cars and a tram in Barfüsserplatz, Basel, Switzerland, early 1960s

fishing boats in Whitby, England, late 19th century

tram and truck in Fribourg, Swizterland, 1956

The 6-km (3.7 mile) long electric tram network lasted from 1897 to 1965. From 1949 the trams were steadily replaced with the Fribourg trolleybus system.

What is the truck?

ambulance being manoeuvred through a building wall, Poland

Which just raises the question - why?

the Sursee-Triengen-Bahn, Switzerland

Locomotive ST1, a 0-4-0T from the railway's beginning seen circa 1960.

An 0-6-0 type in present use.

The ST line map; the maximum gradient is 1.5%

This standard gauge private railway was founded in 1912 for passenger transport and has been run as a public limited company. Unusually for Switzerland, it was never electrified. In the early 1970s passenger transport over the 8.9 km between Sursee and Triengen was moved from rail to road. Since then, the railway line has been used for freight transport as well as for the operation of a heritage steam railway.

In September 2018, the ownership of an SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) line was handed over to private hands for the first time in several years: the Sursee-Triengen-Bahn which until then only operated in Surental (Suren Valley) took over the Hinwil-Bäretswil railway line in the Zurich Oberland.

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early photo of the landscape of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, Wales

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migrant ships 'Duchess of Argyle' and 'Jane Gifford'

An oil painting by Roger Morris. "The Duchess of Argyle arrived in Auckland in 1842, a few hours before the Jane Gifford and was boarded by the senior pilot who managed to run her aground. Later that evening the junior pilot boarded the 'Jane' which passed the 'Duchess' who was still aground waiting for the full tide to lift her off. The ship's boat is making depth soundings and Rangitoto Island is in the background. Duchess of Argyle was Auckland's first emigrant ship."

Algoma Central Railway, Canada

This postcard is of an Algoma Agawa Canyon Tour Train on the trestle over the Montreal River at mile 92 north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: 130' (40 metres) high and 1550' (472 metres) in length.

"The Algoma Central Railway (reporting mark AC) is a railway in Northern Ontario that operates between Sault Ste. Marie andHearst. It formerly also had a branch line to Wawa, Ontario (Formerly known as the township of Michipicoten) The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads. The railway is well known for its Agawa Canyon tour train and also provides passenger train service along its entire route to canoeists, snowmobilers, cottagers and tourists accessing this wilderness recreation region. The railway connects at its northernmost point with the Ontario Northland Railway and with CN's eastern division to the south. It also intersects with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Franz and with the Huron Central Railway at its southernmost point in the Sault."

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cars on Highway 90, Biloxi, Missisippi, early 1960s