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And an unusual railway - The Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. https://www.rhdr.org.uk/ The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a 15 in (381 mm) gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives. The 13 1⁄2-mile (21.7 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness, close to Dungeness nuclear power station and Dungeness Lighthouse.
Wells-next-the-Sea railway station served the small seaside port of Wells-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk, England. It was opened in 1857 by the Wells & Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway's Wymondham to Wells branch, and became a junction in 1866 with the arrival of the West Norfolk Junction Railway. It closed in 1964.
Post Card: English DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit). An Oxford Publishing Co. Card.
You may need to squint to see the railway line in this card of The Barnesmore Gap in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
DONEGAL RAILWAYS
The West Donegal Railway Company opened this line on 25th April 1882, the start of it’s construction having been hampered by seven weeks of snowstorm. The line closed in 1959. The Railway ran alongside a ledge built into the hillside for part of its route through Barnesmore Gap. Much of the trackbed can still be traced today, and is visible to all who visit Biddys.
The remoteness here is well illustrated, with the train clinging to the side of the Blue Stack Mountains. Note also the telegraph poles, vital in transporting all the telecommunications services that the railway required to keep it running. This would not only allow voice telephony between stations and signal cabins, but also operated the various block sections.
Unposted Postcard: Barnesmore Gap, Co. Donegal.
½ stamp. Postmarked Londonderry Oct. 30th 1905. W. Lawrence Publisher, Dublin.
A view of the Corinth Canal, showing the railway from Kiato to Athens crossing over the canal.
I saw this postcard on exhibit at the Museum of the Moscow Railway near Paveletsky station in Moscow. I was on my 20,000km train journey from Saigon to Scotland (via Pyongyang), which included the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The foreground (lower right) and the boreal forest in the background seem to be hand-coloured in green?!
We've got lots of photos of Budapest trams, we visited 5 times between 2014 and 2018 - we liked it so much!
Our favourite tram route was the No 2, which goes down the Pest side of the Danube (especially at night where many of the historic buildings and bridges are floodlit), but there are many interesting routes, especially the scenic run up to Hűvösvölgy.
Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind!
10pf Neptune Fountain and residential tower, Town Hall Street, Be. Series: Development in the GDR, large format Catalog codes: Mi:DD 1843Ia, Sn:DD 1431, Yt:DD 1501, Sg:DD E1534, AFA:DD 1585 Themes: Buildings | Fountains | Townscapes / City Views. Issued on: 1973-04-10 And a 5pf + 10Pf Development in the DDR (Small Format).
German Postcard: Dampf-Guterzug-Lokomotive 50 622 der Deutschen Bundesbahn. Dampf - Schnelizug-Lokomotive 01 1066 der Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde. Dampf-Schnelizug-Likomotive 01 118 der Historischen Eisenbahn Frankfurt.
60pf Mouth. Series: Europa (C.E.P.T.) 1986 - Protection of the Environment. Catalog codes: Mi:DE 1278, Sn:DE 1457, Yt:DE 1110, Sg:DE 2128, AFA:DE 2222 Themes: C.E.P.T. / Europe | Environment Protection | Sculptures. Issued on: 1986-05-05
Russian Card with Belarus Stamps. Steam Locomotive.
200th Anniversary of the Independence of Venezuela. Catalog codes: Mi:BY BL86, Sn:BY 773, Yt:BY BF84, Sg:BY MS862, AFA:BY A859, WAD:BY018MS.11, BLR:BY BL82. Issued on: 2011-07-05 International Festival of Arts - Slavianski Bazar in Vitebsk. Catalog codes: Mi:BY 863, Sn:BY 774a, Yt:BY 741, Sg:BY 863, AFA:BY 860, WAD:BY019.11, BLR:BY 880. Issued on: 2011-07-08
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Probably the world's most elegant fire station. Wakefield Street Adleaide on postcard to France sent in August 1909. Note that horses were still employed to pull the fire tender with a minimum crew of 8.
