It wasn't hard to find this eye-catching collection of cess pictures - the railway is littered with loathsome linesides. We'll keep our eyes peeled for other purlers as we tour the network and if you have any photos which tell a similar story, email them to us and they'll be featured here.
There are islands of quality in this sea of mediocrity. On the West Coast (left) it required multi-million pound investment. On London Underground it cost nothing more than a little pride and TLC.
