20 Times That Trains Inspired Great Photographers

Trains have been a recurrent subject in the arts. Narrative, illustration, painting, poetry, photography and film have taken trains as a subject several times. It is no surprise that trains and cameras have gotten along so well since they were both born almost at par and have contributed things to humanity that many thought were impossible during the time. Trains allowed riders to travel great distances at speeds never experienced before, and cameras allowed them to capture scenes at astonishingly fast and immediate forms.

The purpose of the following discussions is to show you that photography and the magical machines that are trains get along pretty well. So, here you have 20 incredible images that center around trains and their beautiful nature:

Accident at the Montparnasse station of the Granville-Paris espresso — París — 1895

This is perhaps one of the strangest images of trains I’ve ever seen. The image shows the aftermath of the trainwreck of the espresso number 5 of the Granville line. Although the accident was dramatic and impressive, only two people were injured out of 131 passengers of the train.

Albert Einstein — Barcelona — 1923

Even though trains and airplanes might thought of as similar transportation mediums, trains have this beautiful nature…