To the right is the former State Highway 1, now State Highway 59. The gradients on this hill were the main reason for electrification in 1940. See the book Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. (Roger Childs pic)
Monday, June 3, 2024
the railway station at the end of the Fairlie branch NZ, 1920s
The Gladstone Hotel is still there a century later, the railyard became a park after the branch line closed. For lots more, see our books.
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Lake Erie & Northern Railway (LEN), Canada, electric interurban car 955
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This was an 80 km (50 mile) system that operated in Grand River Valley, Ontario between 1916 and 1955 (end of passenger service). More
Queens Wharf, Wellington in the 1890s, art
A passenger train from Te Aro station is shown hauled by an R class single Fairlie as well as ships and horses and carts/cabs. It doesn't show the Wellington Harbour Board Offices building at left -- this was built in 1896. An acrylic painting by Roly Hermans.
For lots more, see the books Wellington: a Capital century and Wellington Transport Memories.
Fiat railcars in Nyasaland (now Malawi), l950s
These actually were soulmates of NZR's Fiat railcars of the same era as they were built by the same people -- bodies by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company via the Drewry sales company and flat underfloor Fiat engines, and for cape gauge. For more see our books.
Saturday, June 1, 2024
GWR steam train art, England
A Great Western Railway County class 4-4-0 crosses Backney Bridge near Ross on Wye, Herefordshire. An original oil painting on board by Barry Freeman who was a former member of the Guild of railway Artists.
a San Diego, California, trolley stops at Hazard Center on the Green Line
See earlier posts for more. (Geoff Churchman photo)
car chase from 'The Seven-Ups' (1973)
This one ranks alongside those in Bullitt and The French Connection.
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