Monday, February 16, 2026

cars in Cali, Colombia, 1940s

The approximate equivalent scene today.

'I want to teach from a real book, not a little screen'

Canadian 4-6-0 hauling freight and passenger cars, 1958

Class D3e, #417, only member in the class, built in 1910.

More info

testing engine power and torque, San Francisco, 1923

At the corner of Duncan and Noe Streets. The car is on Duncan Street which must have been a through street at the time but isn't now.

Similar view today

 

a Pacific Electric interurban car at the intersection of 6th and Los Angeles Sts, 1943

The Pacific Electric HQ building is out of sight to the left. Buildings in this area haven't been subjected to the same Great Replacement as other parts of the downtown and the then Greyhound bus terminal is still there.

Present day view

Los Angeles streetcar in 1941


Looking east on 5th Street from Figueroa.

It has changed a lot -- the intersection now

1978 Magrius Deutz dump truck


a sugar cane replica railway in Barbados at St Nicholas Abbey


This was only built within the past few years. The locomotive is a Jung-built Mallet 0-4-4-0T&T, rebuilt by Statfold Barn in the UK and shipped to the island in 2019. (Narrow gauge enthusiasts FB)


a 1954 Hillman Minx in Greater L.A.

A British car? Yup.  The P.E. car states it is travelling from Glendale to Burbank.