1952 Goodyear tires poster

1960 motorised bathtub

 

There may be more comfortable shapes to motorize!

Illinois Central 4-8-2

Illinois Central 4-8-2 #2608 leads a string of hoppers through Du Bois, Illinois, circa 1954. 20 of the 2600 Class were built by the Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah, Kentucky shops in the 1940s. (Fred Byerly photo. American-Rails.com)

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1967 Ferrari 365GT

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'I like to read good real books while waiting for the train'

King George V dock in the 1950s-60s art

by Jim Rae.  There's more than one King George V dock in the UK, but it's probably the one in London.

1968 Saab 96 Deluxe

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Normandie Beach race poster, France, 2019

'the information in good real books can make me want to reflect on it'

a drive in rural terrain, Riverside, California, 1910s(?)

It's quite developed now.

Illinois Central 4-8-2

One of a batch of 15 built by Alco in 1923 -- details

on the Transandino electrified summit section railway, Chile

One of the three rack-fitted 1-C-C-1 electric locomotives, number 101, built by SLM (3069/1925) with electrical gear supplied by Brown Boveri, working a ballast train at Los Andes in September 1990. (Richard Pelham pic)

Aberdeen and Rockfish one-time EMD fleet chart

The Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (reporting mark AR) is a short-line railroad operating in North Carolina. At one time, the AR was a Class 2 railroad. It has 47 miles (76 km) of track between Aberdeen and Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Geneva International Airport 10th anniversary poster, Switzerland 1958

It depicts a four-engine jet, probably a Boeing 707. In fact, the first four-engine jet would not touch down in Switzerland until two years later, when a TWA Boeing B-707-131 landed in Geneva on 7 January 1960.As for Swissair, it took delivery of its first four-engined aircraft, a DC-8-32, on 20 April 1960 in Zurich. It became famous under the registration HB-IDA ‘Matterhorn’ and made its first passenger flight from Zurich to Geneva and New York on 30 May of the same year.

a pair of NZR Ka class 4-8-4's at the Paekakariki engine shed in steam days

The steam era ended on NZR in the North Island in 1967 but this precinct is a home now to the Steam Inc. heritage operation and there are regular steam hauled excursions around the lower North Island lines from there.

For lots more, see the book New Zealand 1950s Steam in colour compiled rom the Derek Cross collection.

Canadian Pacific class T1a 2-10-4 type art

CP class T1a 2-10-4 'Selkirk' No. 5900, circa 1950s, with Castle Mountain in the background by Max Jacquiard.

Data on SteamLocomotive.com

Inca station on the Transandino railway, Chile

At km post 159 and at 2,700 meters altitude. Obviously it was on the rack and pinion section. Not so obvious is which was the station building; presumably the one on the left.  No date, but probably just after completion, see earlier posts.

1988 Chevrolet Corvette

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'This Wellington Transport Memories book is so good'

Santa Fe Annual Report cover, 1961

Geneva International Car Museum poster, 1995

Depicting a 1950s Jaguar?

full size theme park replica of the 'Titanic'

A full-scale replica of the RMS Titanic is under construction in Sichuan Province, China. The project began in 2014 and is being built as part of a theme park attraction in Daying County. The replica measures 883 feet (269 meters) in length and 92 feet in width, identical to the original Titanic. It will be permanently docked on a reservoir and will not sail.

Over 23,000 tons of steel and several years of work have gone into the project, which is expected to include historically accurate details such as the dining room, door handles, and a functioning steam engine to simulate the experience of being aboard the original ship. The project is estimated to cost around one billion yuan ($US 150 million), and the replica is intended to attract tourists from around the world as a five-star hotel and museum experience. (Marine Buff FB)

1964 Plymouth Belvedere 2-door hardtop

 

Switzerland's first water-toboggan on Lac Léman, 1927

Also known in English as Lake Geneva. The water-toboggan was imported from the United States, was 11 meters high and 25 meters long and allowed people to ‘surf’ on the lake with a board as shown although no rope isn't obvious, it was basically a slide.

terminus of the St Charles streetcar line in New Orleans

With a little model.  Although most of the line is along St Charles Avenue, some is in S. Carrollton. Traveling along it is a cheap way of seeing the grand old garden surrounded houses. (Geoff Churchman pic)

1935 Mercedes Benz 130 H sedan

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1960 Cadillac Series 62

An apt color...

electric railcar on the Biasca-Acquarossa railway, Ticino, Switzerland, 1973

This was the year the meter-gauge 13.8 km line was closed and replaced with a bus service. It had been in service since 1911.

Info, pics and a map

'I use good real books to teach my students'

traffic in Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 1935

 

At the corner with Leipziger Stasse, looking north. The area was rebuilt in plain modernist style after extensive bomb damage in WW2.

It looks like an Opel Blitz pickup in the center.

Present day view

Canadian Pacific steam crossing CGI

A pair of 4-8-4's built in 1928 with road numbers 3100 and 3101.

Detailed info on steamlocomotive.com with photos is here

'Gas Pump Girls' (1979) opening scene

 The movie can be watched free here: Gas Pump Girls : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Swiss RABDe 12/12 electric multiple unit of the SBB

20 of these 3-car Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo type sets were built over 1965–1967. They could seat 200 including 56 in first class. Power output was 2444 kW (3275 hp, one hour rating) at 80 km/h.  With all 12 axles powered they had a fast acceleration and accordingly got nicknamed 'mirage'.  Final withdrawal was in 2010. Seen in Zurich Hauptbahnhof in 1971.

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1968 Dodge Coronet

'I like to read a good real book while I wait for my Uber'

load test for a pick-up?

1961 Plymouth Fury 2-door hardtop

1969 Plymouth Belvedere 2-door hardtop

1978 Plymouth Arrow

Melbourne Y1-type tram

View from a Y1-class tram in Riversdale Road, just east of Glenferrie Road with Y1 612 (city) coming the other way. (Keith Caldwell via Melbourne Tram Museum)

Only 4 were built, in 1930. Info on Wikipedia

1978 Plymouth Fury

horse-drawn traffic in Warsaw, early 20th century

There are tram tracks but no overhead wires visible, so presumably they were still horse-drawn too. The switch to electricity happened in 1908. This area today is in the Stare Miasto or Old Town. The bridge over the Vistula River is in the background.

Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis 0-6-0 switcher live steam model

 
Scale is 1:12

shrimp boats in Westwego, Louisiana