaver Shield

Peter Ewart

Japanese Government Railways - Night Twilight Shrine Cherry Blossom

Paris - Discover France by Train - La Rive Gauche (Left Bank of the Seine River) - Montparnasse - French National Railroads

Normandie, France - SNCF (French National Railway Company)

Southern Pacific Railroad: See Mexico This Year

Maurice Lorand c.1935

Mt. St. Helens - Spirit Lake, Washington USA - Cascade Mountain Range Volcano - Northern Pacific Railway

El Kantara - Le Sud Algerien (Southern Algeria) - Chemins de Fer Algériens, Algerian Railways

Portland To San Francisco - Shasta Route through the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland Region - Southern Pacific Railroad

Maurice Logan c.1950's

New York - The Wonder City of the World - Travel by Train - Statue of Liberty

Adolph Treidler

Philadelphia - Go by... Pennsylvania Railroad

Kirt Baab c.1955

Monaco, Monte-Carlo - Au pays du Soleil (land of the Sun) - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway (PLM)

Normandie (Normandy) France - L'été . . . L'état (Summer is here) - French State Railways

Lucien Baubaut

Japan - Japanese Government Railways

Vintage Railroad Travel Poster by Munetsugu Satomi c. 1937

New Orleans, USA - Illinois Central Railroad

Vintage Travel Poster

Chicago World's Fair 1933 - Century of Progress - Santa Fe Railroad

Hernando Gonzalo Villa

Syria - Simplon Orient Express - Citadel of Aleppo

Joseph de La Nézière

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad: Virginia Seashore

Bern Hill c.1950's

Alaska - Alaskans Off to the Potlatch - Northern Pacific Railway

Sydney Laurence

Venice (Venise), Italy - Venetian Grand Canal - Fast Train Daily (Train Rapide Quotidien)

Geo Dorival

Holland - Bulb Time - Tulip Season March-May - Flowering Fields and Windmill

Fifth Avenue, New York - The World's Greatest Shopping Street - Travel by Train

London & North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland - The Track of the Flying Scotsman - Forth Bridge, Scotland

Henry George Gawthorn

Pacific Northwest Wonderland by Train - Union Pacific Railroad

Vintage Railroad Travel Poster by The Willmarths c. 1925

Rome - Par le Train de Luxe (by Deluxe Train) - Rome Express

Texas - Famous Cattle Brands of the Lone Star State - Santa Fe Railroad

Brussels, Belgium - The Grand Place - Belgian National Railways

Santa Fe Railroad: Sun Spots in the Southwest

Mizner c.1950's

Pennsylvania Railroad: Coast to Coast in 48 Hours

Sunset Route by Rail and Sea to New York - Southern Pacific Lines

Michel Cady c.1950

La Route des Alpes (The Alpine Route) - Services Automobiles de Tourisme (Auto Tourism Services)

London - by London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) - Guards, Buckingham Palace - Victoria Memorial

Excursions en Bretagne (Excursions to Brittany) - Chemins de fer de l'État (French State Railways)

P. Ladureau

La Côte d'Azur - L'été (Summer) - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway (PLM), French Railroad

Red Cliffs - Continental Divide, New Mexico - Navajo Land, Arizona - National Monument - Santa Fe Railroad Company

See the Sunny Scenic Pacific Coast - California - Pacific Electric (Red Car) - Worlds Greatest Electric Rail System

Kerne Erickson

Cathédrales (Cathedrals) - Joyaux de L'art Français (Jewels of French Art) - French Railways

G. Bourdier

New Mexico and Arizona Rockies - Land of History and Mystery - Travel by Train - Union Pacific Railroad

The Willmarths c.1925

New York, USA - The Upper Bay from Lower Manhattan - New York Harbor - New York Central System

Alps - Go to France by Train - French Railways - Alpine Valley View

Saindré

Font-Romeu - Odeillo - Chemins de fer du Midi (French Railway Company)

Southern California - Santa Fe Railroad

Pacifica Island Art

The Great Wall of China - Sightseeing in Manchuria (Manzhou) - Manzhou Railway Administration

Seibin Higuchi

Chemins de Fer du Midi, Font-Romeu France

George Roux, c.1920's

Cote D'Azur Statue PLM - French Riviera

Julien Lacaze c.1935

San Francisco - Golden Gate Bridge - Santa Fe Railroad

Vintage Railroad Travel Poster c.1955

Château de Fontainebleau - Avon - France - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway (PLM), French Railroad

