London K type omnibus

Introduced in 1919, the wider body than the predecessor B type enabled cross seats on the lower deck.  Seating capacity was 46 and it was the first design to have the driver sitting beside the engine.  Weight was 4.2 tons. The type was finally withdrawn in June 1932.

create your own back story

One of those personal photos you sometimes find among postcards for sale which have no recorded details but which are intriguing.  The bus on the right looks like a 1940s Bedford; the next, partly obscured, looks like a 1940s Dodge, and the architecture is French.  Probably not a bus enthusiasts meeting! Create your own back story...

Hungarian railbus, 1930s

freight transport in Burma

centenary of Burma's railways stamps in 1977

What - no motorways and no trucks?  Where's Steven Joyce?

old tractor at NZ's Vanda Station in Antarctica

'I'm leaving Angers', 1916

Angers is about 300 km southwest of Paris.  A photo like this certainly would make a good souvenir of any place.

old transport around the Tatra mountains

the Csorber Lake with Satan  (the name of the mountain!)

the cogwheel railway from Strba to Strbske Pleso at the top, today electric

Lanovka to Skalnate Pleso, Slovak side

 

the funicular from Starý Smokovec to Hrebienok

 

The metre-gauge electric Tatrabahn

aerial cableway to Kasprowy Wierch,  Polish side, 1960s

Morskie Oko is a well-known destination on the Polish side, but getting to it involves either a long walk or a ride on a horse and cart.  The peaks visible are the Polish/Slovak border.

About two thirds of the Tatra mountain range is in Slovakia and one third in Poland, all of it scenic and rugged.  As mentioned in earlier posts, rail transport is more developed on the Slovak side.  Getting from one side to the other involves either your feet or road transport.

SNCF BB-12000 class

These were introduced as part of the Est region electrification in 25 kV AC in 1954-1955 (see earlier post) and 148 of these were built from 1954 to 1961, of which 10 are preserved. HO scale models were made by Jouef, Fleischmann, Märklin and Trix

Axle arrangement: Bo-Bo
Pantographs: 2
Traction motors: 4 x SW 435 at  675 kV
Continuous output: 2470 kW
Total weight: 83.4 to 85.6 tonnes
Total length: 15.2 metres
Maximum speed: 140 or 120 km/h

the Solkan stone bridge, Slovenia, the world's second longest

The Solkan Bridge, called locally the Solkanski most (in Italian Ponte di Salcano, in German Salcanobrücke), is a 220-metre (720 ft) arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia close to Italy. With an arch span of 85 metres (279 ft), it is the second-longest stone bridge in the world and the longest railway stone bridge. It was officially opened in 1906

1965 Rambler 330 Station Wagon