'I like big real books, not little devices'

 

cars in Girard Avenue, La Jolla, California, 1950s

Equivalent view today

1960 Robur Garant 30 K bus

(film-autos.com)

1960 Morris 702 bus in Palmerston North NZ

It's unclear if it was a municipal-owned bus, but that's likely. It has Hawke B35D bodywork and the driver stands with Omnibus Manager Reg Crutchley (right) in The Square, where buses operated from.

1947 Wolseley 6-80 advertisement

Wellington trams on Waitoa Road, late 1950s

 

The motorman or conductor standing by the tram on the left  suggests this was especially posed. This is on the eastern side of the former tram tunnel (now bus tunnel) under Mt Victoria. For lots more get the books Wellington Transport Memories and Wellington: a Capital century.

Greek Mikado

A USATC S118 Class steam locomotive, a 2-8-2 "Mikado" type, built by Vulcan Iron Works in the USA.
It was designed for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) and used in at least 24 countries. Greece's 7108 was used on the meter-gauge lines of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE).

Sydney LP type tram model, HO scale

by Redfern Works

1951 Guy Otter truck

 Webpage on Guy Motors

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the end of NZR's Foxton branch, 1959

The end of the 31 km branch line in both senses.

A Bb with a handful of goods wagons and a guard's van (caboose) sit beside the station building at Foxton.   A ceremonial last run was made with passenger cars.

The below aerial pic of May 1951 shows where the station and the goods shed were at the north end of Harbour Street in relation to Main Street (on the left) and the Manawatu River which has since silted up a lot — as a result the big red shed on the edge of the river, which still exists, is now about 30 metres from it.

For lots more see our books, particularly New Zealand 1950s Steam in Colour compiled from the Derek Cross collection.