Ghost Trains

Photographer Dave Julian's wonderful blog devoted to H.R. Giger.  So many amazing photos.

Click here for the Expeditions and Exhibitions blog.

And click here for the photographer's personal blog.

Marrow House 2012: Geisterbahn

Beautiful work here.

More images at the House of Marrow blog.

The Ghost Train

Giger had long wanted to build his Ghost Train, an idea dating back to his childhood, borne from a fascination with trains. It later became a recurring theme in his artwork. He tried incorporating it into former aborted film projects, such as the Alejandro Jodorowsky version of DUNE and Ridley Scott's THE TRAIN. In fact, the locomotive skulls on the SPECIES train bear a resemblance to the 1976 painting he made for DUNE. Giger thought SPECIES a natural fulfillment of his dream, as it could allow him to realize, in a working 3-dimensional form, a lifelong passion.


The article.

A video.

Thanks, Michelle. Never knew about this.

Ghost Train

Wow. What a prop.


Image source.