traffic in greater L.A., 1940s

 

New York Central steam passenger trains in the Mohawk River Valley circa 1907

Between Albany and Syracuse.

candid safety message on the back of a bus, NZ

Apparently this was real and not Photoshopped.

Pacific Electric car near the Hollywood bowl, greater L.A., 1952

Pacific Electric interurban car #5175 passes the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl along North Highland Avenue on 27 December 1952.

Lots more on the Pacific Electric Historical website

US Mail Highway Post Office #1

From the look of it, a White bus converted.

Czech 2-8-2 steam locomotive from 1922

Loco 423.009 built by Adamovské strojírny / Škoda plants is seen in Marienbad (Marianske Lazne), one of 20 of this series.

Specifications are on this webpage

More info here

'I like to find out what good real books say'

1933 Tatra bus in Bratislava, Slovakia, 1947

Seen with a wood gas generator installed. This was one of two built -- technical details are here

1983 Volvo Turbo 244

"Turbo" was something of a buzzword in the 1980s; one of us remembers buying a vacuum cleaner that had turbo in the name!

More pics here

1924 Stewart truck

via Barrett-Jackson.com

More info on Stewart