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Southern Peru Copper Corporation (SPCC) Alco RS-11 locomotive

SPCC purchased 5 units new from ALCO: Delivered directly from the builder between 1956 and 1959, assigned road numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. plus 3 units acquired second-hand from the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) in the mid-1970s, assigned road numbers 11, 12, and 13. While the SPCC roster has historically included nearly 50 different locomotives, their current active line-up has been consolidated down to roughly 24 to 26 active mainline engines. Much of their daily mine operations shifted heavily to truck hauling, which allowed them to retire older models like the original ALCO RS-11 fleets.

SPCC operates an industrial private railway network that spans approximately 133 to 149 miles (214 to 240 km) of standard-gauge track. The primary artery of the system is the Toquepala-Cuajone-Ilo line, which connects their high-altitude Andean open-pit copper mines to the coastal processing infrastructure.

1930s French Aéropostale poster with South American destinations

Perhaps a Latécoère 28 is meant to be depicted. The map shows a north to south route running from Toulouse through Casablanca and Dakar, crossing the South Atlantic to Natal, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires.

NZH Blauwe Tram (Blue Tram) interurban tram set, Netherlands, circa 1960

In Tramstraat in Katwijk. NZH stood for Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Tramweg-Maatschappij. See earlier post.

cars in Ratibor, Germany, late 1930s

In the street (Bahnhofstrasse) is a 1935 Ford Model C Ten; the one near the streetmap could be a 1926 Buick Standard Six sedan. Ratibor has been Raciborz in Poland since 1945. (colorized)

1970s Polski Fiat 126p

Seen in Chorzow. This car was manufactured under license in Poland by FSM and became something of a cultural icon being affectionately known as the "Maluch" (meaning "The Little One" or "Toddler")

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.