Terrifying list of 173 ISIS assassins ready to carry out attacks in Europe is found in the ruins of Mosul

The fear is of a spectacular outrage being planned somewhere in the West as the group's self-proclaimed caliphate dies in the Middle East.

Daily Mail (UK) story

"Only 173?" you may ask.  Not so long ago British Intelligence revealed that there are 23,000 Muslims on the "allahu akbarist" list there being watched.  There must be at least as many in the other countries mentioned.

South African narrow gauge Garratt, 1973

In most countries 'narrow gauge' means less than 4 ft 8.5 inches (1435 mm), but in those such as South Africa where the national system is already less than that, it refers to a gauge that is less again. All the commercial 2 ft gauge lines in South Africa ceased operations in the 1990s and only a few tourist, agricultural and/or heritage railways survive. This is on the Port Elizabeth to Avontuur line.

Renfe "Bishop", Spain, 1970s

Nicknamed 'obispos' (bishops) and named Electrotren, this type of electric multiple unit appeared in 1971.

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It looks like a train of obispos in the Despeñaperros pass.

1965 VW Karmann Ghia

1969 MGC/GT

"I think my wife threw my stuff in the sea over there."

"Did you find it?"
"No, it must be somewhere else."

double-deck trams on Southsea Common, Portsmouth, England, 1900s

The system  in Portsmouth was electrified in 1901. By 1905 the tram system consisted of 28 miles (45 km) of double track, had 84 cars and carried an average of 49,875 passengers a day.

It closed in 1929.

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train from Cape Town to Bulawayo, South Africa, 1899

That was the year that the Boer War began and the British had some problems with those unimpressed with the activities of Cecil Rhodes in adding vast regions of Southern Africa to the Empire, for a little while anyway.

'Fossil fuels are dead,' says CSX railroad chief: no more new trains for coal, ever

The industrial revolution that began around 1750 was powered in large part by coal, and the carbon-rich fuel had 200 good years after that.

By the middle of the last century, however, serious studies had begun of its deleterious effects on human health—and that was before the climate-change impact of human emissions of carbon dioxide became known.

Transportation will slowly electrify over the coming decades, while coal's share of electric power generation will wane worldwide.

That's the conclusion of numerous studies and analyses in the automotive, energy, and utility industries.

Now that conclusion has been underscored by the CEO of a company that has profited greatly from coal: the railroad CSX, an amalgamation of lines that includes one founded to haul bituminous coal from the seams of Appalachia.

"Coal has no future," said Hunter Harrison, the chief executive of CSX, in a presentation to industry analysts last week.

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a Catalan Talgo departs Geneva for the long journey to Barcelona

No date. We're a bit dubious about Geneva, but that's what it says See earlier posts.

'I like to read a book amidst attractive nature'