'yes, real printed books are much better'

Simplon-Orient-Express poster, 1926

See earlier posts.

early tourist steamboats on Lake Te Anau, NZ

 This may be the same vessel as in the pic below.

Circuit Zandvoort motorsport poster

Circuit Zandvoort, previously known as Circuit Park Zandvoort until 2017, is a 4.259 km (2.646 mile) motorsport race track located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, the Netherlands, near the North Sea coast line and 35 km (22 mile) west of Amsterdam. It returned to the Formula One calendar in 2021 as the location of the revived Dutch Grand Prix. This partnership with Formula One will end in 2026.

1953 Cisitalia 808XF Coupe Prototype

More pics and info

electric truck of the Central Brewing Co. of New York, early 20th century

This was located at 68th Street & East River and lasted from 1899 to 1933.

2013 Mazda Roadster

Mount Cook Airline British Aerospace HS748-347/2A

For lots of info, see the book The Aircraft of Air New Zealand and affiliates since 1940.

the SS 'Mariposa' Matson Lines luxury liner

Seen in Auckland. The 14,812 GRT ship was lauched in 1952 as a freighter, later converted in 1956 to a passenger liner.

For lots more see the book, New Zealand Maritime Images: the golden years.

on the Lincoln Highway, Indiana, 1926

"Packard passing cars and farmhouses 4 miles east of Fort Wayne, Indiana." -- Lincoln Highway Digital Images Collection, University of Michigan Library

'I much prefer a real printed book to an electronic device'

1934 SS1/Jaguar four light saloon SE

traffic in Baltimore, Maryland, 1960s

 

1955 Mercedes-Benz 170 S-V Diesel Pickup

using models in movie making

The movie not stated.  Judging from the pickup  truck, this was 1980s.. Today it would probably be done with AI.

'Retired Morris Truck' art

by Shirley Sutton, set in Takaka.

1972 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 1.6

More pics

De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

Of Mt Cook Airlines.  For lots of details, see the book The Aircraft of Air New Zealand and affiliates since 1940.

1939 Triumph Dolomite convertible

 

Russian fire train car

Possibly based on a World War II-era Studebaker truck chassis.

'I'm shopping for real printed transport books as Christmas presents'

Albert Park, Melborne, F1 Grand Prix poster

This is a 5,3 km circuit first opened in 1953, closed in 1958, repoened in 1996, closed again in 2019 and reopened again in 2022.

Info and pics

Hercules K125 BW motorbike

This 123 cc German-made, air-cooled two-stroke motorcycle known for its military-inspired styling and rugged, no-frills design. Produced from the mid-1970s to the 1990s, it was a middleweight motorcycle in the German Bundeswehr (army) and is admired for its simple, analog mechanics.

a railway between Israel and the United Arab Emirates?

The map shows it going through Jordan and Saudi Arabia

A long-envisioned railway link between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is moving toward practical realization, following a visit by an Israeli delegation led by Israeli Minister of Transport, Miri Regev, to Abu Dhabi. The project has advanced quietly since the 2020 normalization agreements (the Abraham Accords), when the UAE expanded its Etihad Rail network westward to the Saudi border at Al Ghuwaifat. That line, operational since 2023, runs from the port of Al Fujairah to the frontier, where the tracks currently end.

The missing element is Saudi Arabia. While the Emirati section is fully built, the Saudis have not yet begun construction to connect their network toward Jordan and Israel. Both Israel and the UAE already operate modern rail systems, so the core focus now is planning the cross-border links needed to complete the corridor.

This effort integrates with the wider Gulf Railway initiative, a major GCC project intended to connect Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman through a unified regional rail network. The original target for initial operation is 2030. Israel and Jordan are expected to integrate into this system where diplomatic ties allow, creating a potential land bridge from the Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.

the new 'Mainlander' passenger train service, NZ

 

The Southerner service from Christchurch to Invercargill ended in January 2002.

the Jaffa to Jerusalem railway

British uniforms and this looks like standard gauge track.

A Baldwin 2-6-0 locomotive taking on more water on a bridge on the 

Jaffa-Jerusalem railway at Battir in 1920.

The Jaffa–Jerusalem railway was built by a French company and inaugurated in 1892. The project was headed by Joseph Navon, a Jewish entrepreneur from Jerusalem  and the line is considered to be the first Middle Eastern railway.

