Sunday, August 11, 2019

Polish metre-gauge 2-6-2 steam loco


One of 7 of the class -- in PKP service denoted as Tyn6 -- built between 1927 and 1930, this one by Vulcan AG in Stettin.  More info

speed limit 10 km/s


Which is 36,000 km/h (about 22,000 mph).

Saturday, August 10, 2019

an early aviator about to crash into Heliopolis House, Cairo?


In the great postcard era, two things the publishers liked to add with the then equivalent of Photoshop were chintzy sunrises and aircraft flying around.

This one, if real, would be about to crash into the building...  See the earlier posts on Heliopolis trams.

1959 Dodge front


A work of art in both respects.