the Amtrak station of Orlando, Florida

The station was built in 1926 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL). The building was designed in the Spanish Mission style. It became part of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad after the Coast line merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad in 1967.

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French crocodiles

 

The BB12000 & CC14000 classes.

1952 Humber Pullman Mark III woody wagon

Officially a 'Warwick' Shooting Brake, an estate car version of the luxury car created by coachbuilders Castle Bodies of Coventry.

a transport-themed Albanian banknote, 1976

With a steam train, truck and a ship.  Today 5 Lek would be worth a US nickel, but was probably more than that in 1976.

'I find good real books very useful'

the Last Train in Kosovo

 

Santa Fe 2-6-2 built by Baldwin in 1901

 

Ala Littoria poster from 1935

This depicts a Savoia-Marchetti S.74

In 1935, Ala Littoria acquired Adria Aero Lloyd, which operated routes to Albania, and Nord Africa Aviazione (founded in 1931). After the Spanish Civil War, Ala Littoria invested in Iberia, the Spanish airline that was established following the demise of LAPE. Ala Littoria acquired 12.5 % of the airline and purchased three Junkers Ju 52 airframes without engines from Lufthansa, giving them to Iberia in lieu of capital.

Ala Littoria flew to destinations across Europe and the Italian colonies in Africa. In 1934 was done an experimental flight from Rome to Mogadiscio in Italian Somalia, that established a world record on long distance civil flight and allowed to start the Imperial Line (Linea dell'Impero) the next year, in 1935.

Linea dell'Impero was the longest route in Africa by Ala Littoria in the years preceding World War II and was considered the most prestigious Italian air route of the time. It connected Rome with Mogadiscio in Italian East Africa, and from 1939 the route could be travelled without a change of airplane with a state-of-the-art- Savoia Marchetti (civilian) SM 75.

In March 1938 the airline did the first record flight from Rome to Argentina with the route Roma-Cagliari-Bathurst/Gambia-Bahia-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires, using a special hydroplane of the model CANT Z.506, but later the company was substituted by the newly created LATI for the Latin American flights.

Ala Littoria routes in 1940 grew to 37,110 km, mainly in the Mediterranean and Africa. This gave Italy the fifth most extensive air routes in the world (after the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany and the United Kingdom). Following Italy's entry into World War II, civil flights were suspended. In 1941, the General Staff of the Regia Aeronautica imposed the militarisation of civil aviation, placing it under the control of the Special Air Service Command (SASC). During the War, Ala Littoria acted as a transport service for the Royal Italian Army. However the airline did not survive the war and was disbanded. It was substituted after the war by Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali, established on 16 September 1946 and later renamed Alitalia.

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1937 Chevrolet Pickup

(pic by Fast Lane Photography NZ)

steam working on the Rewanui incline, NZ

Loaded coal wagons descend the Rewanui Incline with the tank loco visible acting as a brake. Coal mining around Rewanui commenced in 1901 although the terminus of the railway branch,13 km from Greymouth opened in 1914. It closed in 1985. Liverpool 1,2 and 3 started in 1913 and closed in 1984. Mount Davy commenced in 1997 closing just one year later in 1998 after the death of three miners .The Spring Creek mine commenced in 2000 but this last underground mine ceased production in 2014 and was sealed in 2017 following the liquidation of Solid Energy NZ. The site, known for high-quality bituminous coal, is currently subject to proposals for a smaller, modernized reopening to produce coal for the silicon metal market. (Wilson Lythgoe pic)