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the Santa Fe's 'California Limited' in the Arizona desert, circa 1908

"The California Limited was a premier, daily, first-class Santa Fe Railway train operating between Chicago and Los Angeles from November 27, 1892, to June 15, 1954. Known as the "Finest Train West of Chicago," it featured luxurious amenities, including Harvey House dining, and had the longest tenure of any Santa Fe train on that route."

cars on the Grossglockner Strasse high alpine road, Austria, late 1930s

At a scenic lookout near the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe, maybe it's a restaurant car park too.

1950 Crosley Hotshot

Info and lots more pics

traffic in Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota circa 1956

This looks to be the location today

bring back the TEE trains proposal - did it take off?

 This is a travel blog post from 2020 -- a reader may know what became of it

An SBB/CFF RAe TEE II set used for the TEE Gottardo, see earlier posts.

Three decades after it faded from Europe’s timetables, Germany is calling on EU rail operators to bring back the Trans Europe Express which linked major cities of Western Europe starting from the 1950s.

The network of trans-national trains lost traction starting in the 1980s, even as national rail operators began to develop high-speed domestic networks, starting with France’s TGV system.

Although it’s possible, of course, to travel from country-to-country by rail, there is no wide coordination of timetables to create an efficient network, and most transnational trains do not make for easy trips over really long distances. Germany’s proposal is to create a new network, with at least some major routes in operation soon, without requiring significant infrastructure work.

Germany currently holds the EU presidency and this is one of its initiatives; a spokesman suggested that if Europe could coordinate its timetables “train travel would become interesting, even over long distances offering a credible and environmentally friendly alternative to air travel.”

The first four routes proposed are one from Paris to Warsaw via Brussels and Berlin, another connecting Berlin to Barcelona via Frankfurt and Lyon, one linking Amsterdam to Barcelona through Brussels and Lyon, and an Amsterdam to Rome route, via passing through Basel and Milan.

Source

BR Park Royal 4-wheel railbus at Dalmellington, Scotland, 1962

This was the end of the line for the railbus. It was opened to Dalmellington in (Ayrshire) in August 1856 and closed in April 1964. (from Disused Stations Facebook)

1963 Renault Caravelle

Also known as the Renault Floride, 117,000 of these rear-engined, rear-drive cars were made between 1958 and 1968. (classic.com)

1956 Alfa Romeo 1900 Css Touring Coupe

(classic.com)

traffic in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1959

Specifically at the intersection of Granville and Robson Streets.

Present day scene (the trolley bus wires are still there)