The Launching of the Hijaz Railway stamp, Syria

This was a famous railway with some great desert scenery. How much is still operable we don't know, but almost certainly not the Syrian part at least. See earlier posts.

'I like to read a book with my morning coffee'

Swiss Postbus stamps, 1953

a great temporary broken car window repair

A smash and grab thief window break - use a picture of Jack Nicholson in The Shining (from a viral e-mail)

the paquebot 'Général Leclerc'

 

An original poster from the time this ship was launched in 1951, and a recreation based on it, with the direction obviously flipped, by Jo Kerdraon. - more details and pictures here

Maritime Company of the Gathered Shippers

 

 

The translation of the title of this French company which lasted from 1872 to 1990 and had up to 64 ships.  The first poster from 1950 shows the parts of the world serviced, the second was clearly aimed at attracting passengers.

Great Lakes steamship 'Christopher Columbus', circa 1910

This was in service between 1893 and 1933 and according to Wikipedia, the only whaleback ship ever built for passenger service - more

F-10 Special

And by categorisation association, if completely unrelated, a car of the Low Volume Vehicle Association of NZ with this name seen at the Constructors Car Club Show in October.  For details, see Patrick Harlow's two books.

Fokker F.10 diagram

 

Having mentioned this aircraft - of which 65 were built in the late 1920s - in the previous post, here is a diagram as contained in the February 1970 issue of American Aircraft Modeler - source

Mexicana airline travel poster, 1930s

With what looks like a Fokker F.10