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Thursday, April 30, 2015
Chery QQ adverts, South America
Ikea 'Home Furnishing' Liner
A promotion by a Tokyo advertising agency for the opening of an Ikea store in Kansai a few years ago: they gave an entire commuter train a decorative makeover.
Hungarian 4-8-0
Locomotives of the same design operated in Yugoslavia as JŽ class 11.
ex-Detroit PCC car in Mexico City
Date not stated, but probably 1960s. Info on the sale of the Detroit PCC cars to Mexico City is here.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
bande dessinée on the Trans-Siberian train
One of a trilogy of bandes dessinées -- or what in English are often called graphic novels -- published in France a few months ago; the other two are on the Orient Express and the Trans-Continental (USA). The setting with this one is a story of espionage in the Cold War.
Australian train stamps
Issued, as can be seen, by Togo, hence the French. For info on them see our books.
"Arrivée d'un train à la Ciotat", near Marseille, France, 1895
Those who study cinema history know that this is a still from a 45 second silent movie made by Louis Lumière, and one of the first demonstration movies made for cinema. His choice of subject was commendable... :-)
passengers stand in line to buy tickets at Rotorua station, circa 1930
The station was later replaced -- only a few years before rail passenger services ceased. And, 21 years later, a couple of years before a rail passenger service was restored, that centrally located station was demolished and the land sold to developers along with the yard. The new station was over 2 km away from the city centre... In 2001 that passenger service ceased.
This is another illustration considered for, but not used in the new book New Zealand Railway Memorabilia
the Cunard fleet poster, late 1940s
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
the narrow gauge railway from Sarajevo to the Ostgrenze, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1906
The railway to the eastern borders of Bosnia-Herzegovina with Serbia and Turkey (the Ottoman Empire) rose from Sarajevo in the Miljačka valley to a watershed at the Karoline saddle and a 850-metre long summit tunnel at an altitude of 946 metres. From there the railway followed the course of the Praça to the Drina valley. At the mouth of the Lim river the mainline leading to the Turkish border left the Drina valley and climbed the Lim to the border in Uvac (according to a 2002 census, this village has a population today of 18 people; it may be a reference to the nearby Sjenica). Sarajevo - Uvac = 137.6 km.
The branch to the Serbian border led from the Lim confluence with the Drina down to Višegrad and then in a side valley to the border at Vardiste (31.5 km).
The whole railway line to the Ostgrenze (eastern borders) had quite the character of a mountain railway: more than 100 tunnels and galleries, a large number of high retaining walls and numerous bridges had to be built. It was built as a narrow gauge railway, but with the base of a standard gauge railway; the smallest radius was 200 metres; the maximum gradient 1.8 % and the weight of the rails 21.8 kg / metre.
In July 1906, the railway from Sarajevo to the Ostgrenze was handed over to public traffic.
Dodge centenary commercial, 2014
While on the subject of Dodge, this was issued last October showing at the end the 2015 Challenger and Charger.
find yourself with a Heavy Duty 3500 Ram
An advert from last year. You can't help wondering how many get driven to such places and how many only ever get driven around cities...
Panhard advert, France, early 1930s
"Complementing the main maritime, airway and railway lines, Panhard serves the road network"
severe Nepal earthquake reminds those on the 'Pacific Rim of Fire' that they are always at risk
The reported magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale means that this was a big one (the Richter scale is an exponential one, not linear).
An article in today's Essential California newsletter of the L.A. Times is here
An article in today's Essential California newsletter of the L.A. Times is here
Monday, April 27, 2015
at the station of Durango, Spain, in Feve days
Someone's personal photo in the station in the Basque region. Feve stood for Ferrocarriles de vía estrecha (narrow gauge railways) and comprised a network of 1,269 km of metre-gauge lines of which 392 km was electrified in 1.5 kV DC. The company lasted from 1965 to 2012 when it disappeared as a result of reorganisation and the trains are now operated by Renfe.
when things get steamy on the Phantom Corsair
Another pic found on the Retrospace blog. This amount of steam would indicate your engine has overheated big time; here the reason seems to be in front of the grille. The Phantom Corsair was a one-off built in 1938 and based on the mechanicals of a 1936 Cord 810 - article
life raft seen in the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, 2012
It may seem rather odd for a utilitarian object (made by Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S) to be described as art, but here is the description on its MoMA webpage :-
Born out of Necessity
March 2, 2012–January 28, 2013
In the midst of a storm at sea, attempting to board a life raft is extremely difficult. This raft, which is fitted with handles on either side and a step that extends below the surface of the water, enables the person at sea to grab the handles and raise her legs from the water without putting strain on her arms, which are used only for stability. The wide step allows the occupants of the life raft to lean out to help other people enter. The raft positions itself according to the direction of the wind and can be oriented by its occupants so that its opening faces the people swimming toward it.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
The Automobile and Tourism art, 1936
The sort of tourism you'd expect the presenters of Top Gear to engage in maybe...
exploring Africa in a pick-up art, 1951
That's what this cover of this L'Automobile March 1951 issue looks like.
Pan Am economy class advert, circa 1970
Found on the Retrospace blog. "The seats are wider, the leg room deeper, the ceilings higher." Yes, they were the good old days; today it should be called sardine class...
Hungarian 2-4-2 tank locomotive
the original Hapuawhenua viaduct when it was new
On the North Island Main Trunk central section, replaced with a new viaduct in the 1980s. For lots more, see the new book New Zealand Railway Memorabilia.
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