Java, Dutch East Indies - Java Night-Limited - Netherlands Indian State Railways - Train and Moon

Hunting by the North Shore Line - Mallard Wild Ducks Flying Over Brush

Oscar Rabe Hanson

Go by Train to The French Riviera - Côte d'Azur, France - French National Railways

Jacques Dubois

Mexico - National Railways of Mexico

A Night in a Sleeper Car Train (Une Nuit en Voiture-lit) - French National Railways SNCF

Bernard Villemot

Normandy, France - SNCF (French National Railway Company)

Discover France by Train - The Basque Coast - French National Railways

Wonderful California - The California Limited - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) - Orange Orchards

Holland - Harwich-Hook Service Netherlands - London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) - Windmill

Austin Cooper

Marseille, France - Gateway to North Africa - Paris-Lyon-Mediterrannee (PLM), French Railroad

Salies-de-Béarn, France - Station Thermale et Touristique (Spa and Tourism) - SNCF French Railway

Rene Roussel

Washington, D.C. - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway - United States Capitol Building

Roussillon - Collioure, France - SNCF (French National Railway Company)

François Desnoyer

Visit France - The French Riviera - Train Window View

Vintage French Travel Poster

Nantucket - The New Haven Railroad

Vintage Railroad Travel Poster by Ben Nason c. 1940

The Alps (Les Alpes) - Trains and Buses of French Railways - SNCF (French National Railway)

Jean Jacquelin

Visit Philadelphia - Independence Hall - Go by Pennsylvania Railroad

The Alps - Trains and Buses of French Railways - SNCF (French National Railway)

Durch Frankreich mit der Bahn (Discover France by Train) - The Basque Coast - French Railways

Brittany - Visit France - SNCF (French National Railway Company)

Jean Garcia

A Night in a Sleeper Car Train - French National Railways SNCF

The Roman Provence - Cradle of French Culture - Paris-Lyon-Mediterrannee (PLM), French Railroad

Lajos Márton

Yellowstone Park - Old Faithful Geyser Eruption - Yellowstone Park Line - Northern Pacific Railway

Edward V. Brewer

Vittel, Vosges, France - Casino, Park, Grand Hotel - National Society Of French Railways

Excursions to Britain - French State Railways

Pierre Ladureau

Langeais, France - Les Chateaux de la Loire (The Castles of the Loire) - French Railways

Leon Constant-Duval

Rome - Trains for Italy - Paris-Lyon-Mediterrannee (PLM), French Railroad

Carlo Cussetti

French Riviera - Port of Saint Tropez - SNCF (French National Railway Company)

Roger Bezombes

Bretagne (Brittany) - Visitez La France (Visit France) - SNCF (French National Railway Company)

Sun Valley Idaho - Union Pacific Railroad

Saint-Nectaire - Auvergne, France - Casino, Golf - Station du Rein - PLM French Railroad

Roger De Valerio

Pennsylvania Railroad, Coast to Coast Daily

Milton Talbot Menasco, c.1940's

Corsica (La Corse) - France - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM), French Railroad - c.1932

Lucien Peri

Florence, Italy - Ponte Vecchio - Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) - c. 1921

West Indies - Winter Cruises - Panama Canal - North German Lloyd NDL - Red and Green Parrots - c. 1913

Vintage Cruise Ad Poster

Simplon Orient-Express - London to Constantinople - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway (PLM) - c. 1922

Nice, France - Cote d'Azur - French Riveria - c. 1900

Morel De Tangry

See Calcutta, India - Burmese Pagoda in Eden Gardens - East Indian Railway - c. 1930

Desmond Doig

Visit Helsinki, Finland - Finnish Parliament House - Finnish State Railway - c. 1940

Jorma Suhonen

Mt. Buffalo National Park - Victoria, Australia - Take a Kodak - Victorian Railways - c. 1930

Percy Trompf

Landing Beaches of Normandy France - 1944 - 1964 - French National Railways (SNCF)

Albert Brenet

East Coast Frolics - London and North Eastern Railway - Fish Saxophone Crab Banjo - c. 1920's

Frank Newbould

South Algeria (Le Sud Algérien) - Touggourt - Algerians Wearing Traditional Haik - c. 1925

Louis Fernez

South Algeria (Le Sud Algérien) - Nomad on Camel - Algerian Railway - c. 1930

Roger Irriera

Font-Romeu Golf (le Golf de Font-Romeu) - France - Chemins de Fer du Midi Railways - c. 1929