Bruxelles La Bourse POST CARD, posted on 28 IV 1919 by Paul DONY, rue De Lescluze, 25, BERCHEM-ANVERS to Miss Stella Heath, "Merrimu" 9 Park Avenue, Ashfield, NSW, Australia.
The message of the postcard reads .."Dear Miss Heath, Your p.c. of the 14th March .... Thanks for same. I shall be delighted to exchange some more with you. Please have them awlays stamped on the picture-side with 1 or 3 different stamps each. Do you also collect stamps? I should be pleased to received some used ones of your country & .....". Appears to be a correspondence between Paul and Stella on exchanging of postcards and possibly stamps between Belgium and Australia in the early 20th century (1919).
1914 1c Green Washington coil stamp used on Puplic Library, New York City POST CARD, posted on FEB 1914 by Evan L. Stettna from NEWHAVEN, CONN to Mrs Morru Bernstein Gatty., Savannah, Ga.
The message of the postcard reads .."My best regards to you and your lovely .... Will have a .... for you when I see you again - Mrs S. --- Yours sinverely Evan L.Stettna". A fine piece of early 20th century (1914) postcard showing the Public Library of New York on nice thematic on Architecture Building, Tram, Horse-Cart.
LYON La Place des Cordeliers POSTCARD (Black-Print)
LYON, - La Place des Coreliers POST CARD, posted on 25 NO 1915 by M. POINTAUD, 89, Cours Emile Zola. LYON (Rhone) to Miss Stella Heath, "Merrimu" 138 Park Avenue, Ashfield, NSW, Australia. Stamps used in front of cover have been removed, probably by Miss Heath for her collection.
A fine piece of early postal routes between France and Australia in the early 20th century (1915), with nice thematic on Architecture Building, Tram, Horse-Cart as the early popular transportation.
10 HELLER Emperor Franz Joseph stamp used on Wien, Operngasse POST CARD, posted on 13 VII 08 from WIEN to Rue Du Four 36, Seine, France. A fine piece of early postal routes within the European countries Austria and France in the early 20th century (1908), with nice thematic on Architecture Building, Tram, Horse-Cart as the early popular transportation.
MILANO - Duomo POST CARD, posted on 5 - 1 39 XVII by Prof. J.Gattinara from MILANO FERROVIA CORP to Mrs John Pauls, 211 W.Henry Street, SAVANNAH, G.A. USA.
A fine piece of early postal routes between Italy and USA in the 20th century (1939), with nice thematic on Cathedral and Tram.
1948 3c WISCONSIN 1848 CENTENNIAL 1948 used on PUBLIC SQUARE AND UNION TERMINAL TOWER, CLEVEAND, OHIO POST CARD, posted on JUN 16 1948 from CATLIN, ILL to Mr & Mrs H. Schweitzer, The Esplanade, Thorleigh, N.S.W., Australia.
A fine piece of 20th century (1948) postcard showing the Cleveland's Public Square between USA and Australia on nice thematic on Architecture Building and Tram.
Century old ONE PENNY QUEEN VICTORIA Pictorial POST CARD showing General Post Office, Melbourne postal history from Melbourne with various circular and label postmarks dated MELBOURNE 18APR.11 and VICTORIA addressed to Miss H. ?? "Berowra" Gordon St, (now 3 Farrar Road) Arncliff, Sydney NSW.
A nice message which said "Dear Hilda, We had a very smooth passage over to Melbourne. It was very nice not long though. I went up to the G.P.O yesterday. Went to get some stamps. It is not such a nice Building as ours. I think the sunset was lovely last night looking from the front down the .. with all the other ships."
A fine piece of postal history for study for historian on the early life in Victoria Era in Australia in the 1910s. "Berowra" Gordon Street, Arncliff appears to be related to the two-story brick house built by William Edward Esdaile in the 1897. ~ "By 1895 the family were back living at Gordon Street Arncliffe, and Edward purchased an adjoining, but more elevated site in Gordon Street (now 3 Farrar Road) Arncliffe. This was to be his next stepping-stone and he built Berowra, a split level two-storey brick house around 1897. This was quite an achievement for Edward, considering that he had purchased the Gordon Street cottage in 1893 and at a time when the country was plunged into a severe economic depression. To acquire sufficient funds to build a large new house during such a period was quite remarkable." If you are interested in the history, please refer to "https://esdailefamily.wordpress.com/the-5-sons/about/william-edward-esdaile/" for more.
