1951 Austin A40 Sports convertible

Canada Post to scrap all home deliveries

Unreal, particularly since unlike its counterpart in the United States, Canada Post makes a profit ($98 million in 2012)...

In an attempt to cut costs, Canada Post has announced plans to scrap all home deliveries, making Canada the first country in the G20 to be without a door-to-door service. Once the cuts are implemented, only some business addresses will get post through the letter box – not even residents of cities such as Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal will receive mail at home.

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'this transpress nz book was a good purchase'

1914 Morris Fire Truck, India

 

A First Day Cover from a couple of months ago, showing this machine built by John Morris and Sons in Salford, England, and used by Indian Railways.  A pic of it being run is on this webpage

NSB El.17 electric locomotive

an NMJ topline model

A class of 12 electric Bo-Bo 3,000 kW or 4,000 hp locomotives built by Thyssen-Henschel and Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri (NEBB) for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) in two batches, the first was delivered in 1982 and numbered 2221–2226, and the second in 1987, numbered 2227–2232. more

Mercedes Benz 300SL on the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, 1950s

 

More info and pics on this webpage

2-2-0 tank loco for branch lines, Germany, 1882

Built for standard gauge lines in the Duchy of Baden. In German a Tender-Lokomotive means a tank locomotive; one with a tender attached behind it is a Schlepp-Tender-Lokomotive.

ma Renault est en panne, 1920s

"Que dois-je faire?"

 "Je sais, je vais attendre un homme avec un bon équipement."
 

"et s'il est adroit avec ses mains, je vais montrer ma gratitude"

1948 Marmon-Herrington trolley bus in Dayton, Ohio

A 1972 Plymouth beside it. One of these buses is on static display at the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton.

quick 1971 Ford Falcon GT

 

Presumably the car, but probably the girl too. Ken Oath is aussie slang, short for 'fucken' or 'farken' oath...