train in Japanese cherry blossom

Right now it a well-known pretty if shortlived time in Japan, here a local train on the Inbi Line Miura Station in thw cherry blossom tunnel in Tsuyama City.

'I like to read a real book in the park, not a cellphone'

Finnish diesel-hydraulic Dv12 class road switcher

 Between 1963 and 1984 a total 192 of these B-B type were built. The engine was a a Finnish-built Tampella SACM MGO V16 BSHR with two Brown Boveri-VTR 200 M turbochargers, output power stated as 1300 hp.

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1931 Pierce-Arrow Convertible

forget the overloading, it's a good ad for the truck's strength!

 

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a secluded rural train station in Japan

An example of a hikyō eki remote station.

1952 Daimler DB18 (Daimler Consort)

The DB18 was produced by Daimler from 1939 until 1953, a 2½-litre version of the preceding 2.2-litre New Fifteen introduced in 1937. From 1949, the DB18 was revised to become the Daimler Consort.

Using the engine developed for the Daimler Scout Car it was offered to customers from 1939 as a six-cylinder chassis on which Daimler and various British coach builders offered a range of bodies including drop-head coupes.

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Indonesian Railways (PMKA) D52 class 2-8-2 waits to leave Purwokerto, 1982

100 of these oil-burning 2-8-2s were built by Krupp in 1951, only one of which, D52 099, is listed as surviving.

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southbound NZR railcar RM7 'Matahourua' enters Kaitoke station, circa 1954

This was one of the Wairarapa class (nicknamed 'tin hares') from 1936 and lasted until shortly after the Rimutaka tunnel was opened in November 1955 when they were replaced by the recently arrived Fiats.

For lots more, get the book New Zealand 1950s Steam in Colour compiled from the Derek Cross collection.

1967 Daimler 250 V8