Photograph, George Coop, Interior of a Red Rattler Tait train passenger carriage, 22 August 1983, 1983

Historical information

Note the graffiti.
Older 20th.c and earlier railway cars were rolling palaces of the cabinet makers art. Full of polished timber, plated & embossed metal fittings, soft upholstery & beveled glass. In their earliest form, the Tait’s and earlier swing door cars for even modest suburban work, reflected some level of this design approach. Plus of course large sepia toned photographs on dividing walls displaying tourist spots trains could take you to.

Physical description

Digital TIFF file
Scan of 35mm Kodak Safety 5062 black and white transparency

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