Exterior Friezes @ Gare Centrale, Montreal

The large murals by Charles Comfort inside Montreal's Gare Centrale are unmissable to all but the most urgent of travellers passing through the ticket hall.

Outside, however, there are a series of friezes executed by Fritz Brandtner that are too often overlooked.

They depict various aspects of transport through the ages including hot air balloons, planes, trains and a fantastic rendering of Icarus flying too close to the sun. As you can see from the final picture, some of the reliefs have been severely compromised and, no doubt, have been removed or hidden by subsequent extensions to the railway station.