Leonetto Cappiello

Hohe Tauern, Austria - Grossglockner Mountain - Austrian Railway - c. 1879

Gustav Jahn

Québec - Château Frontenac - Canadian Pacific Railway Company - Saint Lawrence River - c. 1950

Switzerland - Montreux-Bernese Oberland Railway - The Chocolate Route - c. 1940

Otto Baumberger

Metroliner Service (Washington-New York) - Fastest Trains in the World - c. 1973

David Klein

Southwest - By Rail Clear Across America - Chief Line and Arizona Desert - c. 1971

Northwest - By Rail Takes You Clear Across America - c. 1972

Florida - Walt Disney World - By Rail Clear Across America - c. 1970's

France - Brittany - French National Railroads - c. 1953

Edmond Céria

Arizona - Hopi Indians Sand Painting - Santa Fe Railroad - c. 1940's

Vintage Train Railroad Poster

Mt. Egmont, New Zealand - Mount Taranaki - New Zealand Railways - c. 1930's

John Holmwood

Penang, Malaysia - Eastern & Oriental Express - c. 1950's

Brittany (Bretagne) - Northwest France - French National Railways (SNCF) - c. 1947

Williamsburg, Virginia - Governor's Palace - Chesapeake & Ohio Railways - c. 1940's

Great Salt Lake, Utah - Overland Route by Rail - Southern Pacific Railroad - c. 1927

Maurice Logan

Across Canada (A Través del Canadá) - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1947

Mount Stephen, British Columbia - Home via Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1930's

Banff, Canadian Rockies - Indian Days - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1930's

Banff, Canada - Rockies - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1925

Game Birds - Canadian Pacific Railway - Mallard Ducks - c. 1941

Thomas Hall

Travel Canadian Pacific Railway - Royal Hudson 2850 Steam Locomotive - c. 1942

Canada for Big Game - Canadian Pacific Railway - Moose - c. 1939

Thomas (Tom) Hall

Trans-Canada Limited - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1925

Norman Fraser

Canada - Scenic Dome Route - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1955

Roger Couillard

Ski - Travel by Train (Voyagez Par Train) - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1950's

Visit Canada - Grizzly Bear - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1938

Visit Canada - Bull Moose - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1930's

Banff, Canada - Indian Days - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1926

W. Langdon Kihn

Banff to Badger Pass Trail Ride - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1935

Charles James Greenwood

Holidays In Canada - Canadian Rockies - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1930

Kenneth Shoesmith

Bangkok Thailand - Floating Market - Eastern Oriental Express

Vintage Railways Poster

Carriso Gorge California - Southern Pacific Railroad - c. 1929

Visit Paris France - Place de la Concorde Square - French National Railways - c. 1952

East By Train - Liberty Bell Philadelphia, Washington, New York - c. 1960's

France Loire Valley Castles (Châteaux De La Loire) - French Railways (SNCF) - c. 1952

European Railways - Go By Train - c. 1953

Ireland - Royal Mail Routes - British Railways - c. 1957

Hartz Mountains, Germany - via Harwich or Grimsby Railway (LNER) - c. 1930's

Greatstone Dunes, England - World’s Smallest Public Railway - c. 1930's

N. Cramer Roberts

Travel by Railways Across Canada - Canadian Pacific Railway - c. 1947

Loire Valley (Val De Loire) - French National Railway Company - c. 1963

Jacques Ceria Despierre

Island of France (Île-de-France) - French National Railways (SNCF) - c. 1958

A. Lambourg

Crater Lake, Oregon - Southern Pacific Railroad - c. 1920's

Trans-Canada Limited - Fastest Train Across The Continent - Canadian Pacific - c. 1924

G. Y. Kauffman

Shasta Route - Portland, San Francisco - Southern Pacific Railroad - c. 1930's

Sutton-on-Sea - Lincolnshire, England - London & North Eastern Railway - c. 1968

Tony Castle

Weymouth - Dorset, England - Southern Railway - c. 1931

East Coast - Beach Umbrella - London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) - c. 1928

