Wednesday, September 11, 2024

full size theme park replica of the 'Titanic'


A full-scale replica of the RMS Titanic is under construction in Sichuan Province, China. The project began in 2014 and is being built as part of a theme park attraction in Daying County. The replica measures 883 feet (269 meters) in length and 92 feet in width, identical to the original Titanic. It will be permanently docked on a reservoir and will not sail.

Over 23,000 tons of steel and several years of work have gone into the project, which is expected to include historically accurate details such as the dining room, door handles, and a functioning steam engine to simulate the experience of being aboard the original ship. The project is estimated to cost around one billion yuan ($US 150 million), and the replica is intended to attract tourists from around the world as a five-star hotel and museum experience. (Marine Buff FB)

Monday, September 9, 2024

Switzerland's first water-toboggan on Lac LĂ©man, 1927


Also known in English as Lake Geneva. The water-toboggan was imported from the United States, was 11 meters high and 25 meters long and allowed people to ‘surf’ on the lake with a board as shown although no rope isn't obvious, it was basically a slide.

terminus of the St Charles streetcar line in New Orleans

With a little model.  Although most of the line is along St Charles Avenue, some is in S. Carrollton. Traveling along it is a cheap way of seeing the grand old garden surrounded houses. (Geoff Churchman pic)

1935 Mercedes Benz 130 H sedan

Info

1960 Cadillac Series 62

An apt color...

electric railcar on the Biasca-Acquarossa railway, Ticino, Switzerland, 1973

This was the year the meter-gauge 13.8 km line was closed and replaced with a bus service. It had been in service since 1911.

Info, pics and a map

'I use good real books to teach my students'


traffic in Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 1935

 

At the corner with Leipziger Stasse, looking north. The area was rebuilt in plain modernist style after extensive bomb damage in WW2.

It looks like an Opel Blitz pickup in the center.

Present day view

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Canadian Pacific steam crossing CGI

A pair of 4-8-4's built in 1928 with road numbers 3100 and 3101.

Detailed info on steamlocomotive.com with photos is here