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Saturday, May 11, 2024
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
IcelandAir 757 in Northern Lights theme
Icelandair launched its Northern Lights-themed livery in 2015 as part of a campaign to encourage travelers to take a stopover in Iceland. Unsurprisingly, the design has proved popular. Now part of the fleet, the Hekla Aurora Boeing 757 wears the blue and green swirls of the aurora borealis across its body, while a LED mood lighting system on board recreates the effect in the main cabin. (via Icelandair FB)
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4. number 759 from 1944
from Wikipedia
Nickel Plate Road 759 is a class "S-2" 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built in 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio as a member of the S-2 class for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road". Built as a fast freight locomotive, No. 759 served the Nickel Plate until being retired in 1959 and placed into storage. In 1965, No. 759 was purchased by F. Nelson Blount for display in his Steamtown, U.S.A. collection in North Walpole, New Hampshire. The locomotive was restored to operating condition in 1967 by New York commodity broker Ross Rowland for use in hauling his Golden Spike Centennial Limited, a special commemorative train that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1969. Afterwards, No. 759 pulled numerous excursions for Ross Rowland and Steamtown until being retired once more and placed back on display in 1977. As of 2023, the locomotive remains on static display at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and sibling engine No. 765 continues to operate in mainline excursion service.
Monday, May 6, 2024
Wellington NZ station and Bunny Street in tram days
3 trams can be seen in Bunny Street, From the look of the cars, this dates from the early 1950s. For lots more, see our books, particularly Wellington: a Capital century.
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