Tolga, Southern Algeria (Le Sud Algérien Tolga) - Algerian Railways - c. 1938

Switzerland - St. Gotthard Line - Matterhorn Gotthard Railway - c. 1924

Daniel Buzzi

Our Lady of Lourdes - Saint Bernadette - French National Railroads - c. 1962

Spa, Belgium - Belgian National Railways - c. 1946

Pol-François Mathieu

Normandy in Summer - Sea Baths & Excursions - French State Railways - c. 1922

Géo Dorival

Southside of Brittany - Audierne, France - Orleans Railway - c. 1921

Charles-Jean Hallo

French Rivera (Côte d’Azur), France - Paris - Lyon - Mediterranean (PLM) - c. 1921

To Your Favorite Winter Resort - Pullman Company - c. 1935

William P. Welsh

Speed to Winter Playgrounds - Pullman Company - c. 1935

Nice - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) French Railway - c. 1890

F. Hugo D’Alési

Pyrénées Mountains, Europe - French National Railways (SNCF) - c. 1951

Rome - Roman Forum - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) French Railway - c. 1920

Mazamet, France - Chemins de fer d’Orléans et du Midi - c. 1930's

Winter Sports (Sports d’Hiver) - Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway - Ski

Georges Arou

Santa Fe, New Mexico - Native American Indian Boy - Santa Fe Railroad - c. 1950's

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Visit Corsica (Visitez la Corse) - Corte, France - Isle of Beauty - c. 1960

Pyla-sur-Mer, France - Arcachon Bay - Grand Dune of Pilat - c. 1935

Pierre Commarmond

Ports de Provence - SNCF (French National Railway Company) - c. 1949

Othon Friesz

The Seaside Calls: Go by Train - Take a “Kodak” - Victorian Railways - Australia - c. 1938

Gert Sellheim

By Train for Seaside Holidays - Take a “Kodak” - Victorian Railways - Australia - c. 1936

There’s Something About A Train That’s Magic - All Aboard - c. 1970’s

Alps (Alpes) - Moths and Butterflies - SNCF (French National Railway Company)

Salvador Dali

New York Central System - Heart of Industrial America - c. 1943

Leslie Ragan

The Basque Coast - SNCF (French National Railway Company) - c. 1950's

Hervé Baille

Atlantic City - Playground of the World - Travel By Train - c. 1932

Normandy (Normandie) - French Railways (Französische Eisenbahnen) - c. 1969

Châteaux of the Loire Valley - SNCF (French National Railway Company) - c. 1953

French Flanders - SNCF (French National Railway Company) - c. 1953

Arlhen Tager

Bretagne (Brittany) - SNCF (French National Railway Company) - c. 1957

René Genis

Paris, France - Notre Dame - SNCF (French National Railway Company) - c. 1963

Bernard Buffet

Pennsylvania Service - Night Train - Pennsylvania Railroad - c. 1940's

Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France - Winter Sports - Paris-Lyon-Mediterrannee (PLM) - c. 1924

Roger Soubie

Railway Dining Car Bars (Compagnie des Wagons-Bars) - c. 1896

Eugène Vavasseur

Riviera Levante - The Italian Riviera - Rete Mediterranea Railway (R.M.) - c. 1890's

Palermo to Monreale, Sicily, Southern Italy - by Funicular Electric Tram - c. 1900

Switzerland - Bodensee-Toggenburgbahn Railway - c. 1910

Stresa to Mottarone - Lake Maggiore, Italy - by Ferrovia Electric Tram - c. 1920

Chamonix to Montenvers, France - Mer de Glace Glacier - (PLM) French Railroad - c. 1920

Nice to Coni, France - (PLM) French Railroad - c. 1929

Adolphe Cossard

Mount Vesuvius Volcano and the Gulf of Naples, Italy - c. 1925

Mario Borgoni

Los Angeles to San Francisco - Southern Pacific’s New Coast Daylight Railway Train - c. 1937

Sam Hyde Harris

Sud Express Railway - Mar Del Plata - Argentina - c. 1934

Berne, Switzerland (Suisse) - Loetschberg-Simplon Railway - c. 1931

Eugen Henziross

South for Winter Sunshine - Southern Railway Trains - c. 1929

Edmond Vaughan

Night Train to Scotland - LMS-LNER London & North Eastern Railway - c. 1932

Phillip Zec

Alezandria to Cairo - Egyptian State Railways - Queen Nefertiti - c. 1938

Travel by Train - Canadian Pacific Railway Lines - c. 1940

Hudson River Railway - New York Central System - c. 1940

Chicago - New York Central System - The New 20th Century LTD - c. 1940's

La Salle Street Station, Chicago - New York Central System - c. 1945

Switzerland (Schweiz) - Montreux Oberland Bernois MOB - c. 1950

Pierre-Alexandre Junod

Dolgoch Station on the Talyllyn Railway - Tywyn (Towyn), Wales, UK - c. 1960

Terence Cuneo

Mohawk Valley - Where the Mountains Part to Let America Pass - New York Central System - c. 1950

