Thursday, August 27, 2026

French steam passenger train in the Rhone valley, 1954

In the foreground are the Hermitage vineyards overlooking the Rhône River and the twin towns of Tain-l'Hermitage and Tournon-sur-Rhône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The train is headed north in the direction of Lyon 

fishing vessels in Kingstown, Ireland, 1889


Kingstown is the former name of Dún Laoghaire, a coastal suburban town in County Dublin. (Colorized)

'I like a big good real book, not a little screen'

1972 Ford Falcon XA GT

scenes of Sydney transport as it was 60 years ago

These are a few stills from this promo film made in 1966. There is a brown L.A. smog effect, hopefully that was just the result of film stock being used and wasn't actual smog.

A Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster bus - and of course a Holden station wagon.

A suburban single decker train departs Milsons Point for the downtown.


The electric suburban train city circle tunnel not far from the Central Station.

The way cargo ships used to look.

traffic in San Bernadino, California, 1950s


See earlier posts.