“BEAUTY IS A LIVING ART,” reads the tagline, in this sleek ad for Lancôme cosmetics playing across the 160-foot width of the video screens in Amtrak’s Moynihan Train Hall. Those ...

One of the most famous train journeys in art was Vincent van Gogh’s trip from Paris to Arles in February 1888 on the PLM, or Paris-Lyon-Mediterranée Express. Although steam locomotion had been ...