Saturday, September 28, 2013
Denver and Rio Grande eastbound freight train, 1969
Seen near Helper, Utah - a SD45 + GP40 + SD45 in front.
traffic outside the Raffles Hotel, Singapore, circa 1930
A postcard of Singapore's most famous building, then and now.
traffic in South Bridge Road, Singapore, circa 1970
The main focus of this is the Trishaw Indian Temple.
model of the Philadelphia Packet Ship 'Shenandoah'
The packet ship Shenandoah was built in 1840 by John Vaugn & Son at Philadelphia, Pa. for Thomas P. Cope & Son, better known as the Cope Line. Wealthy Philadelphia Quakers, the Copes transported about 60,000 passengers—mostly Irish immigrants—from Liverpool to Philadelphia from 1820-1870. More
Australia transport theme envelope 1987
Bathurst in NSW is best known for the Mount Panorama motorsport raceway
Esso advert, Italy, 1960s
A uniformed attendant operating the pump for you would be noteworthy today.
the ship 'Ionic' in Wellington, 1889
A painting by CH Colborne from 1889 of the 19th century migrant ship Ionic which was in operation from 1883 to 1908. A bit of 'artistic license' was applied to Mt Victoria on the left.
Data according to the ships nostalgia website: 4,753 GRT; steel construction; single screw, two 2-cylinder compound steam engines arranged in tandem, 500 nhp, 14 knots service speed; 70 first and 900 third class passengers. Placed on the White Star-Shaw, Savill & Albion London – Cape Town – Hobart – New Zealand – Cape Horn – London service. Re-engined with quadruple expansion steam engine in 1894. Sold to Aberdeen Line in 1900 and renamed Sophocles. Withdrawn 1906 and scrapped 1908
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