1968 Holden HK Premier

a one-horsepower Audi?

steam branch line days on the NZR

At Houipapa on the now long closed Catlins River Branch, Pacific type A178 hauls an excursion train on 3 January 1960. For lots more, see our books, particularly New Zealand 1950s Steam in Colour. (Jack Creber photo)

letting bad car parkers know what you think

Goodyear truck tire poster 1957

The American looking truck and the reference to Hi-Miler indicates that this was for French Canada and not Europe.

a 4-4-0 with a Royal Train on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway art

 

By Jas Longden (1840-?) painted 1899. Original in the National Railway Museum in York.

1946 Murty Brothers truck

"Probably one of a kind, built by the Murty Brothers, of Portland, Oregon. Murty Brothers is a holder of many patents for truck design and is famous for building the narrow cab, single-person trucks used for hauling steel. They also built prototype trucks for the large manufacturers of trucks."

More info and pics

Union Pacific 2-8-0 from 1900

"Union Pacific No. 428 is a 2-8-0 steam locomotive built by the Baldwin locomotive works in 1900 for the Union Pacific Railroad.

"During its first two decades, UP 428 worked freights on UP's lines from Omaha and Kansas City to Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Los Angeles."

Full article

cars in WW1

A curious one-seater on the left -- what is it?

Canadian Pacific double-headed steam freight train, 1950s

The one in front is a G1e/G1f class 4-6-2 built by CPR in 1913. The one behind it looks like a 4-6-4 Hudson. It also looks like there was a lot of calcium in the water being used.