'I like a real book, not a pretend one'

 

1939 Hudson Six Touring Sedan

 

Rio Grande GP40

On the point of this six-unit lash-up heading a piggy-back intermodal train through Helper, Utah, in 1986.

SBB/CFF automotrice alongside Lake Zug, Switzerland, 1960s

We think this is one of the BDe 4/4 class of which 31 were placed in service over 1952-1955. They were a Bo-Bo type with a continuous rated output of 1176 kW (1576 hp) and a maximum speed of 110 km/h (68  mph).

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SBB boxcar ad, Switzerland, 1959

"Always at your service."

 Like most railways at that time it was still advertising for Stückgüter (piece goods).  

Alsthom/Sulzer Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives in Tunisia, 1950s

"The metre gauge 270 mile [434 km] Sfax - Gafsa Railway ordered seventeen Sulzer powered Alsthom built Bo-Bo diesel electric locomotives after World War II, with delivery beginning during 1950. The locomotives were numbered 201 - 217.

Compagnie des Phosphates et du Chemin de Fer de Gafsa (1.000 mm gauge): 201-217 Bo-Bo from Alsthom - 1950 (1966 to SNCFT 040 DF 201-217)"

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Santa Fe 2-10-4

Built by Baldwin, seen at Ricardo NM in 1943. The 'Texas' type first saw use on the Texas & Pacific in 1925 and several roads used the 2-10-4 in freight service until the 1950's. (Jack Delano pic)

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steam ferry boat on the Lac d'Annecy France, poster, 1900

 A destination of the PLM.  See earlier posts.

1981 Dodge Diplomat

 

see the Yorkshire coast on a British Railways diesel-multiple-unit poster, 1950s

Shipping Lumber in tall ships days, late 19th century, Port Buckley, Puget Sound, Washington

'do you want to read a real book with me'?

cars in Market Street, Blenheim NZ, late 1940s

 

Wellington commuter train on the hill above Pukerua Bay

A drone view of a multiple-unit Matangi type heading from Waikanae to the city.  Over 130 years since it was built, this single track section remains a traffic bottleneck.

For more, see earlier posts and of course, our books.

cars in Rotterdam, 1950s

 

double decker bus from Karori, Wellington to Barking, England, 1971

A distance of about 20,000 km.  Of course it was a charity ride bus imported by the Wellington South Lions Club, seen in Beauchamp Street with Kaori Road behind.

Lockheed Lodestar at Paraparaumu airport

Of NAC. A pic taken in November 1949. For details, see the book The Aircraft of Air New Zealand and affiliates since 1940

Great Western Railway 'Star class' 4-6-0 at Reading, England, circa 1947

Number 4012, one of 10 of the Knight series which were all withdrawn by 1951.  Info

Abba video featuring Swedish commuter trains, 1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HnOFwqpLRQ

1956 Borgward ad

1924 Nash Roadster

'when the weather's yucky I read a good real book'

1926 Bugatti type 27

And it's worth a lot more than it might look -- if you can find one it will be around $US 800,000.

Glasgow tram art

Glasgow Coronation Tram No. 1174 on London Road near Bridgeton Cross, painting by Malcolm Davies available as a print.

ship 'Marechal Lyautey'

This was a French paquebot of the Compagnie de navigation Paquet launched in 1950 which provided the connection between Marseille and Casablanca, Morocco, and between Marseille and Dakar.

The 10,350 grt ship was placed in service in 1952.  After changes of ownership, it was eventually scapped in 1975.

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someone didn't stop in time, Germany

1950 Henry J 2-door hardtop

1961 Lancia Flaminia Pininfarina

1973 Tasman Championship poster art, Queensland, Australia

 

Iberia airline poster, Spain, 1948

Featuring a DC4.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy oil tanker train, early 1940s

Seen passing through Sheep Canyon, Wyoming, north of Greybull during World War II, led by a four-unit, 5400-hp set of FT diesel-electrics. A CB&Q publicity photo, courtesy of the Burlington Route Historical Society

'reading a real book is much better than a smartphone'

 

"U.S.R.C. 'Bear' in Alaskan Waters" art

"U.S.R.C. Bear in Alaskan Waters" by Paul McGehee. The most famous ship in U.S. Coast Guard history, the Bear was built in 1874. Built with 6" wooden planking she was the finest ship of her era for cutting through ice. She spent a decade working as a seal ship out of Newfoundland. In 1884 she was purchased by the U.S. government to become part of the United States Revenue Cutter Service, which later became the U.S. Coast Guard. The Bear first entered the pages of history in 1884 as the ship that got through the ice to save the few remaining survivors of the Greely Expedition party which had been trapped in the Arctic cold while charting the coast of Greenland.

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traffic at 7th and Broadway, L.A., 1950

(tessa.lapl.org)

Catalina beer promo art, Auckland

Presumably that's meant to be a Catalina flying boat.

'Town and Country Landscape' art, NZ, 1950s

By Marcus King (1891-1983), now in the collection of Te Papa.  This is a concoction of various typically NZ elements and is not a real scene.  It's unclear why he chose to depict what looks like a steam passenger train headed by a streamlined Ka or Kb in red and white.

1934 Riley Kestral 9

 

Suez Canal, Egypt, scene, circa 1900

 

See earlier posts.

1964 Seddon 16:four tanker truck

 

what happens when you ignore what's ahead of you

 

Moscow traffic art late 1930s

From a Soviet era book on Moscow in cyrillic type which we can't read.

1960 Jaguar Mark II 3.4 Liter

 

horse tram fantasy art

 (forgeofempires.com)

CB&Q 4-8-4 Class O-5-B 5632

"No. 5632 was built at the Burlington's own shops in Burlington, Iowa. Outshopped in August 1940; it pulled both passenger and freight trains all over the CB&Q system until being retired in the late 1950s."

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'I love books that don't rely on electronics'

Sacramento, California, Hotel bus mid-1910s

the original Santa Fe station, Hutchinson, Kansas

"Hutchinson is a train station in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's Southwest Chief train. Hutchinson station was originally a Victorian structure built in 1897 that was replaced by a more contemporary brick depot in 1950. Both buildings were built and owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe." (wikipedia)

The station from 1950 is less interesting.

1960 Ford Parcel Delivery Van