New York Central System - Hudson River - Diesel powered train

Parsifal - Trans Europe Express - Railways Trains - c. 1962

Vintage Railroad Poster

Roussillon France - SNCF French Railways - c. 1969

Orient Express - Paris Vienna Budapest - c. 1891

To the Golden Horn by the Simplon Orient Express - c. 1920

London to Baghdad by Simplon Orient Express - Ctesiphon Arch - c. 1931

Côte D’Azur France - Pullman Express - PLM French Railways - c. 1929

Pierre Fix-Masseau

Les Diablerets Switzerland - Ski Resort - Aigle-Sépey-Diablerets Swiss Railway - c. 1948

Martin Peikert

Swiss Alpes and Jura Mountains - Winter Ski Sports - Paris-Lyon-Mediterrannee (PLM) - c. 1932

Éric de Coulon

Jungfrau Railway Switzerland - Bernese Alps - Dog Sled Huskies - c. 1925

Emil Cardinaux

Switzerland (Suisse) - Women Skier - Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) Railway - c. 1956

Switzerland (Svizzera) - Skier on Train - Montreux-Oberland Bernois (MOB) Railway - c. 1946

New Haven R.R. (The Consolidated) - New England Steam Train - c. 1940

A Public Service at the Service of the Public - S.N.C.F. - c. 1947

West Point - United States Military Academy - New York Central Lines

Frank Hazell

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Your Guide to the 2023 New York City Marathon

Everything you need to know about Sunday’s five-borough race.

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By Jennie Coughlin

Follow live updates from the 2023 New York City Marathon.

Early Sunday morning, the Staten Island Ferry will be packed with runners headed to the starting line of the annual New York City Marathon.

Thousands of spectators will line the route, which stretches through all five boroughs, to cheer for friends, relatives and strangers — elite athletes and amateurs alike. Marathon day typically feels like a giant 26.2-mile block party, complete with signs, bands, cheering and cowbells, as New Yorkers celebrate one of the year’s biggest events.

Whether you’re a runner, a spectator or even somebody with no interest in the marathon who is trying to get around the city, here’s what you need to know about this year’s race.

Weather forecast

Between the unseasonable warmth of last year’s marathon day and the rain that has washed out most weekends this fall, weather conditions may be high on runners’ list of concerns.

The good news: The forecast for Sunday is shaping up to be a good one for running, with temperatures ranging from the high 40s to the mid-60s.

What time does the marathon start?

After the elite men’s race begins, the remaining runners are divided into five waves based on their expected finish times. This prevents runners from getting too jammed up in the race’s early stages.

8 a.m. Professional wheelchair division

8:22 a.m. Handcycle category and select athletes with disabilities

8:40 a.m. Professional women

9:05 a.m. Professional men

9:10 a.m. Wave 1 of the remaining runners

9:45 a.m. Wave 2

10:20 a.m. Wave 3

10:55 a.m. Wave 4

11:30 a.m. Wave 5

What is the marathon route?

The race begins on Staten Island, and then turns north through Brooklyn and Queens. Runners then head west across the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan, north into the Bronx and back to Manhattan. The finish line is in Central Park near the West 60s.

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Here’s our tour of the course and more information from New York Road Runners , which organizes the race.

Where are the best places to watch the New York City Marathon?

Most of the course, except for some bridges, is open to spectators. Here’s our full guide on where to watch the race , borough by borough.

If you’re looking for somewhere to watch that’s easy to reach from other parts of the city, you could go to Fourth Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn , near the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center stop, which is served by the B, D, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains.

If you’re looking for a place where your cheers could make a big difference, go to the Bronx. The race’s 20-mile mark, around 135th Street and Alexander Avenue , is a notoriously challenging part of the course where some runners may hit the proverbial wall.

And if you like to do your cheering in a crowd, the stretch of First Avenue from 59th Street to 96th Street in Manhattan , which is lined with bars and restaurants, is always jammed with spectators.

When are runners expected to finish?

9:30 a.m. Professional men’s wheelchair athletes

9:40 a.m. Professional women’s wheelchair athletes

11:05 a.m. Professional women

11:15 a.m. Professional men

11:55 a.m. on Remaining runners start crossing the finish line

8:30 p.m. on Final runners start crossing the finish line

What’s different about this year’s race?

