Japanese Kiha 185 series DMU on the Minamiaso Railway (Takamori -- Tateno)

The single-track, cape gauge, 18-km non-electrified line was opened by the Japanese Government Railways in 1928. The only passing loop is at Nakamatsu. Freight services ceased in 1984. The third-sector company took over the former JNR line in 1986. The line iuses a simplified automatic railway signalling system.

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freight cars in Skopje train station, Macedonia, circa WW1

The original station was built in 1873.  This was replaced with a new station built over 1938-1940 which in turn had to be replaced following the 1963 Skopje earthquake that hit on 26 July 1963. This was opened in 1981. Some of the wrecked second station was kept as a city museum.

MoPac 40 ft livestock car model in HO scale

 40 ft is 12.2 metres.  The height indicates they were for cattle. Model made by Athearn.

Berlin S-Bahn 485 series

These DDR-productions, popularly known as "Cola Cans" were first delivered in 1990 and were finally withdrawn last month.

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Bermuda floating dry dock stamps, 2019

Marking 150 years of its arrival from England.

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a Pacific Electric 5050-series car on quadruple track at El Soreno, L.A., early 1950s

 

These were rebuilt from former 'Hollywood' cars and used 1951 to 1958. 

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Queensland 10-wheeler with a Brisbane suburban train, 1950s

A PB15 class 4-6-0 of which 233 were produced between 1899 and 1926 by 5 different builders. The passenger cars look like they dated from the same era. Location unknown.

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'I like to read real books I can feel, not gawk at little screens'

land and sea traffic in Königsberg, Germany, 1928

Since 1945 this city has been Kaliningrad (after its substantial destruction), an encave belonging to Russia (see earlier posts).

Yugoslav railways 0-6-0T

A class 61 built by Krupp (Germany) in 1922, seen in Skopje, 1953.