1936 Panhard CS Six-Window sedan

 

an ex-Auckland tram runs around the MOTAT circuit

Museum of Transport and Technology. An old postcard scene.

'I know I'm going to enjoy this real book and not a smartphone'

NZR DSC class switcher (shunter) model

A total of 70 of this Bo-Bo type class were built between 1958 and 1967, the first 18 of them in Britain and the rest in NZR workshops. 

While the model makes it look like they were fitted with single large headlights the DSC switchers were designed with a more modern, recessed dual-lamp setup from their introduction in 1959.

Their length was 11.7 meters (38 ft 3 in) and weight 41.1 tonnes.

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NZR Ec class locomotive at Heathcote in 1969

This was the year before the Lyttelton line from Christchurch was dieselized so it's no wonder that it looks so grubby.  See earlier posts.  (Wilson Lythgoe pic via National Railway Museum)

traffic in L.A. suburbia, 1957

 

This is digitized from a clean and crisp print.

1936 Oldsmobile 8

1937 Audi 225 Spezial Cabriolet

 (via ClassicDriver.com)

1937 BMW 326 Roadster

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cars on Hollywood Boulevard, L.A. December 1954

With Christmas decorations in place.  

This is in the block between Vine St and Ivar Street -- approximate view today

only in California?

 

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- LAX's long-awaited Automated People Mover system will begin running without passengers Monday, marking a visible step forward in a project years behind schedule.

Airport officials said the 2.25-mile electric train will operate on a full schedule for roughly two months as part of ongoing testing designed to prepare the system for public use. The trains will circulate through the airport's central terminal area, linking terminals with parking facilities and pick-up and drop-off zones.

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