a pair of NZR Dg class diesels with a passenger train at Waitakere, west Auckland, circa 1970

It may have been a suburban train as far as Helenville. The electrified Auckland system currently ends at Swanson station. Waitakere station was removed from the commuter network in 2015 because the nearby tunnel is too small for electric infrastructure, making it too expensive to upgrade. Passengers must switch to other transport at Swanson. For lots more, see our books.

1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

'The Village Garage', England, 1930s art

 Available commercially as a print and as wallpaper.

1956 Morris Minor 1000 promo item

For lots more see the book The New Zealand Morris Minor Story.

1935 Railton Eight Victoria Coupe

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1959 Austin A55 promo item cover

 

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1959 Porsche diesel tractor model 218

 

"The Porsche-Diesel Standard 218, also known as N 218, is the third generation of the two-cylinder Standard tractor series, manufactured by Porsche-Diesel Motorenbau GmbH in Friedrichshafen am Bodensee. The Standard 218 was produced in four different variations. The Porsche 218 utilises a frameless block construction. The rear axle is a live portal axle, the front axle is a dead beam axle with a central pivot point. The wheelbase measures 1668 mm (5'6"). The track width of the front wheels can be adjusted by turning the rims on the vertical axis. On its rear wheels, the tractor has drum brakes, either of which can act as a steering brake. 

"Both the steering gear and the gearbox were produced by ZF Friedrichshafen. The Standard V 218 is a stripped-down model which has a five-speed gearbox and succeeded its predecessor, the Porsche-Diesel 208 in 1957. In total, the Porsche plant produced more than 12,000 Standard 218 tractors from 1957 to 1963."

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historic transport vehicles in Ostrava, Czechia

Ostrava's electric tram system was electrically operated from 1901 and today has a system length of 230.3 km (143.1 miles) in standard gauge powered at 600 Volts DC. Trolleybuses have operated in Ostrava since 1952.

It's unclear what that silver boxy looking loco is.

1934 Ford Coupe

Clyde Barrow of the infamous Bonnie and Clyde maraudering crime group was impressed with the 1934 Ford V8 as a getaway car to the extent he wrote this letter to Henry Ford not long before he was fatally shot in a police ambush (along with Bonnie Parker).  The one he drove was sure to have been stolen.