Switzerland's first water-toboggan on Lac Léman, 1927

Also known in English as Lake Geneva. The water-toboggan was imported from the United States, was 11 meters high and 25 meters long and allowed people to ‘surf’ on the lake with a board as shown although no rope isn't obvious, it was basically a slide.

terminus of the St Charles streetcar line in New Orleans

With a little model.  Although most of the line is along St Charles Avenue, some is in S. Carrollton. Traveling along it is a cheap way of seeing the grand old garden surrounded houses. (Geoff Churchman pic)

1935 Mercedes Benz 130 H sedan

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1960 Cadillac Series 62

An apt color...

electric railcar on the Biasca-Acquarossa railway, Ticino, Switzerland, 1973

This was the year the meter-gauge 13.8 km line was closed and replaced with a bus service. It had been in service since 1911.

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'I use good real books to teach my students'

traffic in Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 1935

 

At the corner with Leipziger Stasse, looking north. The area was rebuilt in plain modernist style after extensive bomb damage in WW2.

It looks like an Opel Blitz pickup in the center.

Present day view

Canadian Pacific steam crossing CGI

A pair of 4-8-4's built in 1928 with road numbers 3100 and 3101.

Detailed info on steamlocomotive.com with photos is here

'Gas Pump Girls' (1979) opening scene

 The movie can be watched free here: Gas Pump Girls : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Swiss RABDe 12/12 electric multiple unit of the SBB

20 of these 3-car Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo type sets were built over 1965–1967. They could seat 200 including 56 in first class. Power output was 2444 kW (3275 hp, one hour rating) at 80 km/h.  With all 12 axles powered they had a fast acceleration and accordingly got nicknamed 'mirage'.  Final withdrawal was in 2010. Seen in Zurich Hauptbahnhof in 1971.

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