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Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Launceston, Tasmania, trolleybus
Further lines opened to Basin Road and Quarantine Road via Talbot Road, both on 24 February 1957 to form a cross-city service, followed by Norwood on 27 November 1961. The network closed in stages in 1968.
Monday, August 15, 2022
British Railways 22 class diesel loco and Diesel Multiple Unit on Biston Flyover, Monmouthshire
cars and buses in Pariser Platz, Berlin, early 1930s
With the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) obvious. This pretty much is the heart of Berlin, in divided Berlin days, just on the DDR side. At right is the French embassy, which had to be rebuilt because of the destruction in WW2.
Sunday, August 14, 2022
farewell to Auckland's Diesel Multiple Units
It comes as KiwiRail works to modernise the city's rail network, with buses replacing the service till electric trains take their place in 2024.
Auckland Transport’s Raymond Siddalls, who played an integral role in introducing diesel passenger trains in New Zealand 30 years ago, says it's "the end of an era".
Siddalls told 1News the move to electric trains is sad but it's progress. "It's sad in some ways to see them go because they've been so successful."
He said the other major factor is that electric trains are better for the environment.
Saturday, August 13, 2022
an NZR Fiat articulated railcar and a Standard railcar cross at Manakau south of Levin, May 1955
The Fiat was brand new, undergoing trials from Wellington, the Standard dated from the late 1930s. The station at Manakau has long gone. For lots more, see our books. (NZR photo)
NSW class 47 Co-Co type diesel
This was a class of 20 units built over 1972-1973 by A. Goninan & Co. in Broadmeadow, NSW. They were numbered 4701 to 4720, prime move was a 4-stroke Caterpillar 16-D399TA rated at 1,126 hp. Six are preserved.