Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Crown Zellerbach Alco RS-3 switcher on Vancouver Island, Canada


These Bo-Bo type were made in the first half of the 1950s from May 1950 to August 1956  -- info

This photo is probably from the 1970s. Crown Zellerbach, a pulp and paper company based in San Francisco, was the subject of a hostile takeover in the mid-1980s and ceased as a distinct entity not long afterwards.

DR 41 1225-6 between Camburg and Dornburg in 1985

The East German DR was still using steam at this stage, but not very often.  See earlier posts.

Colombia railway network 1961 stamp


According to Wikipedia:-

The Colombia railway network has a total length of 3,304 kilometres (2,053 milies). There are 150 kilometres (93 miles) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge connecting Cerrejón coal mines, Tren del Cerrejón, to the maritime port of Puerto Bolivar at Bahia Portete, and 3,154 kilometres (1,960 miles) of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge of which 2,611 kilometres (1,622 mi) are in use.

The state-owned railway company, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia (National Railways of Colombia), was liquidated in the 1990s. Since then passenger rail service in Colombia is provided only as tourist steam trains on the Bogotá savanna railway, now called Turistren, and between Bogotá and Zipaquirá, and a general daily passenger service around Barrancabermeja, and its surroundings (Puente Sogamoso, Garcia Cadena, Puerto Berrio, and Puerto Parra), provided by Coopsercol.

Soviet L class 2-10-0 steamers at Sortavala, Russia


No less than 4,199 of them were built 1945—1955.

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'Sopwith Pup biplane of No. 8 Squadron. Royal Naval Air Service' art

Obviously WW1 era, by aviation artist Neil Hipkiss.

'yes it's wallpaper but I intend to replace it with real books like this one'

Somaliland stamps 2010, featuring Soviet electric locomotives

1985 Lincoln Continental Givenchy

Givenchy is a French luxury fashion and perfume house.

1947 Cushman Model 52 Scooter


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