1960 Moskvitch 407 in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Full of apples as a civic symbol -- Almaty is widely known as the "City of Apples" (Alma translates to apple in Kazakh.)

Baltimore & Ohio E6s with a passenger train in 1949

Passing through Brunswick, Maryland, with the town's YMCA in the background, now gone.

Greymouth NZ railyard in Grassgrub days

Taken in 1979 with a Grassgrub at the station platform but the locomotive is somewhere else.  The railyard apart from the main line is now occupied by supermarkets.  For more see earlier posts and our books.

1940 Panhard et Levassor Dynamic with a towed gazogène

The Panhard et Levassor Dynamic had Art Deco streamline design and was produced from 1936 to 1940.

 
The Gazogène was a gas generator for World War II fuel shortages. Starting around 1939–1940 many French vehicles were retrofitted or paired with gazogènes to burn wood, charcoal, or coal to produce a combustible gas mixture for the engine.

'a paper book is easier on the eyes than a little screen'

1939 TF-type Leyland bus, England

It was the first bus design equipped with air-operated gears and brakes. Shortly after entering service in 1939, it was temporarily converted into a wartime ambulance during World War II. It is now preserved in the London Transport Museum collection

1939 Steyr Type 55

1939 Peterbilt Model 260 truck tractor

1939 Delahaye 135 MS Grand Sport Roadster

By Figoni et Falaschi.

1939 AEC model eight 4-axle truck