A history of this business is here
Saturday, April 30, 2016
go to Saint-Bieuc in Bretagne, France, by the CdF de l'Etat poster
Summer on the water. Perhaps circa 1930.
escalators in Rotterdam and Moscow stations, 1930s
Friday, April 29, 2016
Omakau station, Otago Central, 1975
Now history. A Tony Hurst photo from his book The Otago Central Railway: a tribute
1957 Mercury Monarch Turnpike Cruiser and convertible advertisements
traffic in Viale Stazione, Casteggio, Italy, circa 1950
Not much of it, except for bicycles. The railway station is the building with ground level arches in the distance.
a Muslim 21st century "Trojan Horse" in Greece
How much more is it going to take to convince people that these are not refugees but armed invaders.
This “furniture shipment” was supposed to go to the refugee camps in Greece to make their life more bearable and ease their hardships.
52 tons of guns and ammunition in big 40’ double containers followed the migrants to Europe, pretending to be furniture but, was discovered by the Greek border securities in 14 containers.
If this doesn’t convince you that this Migration is nothing less than an Armed Invasion then nothing will.
Wonder still why all those young (military age) men without children or wives are taking on the task of traveling all those miles posing as refugees?
They are coming.......Like they said they would.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
the 'Flying Scotsman' steamer in Australia, 1988
This famous British locomotive ex-LNER (see earlier) made a tour of Australia in 1988 as part of that year's bi-centennial celebrations. Of course, it was restricted to standard gauge lines which generally meant NSW, although it made visits elsewhere.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Egypt cracks down on troublemakers
Protests in different places on Monday were met by security forces who made clear they were not going to tolerate any bad behavior according to this report.
Although the Muslim Brotherhood has been designated a terrorist organisation in Egypt (as it has been in Jordan, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Russia), its supporters are still a major problem.
Of course, some protesters are genuinely unhappy with the poor economic situation, which the Egyptian government is well aware of and is doing its best to improve, and the reason for the deals the government has made recently with France and Saudi Arabia (despite the unpopularity of the latter).
parking lot at a Stockholm strip mall, early 1960s
Having mentioned Stockholm, here is a pic from the time the American mall concept hit Europe, with a real mixed bag of cars in the parking lot. One notes in particular the Edsel in the foreground centre.
terror alert in Stockholm after ‘seven or eight’ ISIS militants enter Sweden to ‘target civilians’ in the city
"Sweden has the second highest number of ISIS fighters per capita in the European Union [after Belgium] with 300 people having left the country to fight for the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria since 2013."
Who is the least bit surprised? Let these people flood into your country as Sweden has for the last two decades and this is what you get. Unfortunately, as is so often the case, it will require deaths before the government is compelled to do something about the problem.
Daily Mail (UK) article
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
book covering 60 years of Yves Broncard's railway photos
Those who read the French publication La Vie du Rail will have seen the Yves Broncard credit line plenty of times and as the title of this recent book indicates, it is a collection of scenes taken by the now 86-year-old since the end of the 1940s. Like the magazine, the book is primarily about France, but there are short excursions further afield including across La Manche/English Channel and the Pyrénées to Spain.
French railways have featured plenty of variety and plenty of changes in that time, from the TGV high speed passenger trains to the metre-gauge local interest lines, often called tramways, which now are nearly all gone. The variety that Yves Broncard has sought to capture hasn't just been the trains, but also the atmosphere provided by people and things surrounding them, including station personnel, crossing keepers, mécaniciens, and, of course, passengers; plus typical town and countryside ambience.
There's probably about half and half in coverage of steam locomotives and their replacements, and about 60% b/w, 40% color. The book is large format, and quite a few pictures are spread across the gutter although mostly with them the fold isn't in too irksome a place. 208 pages, hardcover with jacket.
racing car Citroen 8 CV de serie 'petite rosalie', 1933
A joint ad for Yacco oil. "The Petite Rosalie chassis is strictly identical to those of cars delivered daily to customers."
Monday, April 25, 2016
Santa Fe 2-10-2
In fact this type was known as a 'Santa Fe' as the AT&SF was the first to use it in 1903. Details of the 3800 class built by Baldwin between 1920 and 1927 are on this webpage.
cars outside the NBC studios in Los Angeles, circa 1950
This was a well-known building during the period it existed, 1938-1964, at the intersection of Sunset and Vine. From the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page
Sunday, April 24, 2016
from Europe to Egypt via Romania and Greece: Romanian Maritime Service
Age uncertain, but pre-1930s.
the old metre-gauge tramway in Brest, France
This existed from 1898 to 1944 when the Allies bombarded the city because of its German U-Boot base, destroying nearly all of the old town. A new system was opened in 2012, see earlier post.
Norwegian court decides mass-murderer Anders Breivik's prison violated his human rights
Full story
In 2011 Breivik decided that the way to protest Muslim behaviour was to punish the Norwegians he saw responsible for encouraging it—by behaving exactly like a Muslim terrorist. A bomb in the government quarter of Oslo killed 8 and then he went to a socialist youth camp on an island and slaughtered 69 of the attendees by shooting them. The only difference between him and a Muslim nut is that he didn't shout ‘allahu akbar’ and didn't have a shoot-out with the police; otherwise the end result was the same.
No-one should have any sympathy for him.
Italian 2-6-0 steam locomotive
One of 60 of the 51.7 tonne 880 class built between 1916 and 1922 for light traffic needs, seen here in 1973 at Borgosesia.
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