Trackside Prints turns railway photographs into wall art, mugs and gifts. Craig Fearn owns and runs it on his own, and every page on this site, the guides included, is written by him. The idea is simple: the shot you waited two hours for on a cold platform end deserves more than a camera roll.
Who runs it
Craig runs the shop from the UK under the name Trackside Prints, as our terms set out, and post reaches us at 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX. Email goes to hello@trackside-prints.com and is answered by a person. There is no call centre and no team of copywriters behind the guides: if a page gets a date or a fact wrong, that is his mistake, and he wants to hear about it.
How a print is made
You upload one photograph. You can have it printed exactly as it is, or pick one of five studio styles: vintage railway poster, ink and wash, oil-painting style, archival print or collector photo grade. Each preview is watermarked, saved for 30 days, and free, with three a day once your email is confirmed. Nothing is charged until you choose a preview, a product and a size.
Before a size is offered, the pixels in your file are measured against the physical size of the print. If the file would land under 140 dots per inch at a given size, the picture goes fuzzy on the wall, so that size simply does not appear for you. The paper is a 250 gsm archival sheet with no coating. The frames are wood, black or natural, made at A3 and A2 only, and glazed with plexiglass so they survive the post. Canvases arrive stretched, with the picture wrapped round the edge of the frame, ready to hang.
Your order goes to our print partner once payment clears, is made there, then posted free within the UK, usually in 4 to 9 working days. Payment is taken by Stripe, and this site never sees your card number.
What we will not sell
We do not sell copies of historic railway company posters, and we will not add a crest, a running number or a company name to your picture that it did not already have. Our own example pictures show invented locomotives for the same reason. The subject belongs to you, because you were there when the shutter went.
We do not sell sizes your file cannot carry, and we do not invent fares, timetables or prices in the guides. Where a guide states a fact about a line, a poster or a museum, it links the source beside the claim, often the Science Museum Group collection or the railway's own site.
If something goes wrong
If a parcel turns up damaged, or the print is wrong, send photos as soon as you can and we put it right with a reprint or a refund, paid by us. Within 30 days you can reject it for a full refund; after that the Consumer Rights Act 2015 still covers you. Since each print is made from your own photograph, a change of heart is not grounds for a return, and the page on delivery and returns explains why. To start, try a free preview on your own photograph, or read how to prepare the file first.