SNCF 050 TQ

In English classification an 0-10-0 ten-coupled.  A total 35 of these were built and placed into service over 1948-1949. Final withdrawal took place in 1970. They were the last shunting tank locomotives put into service by the SNCF.

The Creil and La Plaine depots received the first 12 locomotives in July 1948 and thereafter this list grew with the depots of Somain, Fives, Lens and Aulnoye as deliveries were made.

More: 050 TQ — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)

Flagstaff station, Arizona

A photo taken obviously in the late 1950s and an early morning one looking the opposite direction taken by us recently.  It was built by Santa Fe in 1926 and is now owned by the City of Flagstaff. There is still a daily Amtrak train in each direction for which there is an era occupied by the station agent and the rest is a visitor center.  More info

'I like discovering what's in old real books'

Linee Aeree Italiane promo item, 1950

 

On 31 October 1957 Alitalia merged with Linee Aeree Italiane and took on the name of Alitalia – Linee Aeree Italiane.  The latter part of the name subsequently disappeared, unsurprisingly.

1936 Talbot-Lago T150C cabriolet

 

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East Berlin double deck bus, circa 1974

It looks ready for withdrawal. See this post : transpress nz: East German double-deck bus, 1960s.  The Russian Lada looks quite good in comparison.

Clifton Rocks Railway in Bristol, England, in 1904 and now

The Clifton Rocks Railway was an underground 137 metre (450 ft) long funicular linking Clifton at the top to Hotwells and Bristol Harbour at the bottom of the Avon Gorge in a tunnel cut through the limestone cliffs.

The gradient was about 45% Propulsion was by the water-balance method, in which the cars of each pair were connected by a cable running around a pulley at the upper station; a large tank on each car was filled with water at the top and the extra weight provided the motive power.

It operated from 1893 to 1934.

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Soviet Antonov An-12BP

Introduced in 1959, for more than three decades the An-12 was the standard medium-range cargo and paratroop transport aircraft of the Soviet air forces. A total of 1,248 aircraft were built. More

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short history of the NSW class 40 diesel-electrics

 

Two 40 class with an ARHS excursion near Wondabyne on the line to Gosford, probably when near new.

See also the earlier posts.

1950 Ford Pilot V8