The railway has always stood out as a world apart, a little microcosm frequented by different “existences”, all of whom are part of a single system. Every little part of any manifestation of the railways brings with it a story of its own, well worth telling, of which it is an indelible witness. This is true of every single object, including those made obsolete by the unstoppable progress of technology. Above all, it is true of images of buildings that have since vanished, but once played an essential role in the world of the railways. Countless old railway station buildings have been sacrificed to the advent of new technologies, but their memory may be preserved in a number of different ways… an assuntoria or outsourced railway management station, a customs station, a holiday resort station. Destinations which may be inconceivable today and yet are, in different ways, united by a single common denominator, their alleged and apparently “disposable” nature, which means they now exist only in memory - their existence depending exclusively on the testimony that nostalgic railway buffs and historians can provide. The first image perfectly expresses this sentiment, because it does not represent a vanished railway workers’ home, but the disappearance of its unforgettable content, the dopolavoro ferroviario or railway workers’ club, as can be read in the wording visible on the corner wall.