The railway was originally built in 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge, later rebuilt to 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in) and then to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. The line was operated by the French, the Ottomans and after World War I, the British. After its closure in 1948, it was re-opened by Israel Railways in 1949 as the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem railway,  although since 2019 this designation is instead used to refer to the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway – an electrified dual-track railway line constructed during the 21st century that employs extensive bridging and tunneling along a faster, more direct route between the two cities.

More info and pics

Austrian E45 electric locomotive

This Bo-Bo type was built by Krauss-Linz (mechanical parts) and ELIN (electrical parts) between 1929 and 1931. Output was 1,300 kW (1,780 hp). They were reclassified as ÖBB Class 1145 from 1953.

A total of 16 units were built. After being phased out of regular passenger service in the early 1980s, the locomotives were relegated to shunting duties. The last remaining locomotive of the series, 1145.02, was saved from scrapping and is preserved as a museum locomotive in the Strasshof Railway Museum.

More info about the series

1936 GMC T-14 Panel Van

1928 Packard 443 Four passenger coupe

 

"This would be the fourth series Packard for 1928 model 443 which is a 143 inch wheelbase. This is one of the cars that is going back into hibernation now after our last event. Packard by 1928 were into their fourth year of the introduction of the eight cylinder engine. This engine design would improve over the years and continue to be their standard eight cylinder flat head straight it configurations up until the last year of the straight eight engine in 1954."

a comprehensive look at the Berlin S-Bahn system

 
Last year was the 100th anniversary of electric trains.  To turn on the subtitles click on the settings button.

'I like to have a real guidebook when I look around a transport museum'

"Yes, I wish I had a real printed guidebook."

CFL De Dietrich diesel railcar from 1949

10 of these entered service in 1949 on Luxembourg's railway system, numbered Z 101–Z 110; they were identical to the SNCF X 3700 class. Power was from 2 x Saurer BXDS diesel engines which produced 320 hp together. Seats totalled 75. Unit Z 105 was bought by the preservation association Groupement des Amis du Rail (GAR) in November 1978 and fully restored.

Lots more pics

1935 Vauxhall saloon

NZR C class 2-6-2 in Christchurch, early 1960s

Taken in the old Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch station yard. The white building to the right is the yardmasters office and behind the loco is the large red bulk of either C or D goods shed. To the left is the unique semaphore shunting gantry which told the shunting gangs and drivers which yard siding they were pushing wagons to and from.

C 845 was built by NZR's Hillside Workshops. It entered the register in October 1930 and was withdrawn from service in April 1967. Two examples of the 24 built -- C847 and C864 - were preserved. (John Robb via the National Railway Museum)

Joppa, Edinburgh, streetcar early 20th century

Film from 1953 produced to mark 50 years of sustained, controlled, powered flight

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Some colorization.

Wellington NZ double deck tram model

According to the info on the label it is a 1/12 scale model of a tram type called 'Big Ben' built in 1906 and "ran for more than 50 years throughout Wellington."

1964 Nissan Cedric

 A still from the movie Walk don't Run (1966)

'Farewell to the Chiefs' art by Jim Jordan

A reference to the Santa Fe Chief train and the Indian motorbike.  Available commercially as a print

1963 Ford Galaxie 500/XL Hardtop

The afterburner theme was still strong then.

Lots more pics

'would you like to experience a real printed book?'

steam train in a river gorge poster, Bulgaria, 1935

steam locomotive along a city street, Helsingør, Demmark 1971

Steam locomotive ØSJS No. 7 driven to Helsingør and further across the harbour to Grønnehave station. Here, on Saturday, June 26, 1971, it was to run an invited trip for Nordsjællands Jernbaneklub (railway club) members and press personnel. Sunday, June 27, was the official first run of the veteran train on the Hornbæk Line, from Grønnehave to Gilleleje with one double trip.

The club's member Lars Kragh was there with his camera and immortalized the trip across the harbour as well as Saturday's train at Grønnehave station. The train consisted of: ØSJS No. 7 + FFJ Cb1 + OKMJ C9 + SJS Cc 311 (now DSB Ce 1304) + DSB Cf 10135 + Tuborgvognen (now DSB ZA 99521 from Carlsberg)

1955 Austin Westminster

 
It still has a little hole in the middle of the bumper for a crank handle.

1993 Mitsubishi Minica