1930s Dennis Dart DA bus, England

It had 18 seats.

the Denver and Rio Grande Western in F unit days

impressive model railroad based on the narrow gauge Rio Grande Southerm

Unfortunately, the RGS has long belonged to history, operating a 162 mile (261 km) system in the Rockies from 1891 to 1951. It's had, and has, many admirers and this is a great model layout.

The real thing near Ophir in September 1951.

1906 Lanchester 20 hp 4-door

 

NZR's 'Kingston Flyer' at Five Rivers on the old Kingston branch, circa 1972

The tourist train lasted a bit over 10 years running from Lumsden to Kingston before being truncated to the Fairlight - Kingston portion of the line. See earlier posts and our books.

the Gotham el

A still from the movie Joker (2019) set in Gotham, which generally is taken to be a reference to New York. This could be CGI, but parts of the NYC Subway system do look like this.

'I like to read a good real book for pleasure at home'

 

1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Club Coupe

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Pacific Electric trolleys outside a commercial block, northwest corner of Lake Ave. and E. Mariposa St., Altadena, greater L.A., ca. 1930

Surprisingly it's still there, as it survived last week's fire.

coverage of the major Bel Air fire, Los Angeles, November 1961

History repeats in a lot of ways, although this was a lot less devastating than last week's fires. The documentary shows a lot of LAFD fire appliances and citizen cars of the time,