Greyhound bus promo item, circa 1930

Imperial Western beer cans with L.A. Union Station train themes

'I like to read a real book at the beach'

Stagecoach buses in Wellington impression

Art by Ellen Coup in 2004, probably a view from Midland Park on Lambton Quay.  Wellington City Council sold its bus fleet to British company Stagecoach in 1992 and the Big Reds, as they were known (although by that point most were two tone with white around the window area), were replaced with the white and candy livery. In 2005 local company Infratil bought the NZ operations of Stagecoach. As part of the deal, Infratil had the right to use the "Stagecoach" name and livery for five years from the sale, but only did for about a year. It became GO Wellington in traditional Wellington colours of yellow and black. From July 2018, all services in Wellington were operated under the Metlink brand and the GO Wellington brand ceased.

For lots more, see the book Wellington Transport Memories.

Bermuda train stamps

The Bermuda Railway was a 21.7-mile (35 km) standard gauge common carrier line that operated  from 31 October 1931 to 1 May 1948. It provided frequent passenger and freight service over its length spanning most of the archipelago of Bermuda from St. George's in the east to Somerset, Sandys Parish, in the west.

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a 4-4-0 from 1893 of the London and South Western Railway at Corfe Castle, England

Obviously, this is a heritage loco, with the heritage Swanage Railway, and this scene has been set up to look Victorian period authentic.

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1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass

"I'm looking forward to lots of pleasure!"
"On the ski slopes, in bed or both?"
"How about a little partner swap for the weekend?"
"Sounds like a good idea."

Curtiss Seaplane arrives in Napier, December 1917

"Hot water free" presumably meant take your own teapot and cup. For lots more, see our books.

1980 Oldsmobile brochure cover

Balclutha station, NZ, circa 1920

With an Invercargill to Christchurch express arriving with what looks like a Ub class on the point.  The sign tells passengers to change for the Catlins River Branch, a.k.a. Tahakopa Branch, which lasted from 1915 to 1971.  For lots more, see our books.

fishing vessels in Crescent City, California

1935 Nash LaFayette Brougham

1957 Packard Clipper Country wagon

1937 Cord 812

Cord was a famous if short-lived marque of the era -- info.

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the Canadian Northern Steamship Co. ship 'Royal George'

This ship was originally built in 1907 as the Heliopolis for the British-owned Egyptian Mail Company. She was 11,146 GRT with a length of 525.8 feet (160.3 metres), a beam of 60.2 feet (18.3 metres), two funnels, two masts, and a triple-screw propulsion that gave a cruising speed of 19 knots (35 km/h).

The ownership and name change occurred in 1910.

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1975 LiAZ 677 bus

Globus tour bus brochure art, Lugano, Switzerland, 1964

traffic in Herald Square, New York City, early 1950s

JNR KiHa 56 class diesel multiple unit, Japan

The Kiha 56 series Express Diesel Car was launched from 1961 for improved "smokeless" express service in Hokkaido, and was similar to the Kiha 58 series developed at the same time and built from 1961 to 1969 by different manufacturers. The KiHa 56 was designed to increase resistance against extreme cold, and all the saloons had double-glazed side windows with excellent heat retention. Furthermore, the vertical height of the cabin windows was 100 mm less than with the Kiha 58 series.

PKP narrow gauge 0-8-0, Poland

A total of 111 of this Px48 class were built between 1950 and 1955, mainly for 750 mm gauge, some were later rebuilt for metre gauge.   One was bought by a NZ businessman in 1992 and placed on a short section of track in Raratonga in the Cook Islands.

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Russian SZD WLABm UIC Y, Oslo-Moskva, sleeping car HO scale model

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Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0

Built by Alco in 1924, a GTWR class P-5b seen in 1955 at Pontiac, Michigan.

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1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 4-door

"Where are we going for our night on the town?"
"How about the Showgirls Striptease?"
"Sounds great to me!"
"Oh, you men."

