retours

digital magazine on railway history, design and photography

[retours @retoursEU]

New RETOURS episode about GDR railway posters!
Even though there was no competition, East Germany was not devoid of advertising. Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) promoted new timetables, discounts, vacancies or tourism. Design was on par with the West.
https://t.co/Rrdf1Zn5Q9

[retours @retoursEU]

New RETOURS edition on special railway maps! Distance maps or 'cartes kilometriques' show the distances or travel times between stations. A clear design is essential for comprehensibility.
https://t.co/5Y3jOauR2k

[EuropeByRail @EuropeByRail]

If you are interested in railway history and design, the entire https://t.co/eYC3QwpC1G website is worth an explore, with pieces on boat trains, sleeping cars, dining cars, railway maps and more. But warning… it might adversely affect your productivity!

https://t.co/Cna4o2xzIH

[retours @retoursEU]

New RETOURS episode! The famous photo of a toddler near a giant steam locomotive is exactly a century old. The image was reused on many railway posters. https://t.co/fTpuzIK5il

[retours @retoursEU]

Finally a new RETOURS episode: Taj Mahal and windmills. Railway posters by William Spencer Bagdatopoulos https://t.co/sM3Gtr6YB1
Last minute, the only one in 2023 because I was working on books and magazines. Hopefully more episodes in 2024, but they will be shorter than before.

[retours @retoursEU]

@PellaDutchUSA @DutchCultureUSA @NLintheUSA There's an English version available as well!
https://t.co/QjpOfNtuYq

[Present & Correct @presentcorrect]

Railway history, design, architecture & photography.
https://t.co/MC9j1tnvNl

This is an exceptional, and slick, resource.
@retoursEU

[retours @retoursEU]

RETOURS only featured one episode in 2022, but it was a nice one!
A new edition will arrive in the new year, and hopefully not the only one.
https://t.co/8fYj9gscM3

[retours @retoursEU]

For those who missed during the holiday period: Railway posters as shipping posters. Dozens of great 20th-century poster designs for boat trains and train ferries.
https://t.co/8fYj9gscM3

[retours @retoursEU]

After a year here's a new RETOURS episode!

Boat trains and train ferries across Europe. The 40 most beautiful railway posters that are also shipping posters.
https://t.co/8fYj9gscM3

[retours @retoursEU]

In Nantes (Espace Cosmopolis) a small exhibition is currently on view about the Trans-Siberian: 'Retours 1900'. It's based on the @retoursEU story from 2014! Both content and form have been reused. You can still see the illustrated story here, of course: https://t.co/sBk2E89jo3

[retours @retoursEU]

The winners of the European poster design contest
'The Renaissance of the Night Train' are announced!
See https://t.co/MhEHGHKYR9

[retours @retoursEU]

@noordwestexpres @retoursNL @EuropeanSlpr @BackOnTrackBE @treinreiziger Ook in het Nederlands beschikbaar!
https://t.co/QMY9V1Yo49

[retours @retoursEU]

@EuropeanSlpr @MidnightRails @OstendeVienneOE @hiddenEurope @EuropeByRail @CapotrenoEd @BackOnTrackEU @seatsixtyone @sleeping_train @SDelziani @noordwestexpres

[retours @retoursEU]

NEW EDITION featuring the 40 best sleeping car posters of the 20th century, as inspiration for the poster design contest 'The Renaissance of the Night Train' by @BackOnTrackBE.
https://t.co/zGKMdAFLVE

[retours @retoursEU]

NEW EDITION featuring the 40 best sleeping car posters of the 20th century, as inspiration for the poster design contest 'The Renaissance of the Night Train' by @BackOnTrackBE.
https://t.co/zGKMdAFLVE

[retours @retoursEU]

Participate in the European poster design contest 'The Renaissance of the night train'!

Organised by @BackOnTrackBE in cooperation with @retoursEU and @Interrail, amongst others. See https://t.co/2vV7RYWCjS

[Back On Track Belgium @BackOnTrackBE]

Did you know we launch tomorrow a poster contest,part of the events of the #EUYearofRail?Join us!Subscriptions possible via https://t.co/mJJ2fv7S2E #nighttrain #traindenuit #Nachtzug #nachttrein #Hub4Brussels @_DiningCar @Mediarail @nightjetworld @sleeping_train @ouiautraindnuit

[retours @retoursEU]

New edition! The North-Holland Tramway was a small regional company, but targeted foreign tourists. The famous architect H.P. Berlage designed the first posters and stations for the tram through the Waterland region north of Amsterdam.
https://t.co/cKmRRzapIE

[retours @retoursEU]

New edition! The North-Holland Tramway was a small regional company, but targeted foreign tourists. The famous architect H.P. Berlage designed the first posters and stations for the tram through the Waterland region north of Amsterdam.
https://t.co/cKmRRzapIE

[retours @retoursEU]

@MagisterLudi16 It is listed on Amazon but as not in stock, I will ask the publisher about it.

[retours @retoursEU]

Even if you can't understand Dutch this is a lavishly illustrated book about Dutch railway posters by the author of RETOURS!

[Arjan den Boer @arjandenboer]

Hoera, mijn nieuwe boek '150 jaar Nederlandse spoorwegaffiches' is verschenen!
https://t.co/fiTwcDatPc