The heat’s effect on runners last year prompted organizers to make sure there would be more cups of water and Gatorade at fluid stations throughout the course, Ted Metellus, the race director, said.

Metellus said he was pleased to see that interest in the race had rebounded since the height of the pandemic. More than 125,000 people entered the drawing to run this year, up from 89,000 last year.

He also noted that the number of running crews and participants in organized running clubs had increased across the city, and that they would be visible in the race and on the sidelines.

“Many of the crews come together and meet up at various points along the route to make themselves bigger,” Metellus said.

The annual marathon expo , at the Javits Center on Manhattan’s Far West Side, will feature Road Runners coaches presenting course previews, as usual. A new addition this year is a second stage that will feature panels and sessions about the running community and industry.

The Road Runners also added youth races in Central Park to kick off marathon week, and more than 1,000 children participated.

Which streets are closed?

The upper level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Staten Island and Brooklyn, will close at 11 p.m. Saturday; the lower level will close at 7 a.m. Sunday. Both levels will reopen at 4 p.m. Sunday.

Other roads along the route will close starting from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Roads will reopen after most runners have passed through, starting at 1:15 p.m. in the early miles through 6:45 p.m. for Central Park South.

There will still be runners out along the route even after roads reopen, but they are supposed to move to the sidewalks.

How can I watch the New York City Marathon on TV?

If you’re watching from home, the race will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and in Spanish on ESPN3 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.

In New York, it will be shown locally on WABC-TV, Channel 7, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

How can I stream the New York City Marathon on an app?

The TCS New York City Marathon app added livestreaming in 2022. You can watch all four professional races (men’s and women’s, wheelchair and open divisions) in full, and get a look at runners passing through five locations along the course.

A new feature on the app stream this year will be commentary on the pro races from the marathoners Des Linden, Galen Rupp and Amanda McGrory.

The app also allows you to track runners in real time.

Which celebrities are running the race?

There are always celebrities in the field, and this year’s version will feature a mix of returning marathoners and those running the race for the first time.

Patina Miller, a Grammy and Tony Award winner, will sing the national anthem at the starting line on Staten Island before running. Like many marathoners, she is raising money for a cause: Komera, which provides resources to young women in Rwanda.

Luke Mcfarlane, an actor, is running with family members to raise money for a diabetes research and advocacy charity.

Sheinelle Jones, a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show, will be making her marathon debut on Sunday.

Nev Schulman, the producer and host of MTV’s “Catfish: The TV Show,” has run the race six times before, but for the first time he will be a guide runner for a visually impaired athlete running with Achilles International , which pairs guides with runners with disabilities.

Robin Roberts, David Muir and 10 others from ABC News will run the marathon as a relay to raise money for Team For Kids, the Road Runners charity that supports its free youth and community events.

The marathon always attracts athletes from other sports, and this year, Zdeno Chara, a retired Stanley Cup champion should be easy to spot on the course given his 6-foot-9 frame. The Olympian Steve Mesler has a gold medal in bobsled racing, and will be looking to add a marathon finisher’s medal to that.

Matt James and Zac Clark of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” have run the race before and will be back this year. The YouTube filmmaker Casey Neistat is another regular who will be returning to the marathon .

Jennie Coughlin is a Times editor who writes about runners and running. More about Jennie Coughlin

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Kiev Railway Station in Moscow

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Kiev (Kiyevsky) Railway Station is one of the nine railway stations of Moscow . Built in 1914-1918, it is a monument of architecture and engineering art, an object of cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia of federal importance.

The motifs of the Patriotic War of 1812 (the French invasion of Russia) were used in the architectural concept of the station, in the paintings of the halls, sculptures. The station was built in the Neoclassical style with elements of the Empire style. Kiev Railway Station on Google Maps . Photos by: Stanislav Konstantinov .

Kiev Railway Station is considered one of the most beautiful stations in Moscow.

The interiors of the station remind with their grandeur an imperial palace.

Unfortunately, the interiors are somewhat spoiled by numerous kiosks.

In Soviet times, the wall paintings were changed, stars and other Soviet symbols replaced the symbols of the Russian Empire.

The bas-reliefs were added after the Second World War.

The most beautiful hall of the Kiev Station.

The landing stage of the Kiev Railway Station.

The trains to Vnukovo International Airport leave from here.

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