1925 Chevrolet 2-door sedan

1926 Ford Model T coupe

the TranzAlpine train in winter wonderland, NZ

Westbound, near the top of Cass Bank. For lots more see the book On the TransAlpine Trail.  (KiwiRail pic)

Queensland Rail 2300 class diesel in Roma Street, Brisbane, September 2012

The 2300 class are former 1550 and 2400, 2450 and 2470 class that were rebuilt between 1997 and 2002. This one was a former 2450.

Number produced: 60 Type : Co-Co : Weight: 94.5 tonnes : Prime mover: Electro-Motive Diesel 645E3C Output: 1,850 kW (2,480 hp)

 

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Giessenbach Station, Austria

With an ÖBB Talent class electric multiple unit.  This is a halt for this village for local trains between Innsbruck and Scharnitz, which is the next station up just before the German border.   As can be seen, it nevertheless has a sizable building from when the line was built in 1912.

1948 Seddon 32-seater bus

Based in Oldham, England. The company's history went back to 1919. In later years, combined with Atkinson, it made trucks ('lorries' as they are called in Britain), the last under the Seddon Atkinson name were built in Oldham in 2004. Bus and coach production ceased in 1983 when the last Pennine 7 models were delivered.

barges, tram and cars in Nantes, France

See earlier posts.

1950 Transit Bus 31-33 passenger bus promo art

"Transit Buses were formed in 1941 as a selling organization for the rear-engine Ford Transit bus (see Ford), but went off on its own at the end of 1947 after disagreements with Ford over the proper sort of change to make in order to meet post-war demands. The company owned Union City Body Co., and that plant was used, starting in the fall of 1947, to produce a new design of 31-­passenger bus body. Chassis were built by Checker Cab Manufacturing Co., and Continental engines mounted crosswise at the rear were standard equipment. In the changed economics of the post-war years, many former operators of lightweight buses were unable to afford new vehicles, and the few cities (particularly Detroit) that had earlier pursued small-bus policies were finding that increased labor costs forced a revision of their thinking. Detroit did buy 300 Transits in 1949, but fewer than 200 were sold to other operators in two years, and in January 1950 Transit Buses Inc. was sold to Checker Cab."  (from coachbuilt.com)

Colmar station, France

One of our photos, taken in 2012. It has been known as Colmar-Central to distinguish it from other stations in the city. The large window (matched by one on the other side) gives the impression of a tunnel portal, whether by intention or effect.

The first Colmar station was inaugurated in 1840 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Strasbourg à Bâle. The present station dates from 1907 from the 1871-1919 era when Alsace was under German administration. 

Swiss railway art

SBB/CFF electric locomotive Ae6/6 Ticino on the Gotthard Lavorgo Spiral in Switzerland, a painting by Gerald Savine who was born in London in October 1945 and attended the Harrow School of Art from 1959-1965.

All profits from a signed limited edition of 600 prints (image size 420 x 330mm) go to the Swiss preservation society for the locomotive in the painting.

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