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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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.

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Pan Am is back, kind of

 This arrived in our e-mail:

Pan Am Travel, 23091 Mill Creek Drive, Laguna Hills, California 92653, 949-614-8000

1965 Vauxhall Victor 101 Super

With a 'Powerglide' badge on the trunk.

'good real books are my thing, not little electronic screens'

1961 Henschel HS 120 truck

The red star on the grille suggests it was being used behind the iron curtain?

two version of The Cab, 1928

The Carry the Dame by footmen version was probably for rocky or muddy paths.

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."

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