derelict Russian steam locomotives

A line of rusting examples in Siberia. (englishrussia.com)

Leyland truck with a big load, NZ, 1930s(?)

Probably a kauri log from the size of it.

2006-2014 Mitsuoka Orochi

Those were the production years for this sports car with a distinctively strange grille. "The car takes its name from the mythical Yamata no Orochi 8-headed Japanese dragon."

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as right as rain

Fiat 600 Multipla promo pic circa 1956

"We're all going to squeeze in here - impressed?"
"It's all right if you're short and slim."
"Gawd, four of us have to fit in the back"
"Don't complain, it will be intimate."
"But uncomfortable"
"We need to be inventive with our positions"
"You always say that, dear."

Pacific Electric trolley #331, Birney Safety Car

This 4-wheel car was built in 1918 by J.G. Brill Car Company and was operated occasionally until it was withdrawn from service in 1940. 

It was firstly preserved by Metro Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1966 then at the Orange Empire Railway Museum at Perris, California from 1966 to the present.

Length: 24'6" (7.5 metres); Width:7'11" (2.4 metres); Height: 10'2" (3.1 metres); Weight:14,700 pounds (6.7 tonnes); Seats:32; Trucks: Brill 78M1; Motors:GE 258C (2); Total horsepower: 50. 

Egyptian class AA22T diesel-electric

A total 280 of this Co-Co type were built by Henschel with GM engines and introduced in 1976.  The engine output is 2,475 hp (1,845 kW) and the locomotive weight is 121-122 tons.

According to locomotion.fandom.com: "A total of 99 examples of the basic AA22T version (75 mph/120 km/h gearing) were delivered (3016-3084, 3241-3270); the AA22T (50 mph/80 km/h gearing for heavy freight work) totals 56 locomotives (3001-3015, 3189-3200 and 3271-3299); the AA22T-2, 125 of which were supplied between 1981 and 1990, features various improvements and if geared for 87 mph/140 km/h running for passenger work (3085-3188, 3201-3221)."  This one was seen in Cairo in 2017.

narrow gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotive 'Waldenburg', Switzerland

Built for the Waldenburgbahn in 1912. The gauge was 750 mm which is a bit short of 2'6" and the narrowest in Switzerland.

Union Pacific AC44CW

A pair of them on an autorack rack train near Frost, California 15 years ago.

a felucca voyage down the Nile, Egypt

"We headed off toward outcroppings of gray stone rounded smooth by thousands of years of water lapping against them. Always in the distance, perched above us in a barren landscape, stood the Aga Khan Mausoleum.

"The Jellika had no motor — she was entirely dependent upon the wind. We’d cruise along slowly, calmly, for most of the ride, though there were moments when the breeze would pick up and we’d gain a considerable amount of speed.

"We rounded Elephantine Island, its temple ruins visible in glimpses. Some say the island got its name from the large rocks at one end that aren’t too difficult to imagine as bathing pachyderms — though it might have more to do with the fact that it was once an outpost of the ivory trade."

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