The Old Patagonian Express, Argentina

This 750-mm narrow gauge steam train has brought life to numerous towns since its origins in 1922. With wooden carriages, wood-burning stoves, and vintage locomotives, this famous train it provides tourists scenic travel along slopes, curves, and at varying altitudes.

See earlier posts.

ships at the docks of Santos, Brazil, mid 20th century

This is the port for the major city of Sao Paulo.  (Colorized.)

'I love looking at and feeling a big good real book'

PCC cars of the Den Haag, Netherlands, tram system, 1972

Seen in Stationsweg outside the appealing frontage of Den Haag HS (Hollands Spoor) station, The type is now used for the Den Haag tourist tram.

Approximate view today

a Pacific Electric interurban at Santa Monica Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, L.A. circa 1950

This was known historically as Crescent Junction. This building that housed the Crescent Drug Co. and its adjacent storefronts was demolished decades ago. Today, this corner is occupied by a Whole Foods Market (Whole Foods Market West Hollywood) and its parking lot.

The location today

Pacific Electric interurban in Pasadena, greater L.A., late 1940s

Looking east along Colorado Boulevard at the intersection with Marengo. (colorized)

Approximate view today

1999 Toyota Yaris

This was the first year of the model.  More pics and info

bathtub transport in Bangkok

There was a bit of a deluge from the sky recently.

cars in Vine St, Hollywood, L.A., July 1948

This is looking north along the west side of Vine Street between Sunset & Hollywood Blvd, with Tom Breneman’s at 1539 N. Vine.

"Tom Breneman’s Hollywood Restaurant, a restaurant and live radio broadcast venue on Vine Street. Radio personality Tom Breneman became enormously popular as the host of Breakfast in Hollywood, an audience-participation morning radio program. By the mid-1940s, the show reportedly reached about 10 million listeners.
"After Breneman’s era, the building at 1539 N. Vine Street served as ABC’s West Coast studios from 1949 to 1956. Merv Griffin later acquired the Streamline Moderne complex in the 1970s, and it became the TAV (Trans American Video) Celebrity Theatre, where The Merv Griffin Show was taped."

(Pic from the Huntington Library photo archive via Vintage Los Angeles)

Present day view

1966 Austin Mini Moke

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