All aboard the Nostalgia Express: Collection of old railway posters set to sell for £1million. By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 17:56 EDT, 24 February 2010 . e-mail; 45. View comments.

The Barmouth poster is by little-known artist A J Hewins and was produced for the old Great Western Railway company. David Allan, chairman of the Welsh Highland Railway Heritage Group, said posters ...

What makes old-school tourism posters so appealing? And how did they get so strikingly stylish? We take a whistle-stop tour of 60 years of British railway posters to find out.