tram next to the Christchurch Press building, circa 1910

The building was an icon of Christchurch until it was a victim of the February 2011 earthquake.  The one partially visible on the right is still there: see earlier post.

1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport

1895 Knight 1hp

a streetcar but no trucks or cars, Mannheim, West Germany, circa 1970

It looks like the Mercedes logo on the brown building in the background.

NZR Wa class 2-6-2T at Te Karaka, April 1909

A Percy Godber photo at this station on the former Motuhora Branch Line. A total 15 were built, 11 new and 4 converted, from old J class 2-6-0 locomotives between 1892 and 1903 at NZR's Addington and Hillside workshops. One, number 165, is preserved in Gisborne. For lots more, see our books.

a cheap panel repair job

It may not last too long, though: rain would be a problem.

1960 Jaguar Mark II

trolleys on Market Street, San Francisco, 1953

There are still trolleys along this street, see earlier posts. (Charles W. Cushman/Indiana University archives)

'I like touchy-feely books, not e-readers'

truck listening against the wall?

Deutsche Bundesbahn 150 class electric loco, West Germany

This was basically a stretched version of the more numerous E40 (140) class Bo-Bo type and intended for heavy freight trains.  The 150 class had six powered axles (Co-Co type) rather than 4 (Bo-Bo type) and had a power output of 6,000 hp (4500 kW). A total of 194 were built between 1957 and 1973 and were all withdrawn by 2003, of which 2 are preserved.

late 1940s White bus of San Francisco Muni

See earlier posts.

end of train observation car of the 'Texas Zephyr' in Denver, Colorado, 1966

Near the end of the train's existence.  This ran between Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth.  Info and see earlier posts.

African migrants bound for a Libyan port then across the sea to Europe

A good load test for the truck.

1979 Dodge Diplomat

Southern Railway (England) electric multiple unit art, circa 1946

By Frank Henry Mason (1875-1965). See earlier posts on the Southern Railway..

two KiwiRail DXC's at Picton, NZ

For more, see our books. (Geoff Churchman pic)

1969 Dodge Super Bee

1970 Chevrolet El Camino

1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

1978 Dodge D150 pickup

1972 Toyota Corolla KE25

a DB passenger train between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Mittenwald, Germany, 1960s

See earlier posts.

1973 Pontiac Astre Sedan Delivery

Olaya radiators advert, 1936

Showing internal combustion vehicles of the time.

MV 'Dominion Monarch' art

The oil painting by Wallace Trickett shows the 27,155 grt Dominion Monarch off Wellington heads inbound. Built at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson yard at Wallsend in 1938 for Shaw, Savill & Albion, the largest vessel in the UK-NZ trade route, she became the largest vessel of her time to visit Napier (1939). Length was 657.6 ft (200 metres) and breadth 84.8 ft (26 metres).

The ship was powered by 4 Doxford Diesels built by Swan Hunter and Doxford giving a maximum output of 32,000 b.h.p.

Surviving WW2, she remained a regular visitor to New Zealand until 1962 when she was sold to the Mitsui organisation of Japan for work at Seattle in the Twentieth Century Fair held there, but turned into a financial flop and was finally taken to Osaka where she was broken up in November of that year.

Lots more here

Ripolin paint delivery van, France, 1920s

What is it?

'I like the feel of real books, not small screens'

1925 Citroen promo art

late 1940s Alfa Romeo type 800 truck

"Production of civilian version of the Alfa Romeo 800 began after World War II. The civilian trucks got the grille with 5 horizontal bars (but the first civilian truck had the fine mesh or similar to military trucks 800RE grille) and extended cab for better comfort of the driver and passenger. There was a version with sleeper cabin too. Soon, the Model 800 has been replaced by the Model 900 with a more powerful engine."  (trucksplanet.com)

1928 Renault truck poster

1952 Aero Willys 2-door sedan

Swiss crocodile on a borrowing poster, 1921

corn ballast?

sugar cane train in Ba, Fiji, September 1949

These were 2 ft gauge and had much in common with the sugar cane railways of Queensland, Australia. They still exist, diesel operated today.

Auckland trams at the Greenlane Road terminus in 1954

Two years before the end of the trams.  For more, see our books. (MOTAT collection)

1929 Essex Super Six

tramway through the Tour de l'Horloge, Pont-de-Veyle, France

The clock tower was built circa 1353, and is the sole remnant of the old town fortifications. The tram was actually a metre gauge steam railway that went from Saint Trivier de Courtes to Trevoux, part of the Tramways de l'Ain network.  This line closed in 1936 and was replaced by a bus service. Info

a DB class 078 class 4-6-4T runs through Lauffen, 1973

Info on the Prussian T18.

Dutch TEE trains at Amsterdam, 1963

See earlier posts.

'I like quietness and a real book to read'

prediction of Swiss transport in 2002 made in 1957

The Schwebebahn didn't happen anywhere, but the appearance of the high speed trains wasn't too far out.

1970 Simca 1200 S coupe

Apparently it had strange effects...

Geneva, Switzerland, car and bike first exhibition poster, 1905

Obviously in German.  It states there is a foreign section.

apples being loaded aboard the 'Cap Norte' in Gisborne, NZ, April 1970

This was a Hamburg Süd conventional refrigerated cargo ship built in 1955. On the wharf in the foreground is a Dodge 500 series truck -- info -- and behind it a Bedford. Beside that is a Leyland Albion.

LAPD helicopter on Mt Wilson on 3 January

The snow level was down to about 3,000 ft, quite low by SoCal norms. Info on the LAPD Air Support Division.