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VW convertibles that didn't start out that way

The cause is obvious.  A scene in Sweden of a Scania-Vabis transporter that had to stop, no date, 1970s?

Nouvelle Compagnie Havraise Peninsulaire de Navigation poster, circa 1955

La Compagnie Havraise Péninsulaire (CHP) was founded in 1882 under the name Compagnie Havraise de Navigation à Vapeur by Eugène Grosos (or Grossos), a shipowner from Le Havre for deliveries to and from Spain and the Iberian peninsula before extending its lines for other destinations.

In 1968 it was merged with the Compagnie Nantaise to become the Compagnie Havraise et Nantaise Péninsulaire.  In 1986 it was purchased by the group Delmas-Vieljeux

The ship depicted is the Ville de Tamatave from 1949 -- info 

1979 Mercury Cougar XR-7

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an ÖBB 1099 class electric with a passenger train on the Saugraben Viaduct of the Mariazellerbahn, Austria

The viaduct with its stone pillars spans 113 meters and stands 37 meters high, making it the largest and highest on the line. 

The 760 mm gauge (2'6") 91 km long mountain line from St Pölten was opened over 1898-1907 and electrified in 1911. Originally designated as the NÖLB Series E, the 16 electric locomotives were manufactured by Krauß & Co. in Linz (mechanical components) and Siemens-Schuckert-Werke (electrical equipment) for the Niederösterreichische Landesbahnen. Designated as Serie 1099 after 1945 they remained for over a century, being retired officially in 2013.

Specifications: C-C type, 49 tonnes, 10.9 meters long over buffers, 50 km/h maximum speed, power output: 320 kW or 429 hp (continuous) / 420 kW or 563 hp (one hour), overhead system: 6.5 kV AC, 25 Hz.

Pic from 1962.

1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen model

The real thing is widely recognized as the world's first gasoline-powered automobile. As is obvious, it featured a single front wheel for steering with a tiller lever and two larger wheels at the rear and was powered by a rear-mounted, single-cylinder four-stroke engine.

This 1:12 scale model is available commercially.

Cab Ride Ventimiglia - Cuneo (Tenda Railway) Italy, France

This is one of the more impressive mountain lines in Europe which crosses the Italy-France border twice. See earlier posts.

FS ETR 220, 1960

The ETR 220 (for Elettro Treno Rapido 220) was a further development of the ETR 200 introduced in 1936 and withdrawn from revenue service in 1997. They are considered the first high-speed trains by some railway historians.

The first example was built by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, (now AnsaldoBreda), in 1936, an articulated and traction-distributed train with three cars on four bogies, two of which were Jacobs bogies, had a single T 62-R-100 motor, while the others—at the front and rear—were provided with two similar motors each.

They were equipped with air conditioning and had only first-class seats.

On 20 July 1939 unit 212 obtained the railway speed record, between Bologna and Milan, running (on the average speed for the whole run) between Florence and Milan at 165 km/h (103 mph), and also improving the absolute top speed record up to 203 km/h (126 mph) in the stretch from Pontenure to Piacenza.

A total of 18 3-car sets were built and 2 had to be scrapped due to wartime damage, In the early 1960s, the remaining sixteen units were converted to ETR 220/230/240 by adding a fourth car and making other improvements. They remained in service until the early 1980s, and were later used for charter trains until the 1990s.

1992 Cadillac Sedan deVille

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a Rock Island RS-3 Alco with passenger cars exits Chicago's La Salle Street station in 1958

A total of 1,418 Alco RS-3 diesel-electrics were produced between May 1950 and August 1956 by Alco and its Canadian subsidiary, the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). Of these 35 were delivered to the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad between 1950 and 1951.

Rock Island operated from 1852 to 1980.

An HO scale model by Atlas.

'I love to feel a good real book in my hands'

cars in the 600 number block of Beverly Drive, L.A., 1950s

This is where they filmed the opening scene from The Beverly Hillbillies TV show of the 1960s. The car looks like a 1955 Chrysler New Yorker or Windsor. (Vintage Los Angeles FB)

cars on Rue Soufflot, Paris, 1950s

With the Panthéon at the end. Vehicles include a Citroën Type H Van which is the gray corrugated steel commercial van driving in the foreground on the right; a Simca Aronde which is the light green/mint-colored sedan driving in the middle of the street. a Peugeot 203 which is the red and black two-tone sedan parked/driving on the far left side, a Citroën Traction Avant and a Renault 4CV.  The original pic had a lot of coal grime on the buildings which we have cleaned off digitally.

The scene today

1957 Maserati Race Transporter Type Fiat 642 RN2 Bartoletti model

A detailed 1:18 scale model by CMC.

1936 Fiat 500 A Topolino

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1975 Dodge Monaco

 

1970 Dodge Monaco

cars outside the Gare d'Orsay, Paris, 1950s

On the bank of the Seine river out of sight to the left, It is nowadays an art museum, see earlier posts.

el coche motor 'Flecha del Sur' Chile, 1941

The Flecha del Sur (Arrow of the South), a high-speed diesel-electric train set used in Chile between 1940 and the 1960s, here photographed by Hart Preston for LIFE magazine in 1941 at the La Unión station.
These railcars were manufactured in Germany by MAN and were inspired by the German "Fliegende Hamburger" design. The train featured a distinct aerodynamic Art Deco design with a shovel nose and connected Santiago and Puerto Montt in approximately 17 hours.

See earlier posts.

Penang Hill railway, Malaysia

The funicular car travels from the base station up to Penang Hill, reaching an altitude of 830 meters (2,723 ft). It is known for being the only funicular railway system in South East Asia and has been in operation since 1923. See earlier posts.