1970 Oldsmobile 442 W30 1:18 model

Forthcoming from ACME (manufacturer).

wood railed bush tramway near Wairoa, NZ, 1900s

Not designed to be heavy duty!

'Titanic' fans?

This is probably not a result of hitting an iceberg, though.

1941 Chevrolet Town Sedan

ACDC retro car graphic

Influenced by a 1939 Ford?

1937 Oldsmobile Business Coupe

1937 Oldsmobile F7 2 door trunkback

cars in L.A., 1977

A frame from a home movie so not high quality.

1938 MG TA

A spread from NZ Classic Car magazine.

VIA Rail's LRC trains, early 1980s, Canada

"The LRC (a bilingual acronym: in English: Light, Rapid, Comfortable; in French: Léger, Rapide, et Confortable) was a series of lightweight diesel-powered passenger trains that were used on short- to medium-distance inter-city service in the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It originally consisted of both locomotives and passenger carriages designed to work together, though the two can be (and now are) used separately.

"LRC was designed to run with locomotives, or power cars, at both ends and provide 125 mph (201 km/h) service on non-upgraded railway routes. To accomplish this, the LRC passenger cars feature active-tilt technology to reduce the forces on the passengers when a train travels at high speeds around a curve in the railway tracks. LRCs have reached speeds as high as 130 mph (210 km/h) on test runs.

"On its only regular service route, on the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor, wear concerns, signalling issues and conflicts with slower moving freight trains limit this to 100 mph (160 km/h) or less. For service at these speeds, a single power car was used. Special signage allowed the LRC to run at higher speeds than normal traffic across a great portion of the Corridor when the tilt system was enabled.

"Although the last LRC locomotive was removed from service on 12 December 2001, the passenger cars are still in widespread use and form the backbone of Via Rail's services, albeit with the tilt system disabled. The same basic car forms the basis of the Acela Express in the U.S."

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the world's most beautiful bookstores

And we're talking about real books, not e-books. An illustrated list with descriptions is on the Architectural Digest website here

1955 International R120 Travelall

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circa 1970 Honda motorcycle

A still from the movie Vanishing Point (1971) when Kowalski meets up with a nude girl riding it through the desert in the Southwest.  According to the director's commentary on the DVD (remember those?) the girl had her 'parts' rather scalded by the hot seat in the sun.

Vulcan railcar badge, NZ

An aftermarket item for railfans which we mostly chose not to include in the book New Zealand Railway Memorabilia, although we included a few items that were produced for a general market like glasses, plates and collector cards.

1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Henley Roadster

'The Lickey Incline' art by Terrence Cuneo

"Patrick Whitehouse, author, railway photographer, steam railway preservationist and joint presenter of BBC TV's 'Railway Roundabout, commissioned 'The Lickey Incline' directly from the artist in the 1960s.

"Patrick Whitehouse bought Kolhapur as a wreck and it was restored at the Tyseley Railway Museum in Birmingham, which he founded. Kolaphur was one of the few locomotives which were powerful enough to take a passenger train up the Lickey Incline without needing assistance from a banking engine [although there is clearly one depicted here].

"'The Lickey Incline' was painted on site and from a photograph taken by Patrick Whitehouse. The two children depicted in the lower left corner are Whitehouse’s son and daughter.

This picture also featured on the 1974 Hornby model railway catalog.  

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cars on Sunset Strip, L.A., 1975

With a 1970 Dodge Challenger muscle car on the left and the famous Whisky a Go Go in the background.  (la.curbed.com)

GM products at the UP yard, 1953

1957 Austin Westminster

cars in Trinidad, 1965

Mostly British, as one might expect.

1936 Morris 8 and an Ab-hauled passenger train in the Cromwell Gorge, 1950s

Customers will recognise this scene from the first edition of the book The Otago Central Railway: a tribute by Tony Hurst from 1990. (Derek Cross/NZR pic)

interisland ferry 'Aratika' pennant

See the book Strait Crossing: the ferries of Cook Strait through time for heaps more.