Russian fire train car

Possibly based on a World War II-era Studebaker truck chassis.

'I'm shopping for real printed transport books as Christmas presents'

Albert Park, Melborne, F1 Grand Prix poster

This is a 5,3 km circuit first opened in 1953, closed in 1958, repoened in 1996, closed again in 2019 and reopened again in 2022.

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Hercules K125 BW motorbike

This 123 cc German-made, air-cooled two-stroke motorcycle known for its military-inspired styling and rugged, no-frills design. Produced from the mid-1970s to the 1990s, it was a middleweight motorcycle in the German Bundeswehr (army) and is admired for its simple, analog mechanics.

a railway between Israel and the United Arab Emirates?

The map shows it going through Jordan and Saudi Arabia

A long-envisioned railway link between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is moving toward practical realization, following a visit by an Israeli delegation led by Israeli Minister of Transport, Miri Regev, to Abu Dhabi. The project has advanced quietly since the 2020 normalization agreements (the Abraham Accords), when the UAE expanded its Etihad Rail network westward to the Saudi border at Al Ghuwaifat. That line, operational since 2023, runs from the port of Al Fujairah to the frontier, where the tracks currently end.

The missing element is Saudi Arabia. While the Emirati section is fully built, the Saudis have not yet begun construction to connect their network toward Jordan and Israel. Both Israel and the UAE already operate modern rail systems, so the core focus now is planning the cross-border links needed to complete the corridor.

This effort integrates with the wider Gulf Railway initiative, a major GCC project intended to connect Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman through a unified regional rail network. The original target for initial operation is 2030. Israel and Jordan are expected to integrate into this system where diplomatic ties allow, creating a potential land bridge from the Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.

the new 'Mainlander' passenger train service, NZ

 

The Southerner service from Christchurch to Invercargill ended in January 2002.

the Jaffa to Jerusalem railway

British uniforms and this looks like standard gauge track.

A Baldwin 2-6-0 locomotive taking on more water on a bridge on the 

Jaffa-Jerusalem railway at Battir in 1920.

The Jaffa–Jerusalem railway was built by a French company and inaugurated in 1892. The project was headed by Joseph Navon, a Jewish entrepreneur from Jerusalem  and the line is considered to be the first Middle Eastern railway.

The railway was originally built in 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge, later rebuilt to 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in) and then to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. The line was operated by the French, the Ottomans and after World War I, the British. After its closure in 1948, it was re-opened by Israel Railways in 1949 as the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem railway,  although since 2019 this designation is instead used to refer to the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway – an electrified dual-track railway line constructed during the 21st century that employs extensive bridging and tunneling along a faster, more direct route between the two cities.

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Austrian E45 electric locomotive

This Bo-Bo type was built by Krauss-Linz (mechanical parts) and ELIN (electrical parts) between 1929 and 1931. Output was 1,300 kW (1,780 hp). They were reclassified as ÖBB Class 1145 from 1953.

A total of 16 units were built. After being phased out of regular passenger service in the early 1980s, the locomotives were relegated to shunting duties. The last remaining locomotive of the series, 1145.02, was saved from scrapping and is preserved as a museum locomotive in the Strasshof Railway Museum.

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1936 GMC T-14 Panel Van

1928 Packard 443 Four passenger coupe

 

"This would be the fourth series Packard for 1928 model 443 which is a 143 inch wheelbase. This is one of the cars that is going back into hibernation now after our last event. Packard by 1928 were into their fourth year of the introduction of the eight cylinder engine. This engine design would improve over the years and continue to be their standard eight cylinder flat head straight it configurations up until the last year of the straight eight engine in 1954."