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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

SNCF X-5500/5800 class autorails in Pont-d'Hérault station in 1952

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Diagrams of the X-5500/5800 This is located in the commune of Sumène in the Gard department of France, along the former Quissac-Le Vigan rai...

British Rail class 76 electric locomotive seen in 1953

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The prototype named  Tommy was completed in 1941, followed by 57 units built in the early 1950s. Tommy was oiginally classified by the LNE...

traffic in Flinders Street, Melbourne, 1953

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The W class trams were almost as much an icon as the Flinders Street station building. The main color today is more creamy and the VR sign w...

green, turquoise and yellow small gas station colors, Ukraine

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Rather eyecatching.

an empty ore train hauled by two IORE electric locos from Narvik to Kiruna, Norway-Sweden, 2010

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Passing through the Tornetrask station, obviously in autumn. This was once Dm3 locomotive territory, see earlier posts.   "IORE is a cl...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

driver's cab view of the tracks, pulling out of Modane, France, towards the Mont Cenis tunnel

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The Arc river is on the left. See earlier posts.
Monday, August 17, 2026

'I much enjoy a good real book in bed'

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French diesel railcar Bugatti Présidentiel XB 1008 from 1933

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Originally used by the CdF de l'Etat then the SNCF after nationalisation from the beginning of 1938. They had a relatively short lifespa...
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1950 Mercury Monarch

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1956 Bedford A2 truck

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