iPhone dominance

A book instead makes a good companion

'do you like my Halloween book theme?'

The treat please :-)

steam shunting crane, Ireland

Obviously an 0-6-0 tank locomotive.  Location and date not given.

Italian Postbus stamp, 1972

Timaru station yard and wharves, 1889

interurban doubledeck V set from Newcastle arrives at Hamilton, NSW

 

En route to Sydney.  Hamilton is basically a suburb of Newcastle.  For lots more, see the book Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. (Geoff Churchman pic)

nice KiwiRail Scenic commercial

It's pleasing to see some money being spent on promotion.  This is totally filmed on the TranzAlpine route between Christchurch and Greymouth, but the other two journeys are also very good - see our books.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, passenger train produces a water spectacle

from a viral e-mail

traffic in Thames Street, Oamaru, circa 1940

At least one motorbike and quite a few 30s cars.

the Sunset Limited March

 

The cover for the sheet music, 1910  For the rest of it, see here.  The Sunset Limited train follows a long established route skirting the very south of the US between New Orleans and LA.  The present day Amtrak webpage