Tuesday, August 22, 2017
rowboat in Lausanne - Ouchy, Lake Geneva, Switzerland, 1960
She looks lonely. Ouchy is pronounced 'ooshy'.
traffic on ul. Marszałkowska, Warsaw, Poland, circa 1970
The sezam department store visible was opened in 1969 and lasted until 2014 when it was demolished. In the foreground is the Swietokryzski Park
the Barcelona 'allahu akbarist' is shot dead
Daily Mail (UK) story
And there is another story of a 35 year old with "psychiatric problems" (read "Islamist") driving a car into two separate bus stops in Marseille, killing a 42 year old woman -- story
Monday, August 21, 2017
Mt Cook Airlines DC3 and Cessna 185
The Cessna was built in 1961. For more details of this and many other aircraft, see the book The Aircraft of Air New Zealand and Affiliates since 1940 by Paul Sheehan
the SS 'Kia Ora' enters Nelson, circa 1910
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Canadian National trains pass through the Morrissey Rock tunnel, New Brunswick
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| a steam-hauled 'Ocean Limited' in 1952 |
"the Morrissey Rock was carved out in 1874 to complete the Intercolonial Railway line from Halifax to Québec City. Without the tunnel in the Morrissey Rock it would not have been possible to fulfill the wish of the Québec City Conference of 1864 to build a railway link “ad mare usque ad mare”, from sea to sea, which eventually brought about the conditions for Confederation in 1867. At the time the tunnel was the only one of its kind in the Maritime Provinces. The first through passenger train service from Halifax to Québec City was on July 6, 1876."
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