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Mumbai’s train travelers: illustrations of India's most colourful people

Mumbai’s train travelers: illustrations of India’s most colourful people

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By Cyrus Daruwala in New Illustration on Thursday 28 March 2013

People are my inspiration. So the world’s most populated suburban transport system provided more than enough creative fodder. These are the profiles of the Mumbai train travellers, captured in my new book, I Take This Train Too. Through humorous profiling and caricatures (with personality-inspired hues), I have attempted to map this unparalleled universe. An international crowd-funding initiative [...]

Mike Brodie's photos of professional hobos and train hoppers

Mike Brodie’s photos of professional hobos and train hoppers

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By Annie Churdar in New Photography on Thursday 28 March 2013

I’ve always been drawn to the idea of giving everything up and traveling as a vagabond train hopper. And Mike Brodie’s photo only feeds that fantasy. Brodie is a real-life, professional hobo and train hopper. Beginning in 2002, he traversed 50,000 miles through 46 states on more than 170 freight trains. And he brought a camera [...]

Mini train photography by Jeff Friesen

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By Eugenia Viti in New Photography on Tuesday 18 December 2012

At first glance I thought these cool landscape photos with a train were pretty normal, but taking a second glance, I realized that it’s actually a mini-train which fits into a shopping bag. These photos not only ignite the imagination, but also show Canada’s beautiful landscapes.

Trains of India: a photo series by Steve McCurry

Trains of India: a photo series by Steve McCurry

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By Mareike Muller in New Photography on Friday 30 November 2012

The amazing photo series called Trains taken by the internationally recognized American photographer Steve McCurry developed on one of his many trips to India capturing the country and its people. These pictures give us a pretty interesting insight into the ancient culture and its means of transportation, aside from what we may know from famous movies such as Slumdog Millionaire and the whole Bollywood world.

Uyuni in South America: where trains go to die

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Travel on Friday 9 November 2012

Couple of years back, we featured the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, where the biggest vast and sparse salt lands in the world are. Apparently, it’s also where trains in South America go to die, thanks to the salt winds that corrode metal. Most of the locomotives are British imports and date back to the early 20th century — not that you can tell, looking at their drastically rusted bodies. Still, there’s something about this ghost town for abandoned trains that seems to put time on hold.

Mini Train

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By Gerry Mak in New Trends on Monday 6 July 2009

Mini Train taps into the joy that we all felt as children when playing with blocks and choo-choo trains. If you’re having a boring day, this should help pass the time.