Wednesday, April 2, 2025

circa 1930 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brochure featuring a Yellow Coach model 7

 Below is another Yellow Coach of the B&O in the station inside the Chanin Building of NYC.  The bus station closed in 1958.


two gas station graphic artworks with a common element


Which is the boy with a toy car, although they aren't done by the same artist. The first looks like it depicts a mid-1950s Peugeot 403 while the second shows American muscle cars of the 1970s.

ferry and a lighthouse art

No details available but we think it's based on a scene on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland which has been used in the past.  Credited to Stephen Millership

Monday, March 31, 2025

1937 Yellow Coach Series 743 bus


Obviously as used by Greyhound which bought 1,256 of them which were used into the 1960s. This must be a preserved example as the road number is 1937 and the destination is shown as 'America'.

an NZR 4-8-2 with a race train between Greenlane and Ellerslie in 1965


Wellington's race trains to Trentham in that era were hauled by electric locomotives but in Auckland it was by steam.  Ja 1278 was captured on 15 May 1965 by the late Jack Creber. For lots more, see our books.

a different way of advertising a sand and gravel business

Seen in Michigan, a still from this video. The plane is a 1946 Luscombe 8a.

Thursday, March 27, 2025

some of the dumbest drivers out there

They are probably not the dumbest drivers ever (a typical YouTube click bait heading) but some of them are bad.

'I like shopping for real books'


1948 Austin Sheerline

 

Good for going hunting and fishing in -- these days it would be a SUV and probably without the red hunting jackets and white britches.

Soviet steam railway art

A train leaves the Yaroslavl-Glavny station, info about the station is here

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

a tram from Newtown to Thorndon in Wellington NZ is seen in Riddiford St, 1963

This was the year before trams ended in Wellington.  The black smoke looks like it is from a Wellington Hospital furnace -- what was being burned?

For lots more, see the books Wellington: a Capital century and Wellington Transport Memories.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

freight trains around Sheffield, England, 1966

It includes several scenes of road vehicles of the era. Steel is still made in Sheffield although the focus has changed to quality rather than quantity.

railway art set north of Birmingham on the Western Region line to Wolverhampton, 1950s(?)

We are big admirers of the talent of Britain's railway artists -- this is by John Austin.

Melborne swingdoor car electric multiple unit seen in 1972


A special train to Hurstbridge at a photostop between Eltham and Diamond Creek. For lots more, see the book Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand.

Soviet steam loco poster, 1920

Get ready for winter?

SNCB recruitment poster, Belgium


"You are 18 and you want a 6000 hp car"  The pic shows an AM80 class electric muilple unit from the early 1980s.

Monday, March 24, 2025

'Take the train' SNCF poster, circa 1970

 With a BB 9200 upfront. Of coursem it's a train "marchandises" but you get the idea.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

'I definitely prefer good real books, not little devices'

the Denver and Rio Grande railroad map, 1903

Covering Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Ultimately the DRGW became part of Union Pacific in the 1990s and some routes are no longer operated.

SNCB poster, Belgium


Age uncertain. "Nous avons rempli notre devoir pour votre sécurité, veillez-y aussi vous-même" = We have fulfilled our duty for your safety, please take care of it yourself too.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

2001 Devaux Coupe


"The Devaux Coupe is an Australian automobile built from 2001 and still is. Designed by David J Clash in Australia and amed after David's mother's maiden name, the car itself was inspired by coach builders like the Bugatti 1930s designs. The engine is 3.4 litre Jaguar / GM LS1 5.7 V8 -269 kW and 470 N·m of torque. It is not related to the DeVaux, an American built automobile of the 1930s. Devaux Cars Pty Ltd is based in Beaconsfield Upper, Victoria. Prices on application. There is also a spyder variant."

Sunday, March 16, 2025