cars on the then US 75 in Houston, Texas, circa 1959

Now part of Interstate 45 at Allen Parkway.

1972 Saab Sonett III

FS E424 electric locomotive and local passenger train at Ancona, Italy, 1959

See earlier posts for more.

Approximate equivalent view today

a 3-car tram at La Corniche in Marseille, France, circa 1910

The prominent building on the cliff was originally the Palace Hotel (later Restaurant La Réserve). Below are a power car and 2 trailers. See earlier posts (colorized)  

Approximate view today

L.A. news helicopter crash kills 3 -- 2 news crew and 1 on the ground

 

Those who live in L.A. know what a fundamental role these news helicopters play in collecting TV news stories around the region and NBC LA / Telemundo staff are understandably devastated by this crash that happened while they were doing their job, in this case reporting on a fatal crash between a bus and a SUV.

Automobile Club of Argentina poster, 1927

Automóvil Club Argentino

First National Tourism Conference

to be held in

Alta Gracia

sponsored by the Government of the Province of Córdoba and the municipalities of Córdoba and Alta Gracia

Tourism Week in the Córdoba mountain region

Information: Florida 640, Buenos Aires, or General Paz 71, Córdoba

(The poster commissioned by the Automóvil Club Argentino to promote tourism in Córdoba) (*)

(*) This is the text of the advertisement published in the newspaper *El País* in its edition of Friday, 25 November 1927.

City of Córdoba, Argentine Republic.

Irish CIE 2600 Class diesel multiple unit 1965

Córas Iompair Éireann or CIÉ's first batch of 2600 Class railcars (DMUs) were built in 1950 by AEC, as was recommended in the Milne report, another batch of them was built in 1952 for the Great Northern Railway of Ireland along with a final batch being built in 1956. The DMUs consisted of two 120 h.p power cars at each end with CIÉ's standard park royal coaches as intermediates. Later in life the power cars were converted to driving trailers and were operated on suburban push pull services in the Dublin area, this ceased however with the renting of an NIR 80 Class unit for the Bray-Greystones shuttle train in 1987.

The conversion of the sets to push-pull operation was performed by removing the main engines from all power cars and leaving the train lighting generator and steam heating boiler in 50% of the power cars. The 50% of power cars that had the generator and boiler retained had its cab converted into a vestibule and its windscreen blanked out. All but one of the power cars were scrapped in Mullingar and Dundalk in the 1980s, the final remaining power car has been rescued after 30 years of dereliction by the Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway where it will eventually be restored as a push pull control car.

More info

20 things every great American train station had in the 1950s

 

'I like to enjoy a good real book amid lovely nature'

El Coche Motor exiting a tunnel near Córdoba, Argentina.

At the San Roque dam. See earlier posts.

another milestone achieved: 15 million page views since 2009!

remembering American passenger train travel in the 1960s

 

1932 International Model A truck and box van semi-trailer

This is in the Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas.

More pics of the museum's exhibits here

'Big Boy' 4014 passes through an oil refinery in Commerce City, Colorado

As most readers are aware it is the world's largest operating steam locomotive and has a 4-8-8-4 wheel arrangement. In 1941 the UP built 25 Big Boys to haul heavy freight trains. Of the eight remaining examples today, 4014 is the only one in use. It makes occasional trips around the USA and the trips this year celebrated America's 250th anniversary.(Alex Burke pic on the National Geographic website -- more)

Auckland's underground City Rail Link finally opens

Needless to say, behind schedule -- by about 4 years -- and well over the original cost projection. But most people expect that the cost to city businesses caused by its construction will quickly be recovered with extra passengers visiting the downtown, particularly at the new Te Waihorotiu station.

Details on the official website

at the SNCF Depot de Thionville, 1960

The blue engine is an SNCF BB 12000 class electric locomotive, nicknamed "fer à repasser" or flat iron. The green engine appears to be an SNCF CC 14100 class heavy freight electric locomotive. The dark engine is an early diesel shunting locomotive.

Soviet LAZ-695 and LAZ-699 bus models, 1980s

LAZ-695 and LAZ-699 models manufactured by the Lviv Bus Factory in Ukraine and here being used by InTourist which was the state-owned tourist industry for foreigners.

International Harvester AR-160 series medium-duty truck, 1960s

Seen on what was obviously a dicey road between Taihape and Hastings NZ in those days.  The cargo looks like freshly clipped wool sacks. (colorized)

'I love to go shopping for good real books'

1979 Volvo 240 260 Series Sedan sales brochure cover