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1979 Volvo 240 260 Series Sedan sales brochure cover

PKP Class EN56 electric multiple unit of Poland, early 1960s

A total 36 of these sets were produced by VEB Waggonbau Görlitz in the DDR between 1954 and 1957. The following class was the EN57 produced by the Pafawag factory in Wrocław (Breslau) between 1961 and 1993 -- with 1418 sets the longest-produced railway vehicle in Polish history.

Axle arrrangement: 2′2′ + Bo′Bo′ + 2′2
Total Train Length63,100 mm (61,880 mm excluding couplers)

Width 2,950 mm

Height 4,200 mm

Total Service Weight 135 tonnes (Motor car: 60.5 t; Trailers: 37.2 t each)

Electric System3 kV DC (Overhead line)

Traction Motors 4 × LEW Hennigsdorf GBM185 motors

Continuous Power Output 580 kW (145 kW × 4)

Maximum Speed 110 km/h

Route 66 centennial medallion

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SNCF 232-S streamlined steam locomotive, late 1950s

This was a group of four streamlined 4-6-4 "Hudson" (or Baltic) type express passenger steam locomotives designed by Marc de Caso. They were ordered by the Chemin de Fer du Nord but delivered directly to the newly formed SNCF in 1941. 
They were built alongside the mechanically simpler, 3-cylinder 232-R class to directly test the efficiency of 4-cylinder compound expansion against simple expansion at high speeds. 

They were originally planned in the 1930s  to haul heavy, high-speed express trains. Their service life ended in 1961.

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a 1980s AVM DAF bus in Zimbabwe

These front-engined buses were locally built and assembled in Zimbabwe by AVM Africa (Pvt) Ltd (formerly known as W. Dahmer & Co.).

the SNCF railyard at Avignon-Champfleury in 1959

The locomotive looks like a 2-8-2 or in French categorization a 141.

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train time at Waipawa station, NZ, 1904

With what looks like an N class 2-6-2 steam loco built by Baldwin USA in 1901. The station was later replaced with a bigger one, today gone completely, but the main line is still used by freight trains.  (colorized)

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cars in Borger, Texas, 1950s

At the time the town had a population of around 20,000 justifying traffic lights at this intersection at least, but it has since dropped by about a third. It has a reasonable size railyard. (colorized).

BOAC poster featuring a VC 10, 1960s

British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the historical British long-haul airline operating from 1939 to 1974. The Vickers VC10, was a prominent British four-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1960s.

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