Hotel by a Railroad is a painting completed in 1952 by the American realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper.

[2] The painting depicts a man and a woman, presumably a middle-aged couple, inside a room.

This simultaneously connects them, making them similar, and separates them, creating a barrier between the two.

In the mirror, at the left, which together with the window forms the center of the composition, nothing is visible except fuzzy reflections.

The painting depicts a complex interplay of dynamics, boundaries and surfaces.