trams and buses in Katowice, Poland, 1960s

 

Katowice trams currently operate 178 km (111 miles) of routes using 660 V DC from trolley wires.

British Railways parcels railcar

British Railways introduced a number of 'parcels only' railcars which could also tow trailers. This one was built by Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. in 1959, later designated as 128 Class. It is seen here between Spring Road and Tyseley on the North Warwickshire line in 1961. (pic by Michael Mensing from the magazine Backtrack volume 6(2)

Model of an SNCF Z 4700 série electric muliple unit

The Z 4700 series (specifically Z 4701 and Z 4702) were built by the former Paris-Orléans (PO) railway company and later inherited by the SNCF, these were distinctive dual-coach, three-bogie electric units.  Details here.

This HO scale display model is made by Atlas (cost about $US 15).

how to transport railway boxcars when there's a break of track gauge

In German these flat low level narrow gauge trucks are known as Rollwagen -- the standard gauge boxcars get pushed up onto them to continue the journey along narrow gauge line.  Of course the operation is time consuming and the reason why new lines will never be built with a break of gauge today.  In the past, narrow gauge made economic sense when there was rugged terrain as curves can be sharper.

This scene was at Zanjemysl in Poland in the good old steam days.

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Brill tramway, Buckinghamshire, England

The Brill Tramway was a standard gauge 6-mile (10 km) railway, also known as the Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway, Brill Branch in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire. It was privately built in 1871 by the 3rd Duke of Buckingham as a horse tram line to help transport goods between his lands around Wotton House and the national rail network. Lobbying from the nearby village of Brill led to its extension to Brill and conversion to passenger use in early 1872. 

Two passenger train locomotives were bought (the one in the pic is obviously an 0-6-0T), but the line had been built for horses and thus trains travelled at an average speed of only 4 miles per hour! The headquarters were in Brill from 1872 to 1899 when the Metropolitan Railway took over operations then London from 1899 to closure in 1935.

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'I like to read a good real book on my bed'

early 1950s Riley 2.5

These cars were participating in NZ's 1952 Southland rally. Next to the Riley 2.5 is a Jowett Javelin. The scene is outside the iconic Wanaka Hotel, which burnt down 6 years later.  (Pic by Digby Paape's father, colorized)

streetcar in Austin, Texas, 1905

The streetcar era lasted from 1891 to 1940 when it was dismantled to make way for internal combustion transport.

Here a woman looks to have just got off a trolley headed for the State Capitol.

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NZR KA 933, a 4-8-4, with a short goods train north of Paekakariki, 1950s

For lots more, get the book New Zealand 1950s Steam in Colour.