turtle tunnels under train tracks

Algerian equipment bonds poster, mid-20th century

Pay 860F, get 1000F back in 4 years, an interest rate of 3.84%.

the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal through Egypt gets marked, discretely

This was opened in 1869 to link the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

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See also the earlier post.

Newport Boulevard, Costa Mesa, California, late 1950s

Just up from Newport Beach, greater L.A. area. Presumably that 3-car line-up was organised by the photographer. :-)

'Leaving Pahiatua' railway yard art by Felicity Ann Nettles

Not dated. The state of the track depicted would be quite disconcerting...

'I like a book I can touch'

ships in the Leuvehaven, Rotterdam, 1867 art by Petrus van der Velden

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cars along Garden Grove Boulevard, greater L.A., 1950s

Looking north from Garden Grove Bvld. (Orange County Archives)

KiwiRail DXB and DXC with an empty coal train in Westland

Headed for north of Westport, seen alongside the Arnold River with an old Midland Railway Company house in the background. For lots more, see the book On the TransAlpine Trail. (Geoff Churchman pic)

LA streetcar, 1963

An LAMTA PCC car, eastbound on 7th Street at Spring Street in February 1963. (Alan Weeks pic /Metro Archive)