A century old (110 years old) ONE PENNY QUEEN VICTORIA Pictorial POST CARD showing Town Hall, Melbourne postal history from Melbourne with various circular and label postmarks dated MELBOURNE 19.APR.11 and VICTORIA addressed to Miss H. ?? "Berowra" Gordon St, (now 3 Farrar Road) Arncliff, Sydney NSW.
A nice message which said "Dear Hilda, Its a real cold dull morning. It will be very cold outside by the look of the water yesterday afternoon, it will be choppy outside. There must be about 30 in the ....."
A century old (110 years old) ONE PENNY QUEEN VICTORIA Pictorial POST CARD showing Bourke Street, Melbourne postal history from Melbourne with various circular and label postmarks dated MELBOURNE 19.APR.11 and VICTORIA addressed to Miss Hilda, "Berowra" Gordon St, (now 3 Farrar Road) Arncliff, Sydney NSW.
Please refer to attached image for the old elegant cursive writing on the post card. Hope I have read the Addressee and Address correctly!! It's a nice message which said "They have a lovely Exhibition Building here ....... Hope everyone is well...."
A set of three picture postcards from the same correspondence. Florence Cleveland arrived in Fremantle in 1907 after a stormy crossing from Colombo and sends a card to her young sister Lily in Brixton UK. The first card shows South Terrace, Fremantle in the early 20th Century with two horse drawn carts to the left and two trams in the middle distance. Card stamped with 1d Swan.
By September 1907 Florence (Flossie) had moved on to Melbourne where a view of Elizabeth Street is shown with a tram of HB Railway in the foreground. Card bearing a 1d QV pink.
By March 1908 Florence and her husband Bert had arrived in Sydney (although the card they have sent to Lily would have been bought in Melbourne). The card shows a busy Collins street with a tram at the left. Note the huge number of electricity wires over the street. A NSW arms 1d completes the card.
The Nockeby line is an approximately 5.7 kilometer long tramway in Gamla Bromma garden city in Stockholm between Alvik and Nockeby . The track is served by trams that run on their own embankment except at certain street intersections, where they run on street tracks . The tram line operated by SL has line number 12 and the most common name locally is therefore twelve .
In 1919, the Nockeby line was given line number 12 (Tolvan). The Ulvsunda line was also given line number 12, but changed a year later, in 1920, to number 13. The name Nockeby line was not used in the first decade because the line had not yet been extended to Nockeby. Until 1929, the two sections with lines 12 and 13 bore the common name Brommabanan .
Another view of Elizabeth Street Melbourne, this time sent to France in November 1908. Note the tram in the central lane overtaking the line of horse drawn vehicles. This correspondent regularly stamped the front of the postcard, on this occasion with a strip of three of the Victoria 1/2d greens. Note the use of the word 'Gay' in the correspondence, denoting it's original meaning.
Another from Fremantle showing the criss-cross tram wires above. Stamped on the front by the 1d 1912 surcharge on 2d and 1/2d swans. Note again the stamps are on the front of the post card sent to Switzerland on the 3rd December 1912.
The Nockeby line is an approximately 5.7 kilometer long tramway in Gamla Bromma garden city in Stockholm between Alvik and Nockeby . The track is served by trams that run on their own embankment except at certain street intersections, where they run on street tracks . The tram line operated by SL has line number 12 and the most common name locally is therefore twelve .
In 1919, the Nockeby line was given line number 12 (Tolvan). The Ulvsunda line was also given line number 12, but changed a year later, in 1920, to number 13. The name Nockeby line was not used in the first decade because the line had not yet been extended to Nockeby. Until 1929, the two sections with lines 12 and 13 bore the common name Brommabanan .
Thanks for that Bazza. Nice to have that information.
