Friday, April 25, 2025

model of an 0-4-0 ST Hunslet narrow gauge industrial steam locomotive

 


These were typically used in quarrying, the short wheelbase indicating use on extra tight curves.

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cars outside the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1967

At the time the city was named Leningrad. After the collapse of communism in 1991 the name was changed back to the original.

The Hermitage is arguably Russia's best known museum.

1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III GT



It had probably more pronounced fins (in proportion) than American cars had by that stage.

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

1911 Aberdonia

The Aberdonia was manufactured in Park Royal, London from 1911 to 1915 by coachbuilders Brown, Hughes and Strachan. The engine was a 3160 cc, 4 cylinder, side valve unit. It cost £500 with seven-seated touring coachwork, or £700 with “special landau body”.

At the 1911 London Motor Show a one-off design, mid-engined and forward-control with the driver ahead of the engine was displayed.

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Pan Am is back, kind of

 This arrived in our e-mail:

Sunday, April 20, 2025

cars and buses in Mayakovsky Square, Moscow, early 1960s


"Mayakovsky Square in Moscow was originally named Triumfalnaya Square but was renamed in the 1930s to honor the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. A monument to Mayakovsky, created by Aleksandr Kibalnikov, was erected on the square in 1958. The square has since returned to its original name, Triumfalnaya Square, while the monument remains."