Viking River Cruises ain't what they used to be

Why Railroads don't need Expansion Joints

 

1940s DSB bus, Triangel (Odense) chassis, Frichs motor

 

1988 Volvo 780 coupe

1950 Renault Colorale pickup

from msn.com

Before the war, Frenchmen who thought a Citroën Traction Avant too clever by half – and a Peugeot 402 too flashy – kept Renault nicely in business by buying rugged Primaquatres and Vivaquatres.

Once the 4CV was in production, the recently nationalised Régie Renault pitched for this market with a new workhorse aimed at ‘coloniale and rurale’ buyers – hence Colorale.

Launched in 1950, it was thirsty, slow and ugly (its dreary estate, van and pick-up bodies built by Chausson), nobody wanted the thing and even changing the engine didn’t help.

Renault made a howling loss and pulled the plug in 1956, leaving Colorales to end their days in country garages, chopped into breakdown trucks.

an English West Coast Express exits the Shugborough tunnel, 1865

Hauled by a 2-2-2 named Big Bloomer -- info

The Shugborough Tunnel is a 2,331 ft (710 meter) railway tunnel built by the Trent Valley Railway in 1846 on the Trent Valley line running under part of the Shugborough Estate in Colwich, Staffordshire; still in use, now electrified.

Painted by C. Hamilton Ellis. 

Spanish railway saloon car, 1920

Class ZZ-620, two rigid axles so it is not likely very comfortable. The end windows indicate it was for use on a train end.

ship, tug and crane at Bristol, England poster art, 1950s

 
Available commercially.

1975 Mercedes-Benz SEL W116 model

Iscale 1:18 scale.

1924 Hispano Suiza H6B