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World transport history
Monday, June 15, 2026
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Sunday, June 14, 2026
Bratislava tram postcard circa 1910
At the time the city was called Pressburg in German and Pozsony as it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now the capital of Slovakia. See earlier posts.
Max Schiemann electric road train circa 1903
early Toronto Transit Commission experimental trolley bus
A painting titled "Trolley on Mt Pleasant Toronto c. 1922" by artist Ken Kirsch which depicts an experimental trolley bus which operated between 1922 and 1925.
Operating on the Mount Pleasant route, the 1.9-km line served as a cost-effective alternative to laying streetcar tracks in lower-density neighborhoods. The experiment was so successful that ridership outgrew the small buses, leading the TTC to replace them with streetcars in 1925.(via transittoronto.ca)
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Soviet electric railway poster 1931
Soviet propaganda poster showing a steeple cab electric loco as a centerpiece and a similar loco hauling a freight train on a bridge above. It states '3690 kilometers' and seems to promote a new train line for the Ukraine for completion over 1932-1933.
Yugoslavia railway poster, 1949
This advertised the 2nd Congress of the Union of Railway Workers and Employees of Yugoslavia in Zagreb from 13-15 March 1949. It obviously features communist imagery, including an industrial background and a red star on one of the locomotives.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
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