Hungarian steam train poster, 1958

"Keep the Space Under Surveillance!"

1952 DeSoto sedan

an Allied military train in Egypt's Western Desert, WW2

The extent of the info. The locomotive looks to be British with a fair amount of armour plating around it.

tunny fleet at Scarborough, LNER poster, England, 1930s

Says Wikipedia, "Big-game tunny fishing off Scarborough was a sport practised by wealthy aristocrats and military officers mostly in the 1930s. The British Tunny Club was founded in Scarborough in 1933 and had its headquarters there. The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) (or "tunny" as it was known in Britain at the time) is a large and powerful fish, arguably the strongest fish in the world, which is frequently the target of big-game fishermen."

poster for the GDG railway and bus administration, Sweden, 1940s(?)

Obviously depicting an electric multiple unit at a country station.

The Trafikförvaltningen Göteborg–Dalarne–Gävle (traffic administration) came into being in 1919 and was active until 1947 when all companies that were part of GDG were purchased by the state and incorporated into Statens Järnvägar in 1948.

GDG was Sweden's largest individual railway company and one of the most profitable of all time. The companies in the traffic administration were largely owned by the cities of Gothenburg and Gävle . Parts of the railways are today part of the Swedish Transport Administration's railway network.

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trams go through the Traforo del Quirinale in Rome, Italy, circa 1910

 "The "Traforo del Quirinale," more formally known as the Traforo Umberto I, is a historic tunnel in Rome built between 1902 and 1905 to connect Via del Tritone and Via Nazionale by passing under the Quirinale Hill and the Palazzo del Quirinale. Designed by Alessandro Viviani, this over 100-year-old tunnel provides a significant architectural and engineering link between two key areas of the city."

There are no tram tracks through it now.

Present day view

1976 Dodge Fire truck pumper

'I enjoy a good real book a lot more than an electronic device'

1976 Chrysler Newport

 

La Buire car poster, 1920s

This carmaker existed from 1905 to 1930.

1969 Plymouth Roadrunner

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circuitous engineering on the Chemin de fer de Castres à Murat-sur-Vèbre, France

The upper cutting was obviously for a road.

The meter-gauge railway was built between 1905 and 1911 and began at an altitude of 170 meters. The highest altitude was 905 meters reached just before the terminus.

The difference was overcome thanks to an almost continuous ramp over the 75 km of the journey, which reached 4%.

Shortly after Laparayrié-Beaudecamy was the series of three viaducts in the picture. The longest tunnel was that of Teillède at 720 meters.

The line closed in 1962.

circa 1949 Fiat 1100 car and truck promo poster

1956 Fiat 1400B

Finnish railway passenger train poster, 1950

the Armstrong Siddeley hood ornament

It was still in use in the 1950s.

British Railways Southern Railway electric multiple unit approaches London, Victoria

Obviously in the late 1950s from the buildings in the background, but still in the green livery. This was a third rail DC operation, see earlier posts -- and here

'I like to read a good real book in my coffee breaks'

1966 Pontiac Grand Prix

By Cory Fong on All Original Cars FB

1958 British United Traction/Leyland trolleybus, Auckland

Seen entering the then Auckland Railway Station front yard from Beach Road in December 1978 in what is now called Te Taou Cres and the carpark spaces on the right are gone. These trolley buses for the K Road -- Queen Street - Railway Station run had the red band around them.  A Bedford bus of the Railways Road Services is parked on the left. (Peter Moses, Motat collection)

1924 AEC 403 gasoline (petrol) bus

In 1924 Auckland City Corporation Tramways acquired 10 x AEC 403 petrol buses, fleet numbers 1 to 10. The bodywork was by DSC and Cousins with seating for 30. They were transferred to Transport Bus Services in 1933. Withdrawn from service between 1934 and 1938, one was sold to The Passenger Transport Company Ltd.

GE 44-ton switcher

Of the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad, a Class III shortline. Initially the line served the communities of Bath, New York and Hammondsport, New York. In Bath, the railroad connected with the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. In 1996, the railroad was leased by the Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad.

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The loco was built in 1950 (ex L&N #3103, exx NYC&StL #103) and sold in 1970.

1937 Vauxhall DX

Northern Ireland narrow gauge railcar, 1959

"Railcar no. 14 from Strabane has just arrived at Letterkenny. Loco no. 4 is shunting [switching] in the distance. 24 August 1959. Photo: Roger Koanes"

This 3 ft (914 mm) gauge line was 19.25 miles (30.98 km) long and lasted from 1906 to 1971, but was closed to passengers on 1 January 1960.

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a Wellington NZ tram at the terminus of the Aro Street line, 1904

This was taken at the time the line was opened.  For lots more, see the books Wellington: a Capital century and Wellington Transport Memories.

1946 Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane

These were made between 1946 and 1953. Info

1971 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight

 

'I like a good real book in my breaks not a little device'

 

1977 Mazda 323 hatchback

1948 Sunbeam Talbot 80 and 90

 Obviously in connection with the British auto show in London's Earls Court.

an NZR ED class electric locomotive in the short distance between NIMT tunnels 1 and 2

On its way to Paekakariki where it would be replaced with a steam locomotive, probably taken about 1950-1951 before the EW class arrived in 1952. Although the first two passenger cars are the older wood sided ones, the third is a steel sided one.

For info and lots more, see the books Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand and Wellington Transport Memories.

a Russian O class 0-8-0 crosses the Russian border with Finland, early 20th century

 

Both countries had and have the same 5 ft gauge.

These engines were built between 1891 and 1923.

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1941 Buick promo items

 

Pennsylvania Railroad freight, 1955

With an EMD F3A on the front on a 5 track mainline in Pennsylvania, exact location not stated.

1946 Skoda 706 R truck

A scale model available from Temu.

1978 Cadillac Eldorado Biaritz

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'would you like to read this good real book with me?'

 

Springwood railway junction, England

"Huddersfield. Ahead lies the Pennines [hills] and Manchester, left goes to Penistone and below to Leeds. The route of the trans-pennine dmu is about to gain more prominence with improved [or reinstated] track and signalling to boost capacity."

Kotka port 100th anniversary stamp, Finland, 1978

 Although this was well into the container age, it looks more like a conventional cargo ship and that is definitely a steam locomotive.

traffic jam with BNSF and UP freight trains over Cajon Pass, California

There are lots of videos around on Cajon Pass being the nearest mountain pass to LA but this very recent one is nicely shot with drones, even if the author's text and graphics get a little intrusive.

Esso gas station in Via Empedocle Restivo, Palermo, Italy, late 1960s

There is still one there, now called Q8 

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