cars outside the Driftwood Motel in Denver, Colorado, 1950s

It's still there -- present day view

1950 Nash Statesman 2 Door

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'how many good real books can I buy for this ring?'

Sydney tram leaving the Balmain Wharf for Rozelle, 1950

Present day streetview

RMS 'Campania' (1893) graphic

This was 12,950 GRT, 622 ft (189.6 meters) long x 65 ft 3 in (19.9 meters) wide and had 12 double-ended Scotch boilers plus 102 furnaces powering to five-cylinder triple expansion engines producing 31000 shp direct to twin screws.

The ship lasted until being sunk in a collision with HMS Glorious on 5 November 1918.  More

The contents of a passenger log invite some tongue in cheek speculation:

Day 1: Blimey it was cold at Southampton, but I'm looking forward to the trip.

Day 2: Seasick today, but think I'm getting my sea legs.

Day3: So windy on deck today, it just about flippin' blew my block off.

Day 4: I met a nice girl in the dining room today but her chaperone gave me a steely look.

Day 5: I managed to catch the girl away from the chaperone. She invited me back to her cabin to look at her corsets. It was nice.

Day 6: Icy wind, but I can see New York, do they speak the Queen's English, and will I be able to buy good English grub?

SBB Ae 6/6

Locomotive Ae 6/6 11459 Chiasso at the head of train 73130 (Bodio -- Siggental) on 23 June 2006 is just leaving the short Rohrbach tunnel near Wassen on the northern ramp of the Gotthard-Bahn. The locomotive was made in 1960 and retired from SBB rolling stock in January 2011 after a very long service life.  (Marek Štěpánek photo via Rail Impressions & Photos)

car chase from the movie 'Short Time' (1990)

 

Southern Pacific steam passenger train art

The coast route is a reference to the line between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. This dates from the 1940s.

Haoji Viaduct, China

This is the 1,813 km long Haoji Railway Bridge in China. It is the longest heavy-duty railway bridge in the world, the bridge is used for coal transportation. The total cost was around $US 28 billion.

It was built to haul 200 million tons of coal from Inner Mongolia and Shanxi to China's southern provinces. The railway is also the first north-south railway in China that is dedicated to coal, and is built to bypass existing coal transport routes that go via coastal cities by ship. The line reduces transit time from 20 days by sea to just 3 days by rail.

The line connects to existing railways at several points to share maintenance facilities. The design speed of the railway is 120 km/h. It is operated by China railway.

The line was approved in 2014, financed by China Railway and several large domestic coal mining companies. The railway was inaugurated on 28 September 2019.

Lisbon tram art

Artist not stated. Available commercially as a print.

See earlier posts.