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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Rio Grande freight train at Mojave, California, 1993


With a pair of SD40T-2's up front.
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Algerian railways poster, 1938


Probably depicting a Micheline autorail (see earlier posts).
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Britten-Norman-2A-26 Islander


We rather like the registration letters :-)  Info
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Canadian Pacific freight train in the Rockies, 1975


In the area around Field, BC, with an SD40-2 on the point.
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Prague trams, interwar years


With the 65-metre high Powder Tower from 1474.

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'this transpress nz book should help me'


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German military motorbike and sidecar stamp, 1943


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steam locos in Saalfeld, DDR, 1980


Steam lasted a bit longer in the east than in the west, and this place was described as a Hochburg for steam fans.  The road bridge over the railyard (this view looking south) provided a great place for pictures, more spectacular than this one.
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Friday, March 24, 2017

1960 Buick Invicta 2-door hardtop



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Burlington Northern GP39-2


On the front of what could be a train of woodchips, close to the US-Canadian border at Laurier, Washington, circa 1990.
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