a tanker train crosses the Daugava river in Riga, Latvia

Possibly a TEM class switcher but it's too distant to be sure. Railways are in the Russian 5' gauge. Riga is a river port not far from the Baltic (Ost) Sea which is the distance out of sight.  The building in the center is the National Library.

'good real books are my thing, not e-readers'

a KiwiRail DL class pulls a freight train into Napier NZ from the south in late afternoon sun

See earlier posts.

the 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' car of the 1968 movie

It was built by the producers for the movie which was set around 1912.  There were some actual vintage vehicles in the movie, however, like this 1913 McCurd 32.4 hp 5-ton Box Van --

1975 Ford Grenada

 

ex-CSD 4-8-2 steamer 475.101 with a fantrip

The 475.1 class was produced in a run of 147 by Skoda in Pilsen from 1947 to 1950 (this one in 1948) for express trains and were very popular among railroaders of Czechoslovakia. In Czech they were called "slechticna" or noblewoman.  Final withdrawal occurred in 1980.

cars in Welch, West Virginia, 1946

The town now is very quiet. -- approximate equivalent view

the Slupsk tramway, Poland

Actually this is just a static display on a short length of track as a "reminder of the 1000 mm gauge public tram transport, in operation in 1910–1959".

Well, it's nice that the municipality now appreciates trams unlike in the 1950s, but why not recreate an actual tramline as a tourist attraction?

Details of the somewhat on-and-off nature of the history, in what was the German town of Stolp until 1945 are here.

1902 Panhard Racer

1949 Vauxhall Velox/Wyvern promo pics

 "Oh gawd, what does Mother-in-Law want?"