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

20 Car Innovations that did NOT stand the test of time

 

1964 Chrysler 300

electric railcars of the ASD at the Les Dibalerets terminus, Switzerland, 1973

See earlier posts.

China's Comax C919 airliner about to take off

 pun intended.

Members of the BRICS alliance will likely be the first customers.

1970s Ikarus bus in Ukraine

See earlier posts on Ikarus.  Intourist was the name of the state tourist bureau of the Soviet Union which Ukraine was part of until 1991.  There is a little passenger horse-drawn cart behind the bus.

evening stack train in the Mojave desert, California

Waiting for train pictures out here needs to be done when tenperatures are tolerable such as early morning and in the evening. Lead unit in this 3-engine lash-up is a BNSF C44-9W from GE.

1970 Pontiac Firebird

Yellow is considered a safe color, often used for ambulances as well as for school buses, but you rarely see cars in it.

Lots more pics

1965 Renault 10 promo item

MV 'Fairsea' (1949)

This was the first passenger ship of the famous Sitmar Line and the first non-British ship employed to carry assisted emigrants (the so called Ten Pound Poms) from Britain to Australia. The Fairsea was a regular sight in Australian waters and made a total of 81 voyages to and from Australia between 1949 and 1969. 

Originally named Rio de la Plata, the migrant ship Fairsea was built for the American shipping company Moore-McCormick Line for their passenger and cargo service between New York and the east coast of South America. However, she never served on this intended route, for upon her launch in 1941 (during World War II), she was converted into an escort aircraft carrier and commissioned into the Royal Navy as the HMS Charger.

Soon after, she returned to American hands and served for four years in the Pacific as USS Charger.

After a brief post war period as a troop carrier, the Fairsea was rebuilt for migrant service in 1949, providing very basic accommodation for 1,800 passengers with the intention of transporting displaced people and refugees from Europe to Australia.

Data
Dimensions: 492 x 69 ft (150 x 21.1 m)
Registered Tonnage: 11,833 tons gross (13,432 tons after 1958)
Service Speed: 16 knots
Propulsion: Doxford geared diesels / single screw

(via Collections Museums Victoria)