Making tracks: Historic railway adverts set to go under the hammer

A collection of 14 rare vintage railway posters advertising travel to Scotland during the 19th and 20th centuries are set to go under the hammer in Edinburgh this week. The artworks were an enticement to holidaymakers to go on epic journeys, before the ravages of Dr Beeching’s cuts to the rail network in Britain. The original poster for The Night Scotsman, designed by Robert Bartlett, is valued at between £12,000-£14,000. It was issued by the London and North Eastern railway in 1932. The Night Scotsman was the 10:25pm departure from Kings Cross and offered first and third class sleepers. Other posters of note in the sale are expected to fetch £200-£600.