1996 Jaguar XJR

'do you want to help me fill my apartment with good real books?'

 

an SNCF Z series (Z5300?) electric multiple unit at the Gare de Javel in Paris, late 1970s

The station now on RER line C, is close to the Seine River and the photo standpoint is right at the northern end of the open-air platforms, looking north-northeast down the tracks toward the Eiffel Tower.

ships in Hamburg harbor, Germany, 1960

an SNCF RGP in Creil railyard, France, 1962

The SNCF RGP (Rame à Grand Parcours) railcar set, specifically an RGP 1 (series X 2720 / X 2770) entered service in the mid-1950s. These high-end diesel units were easily recognizable by their aerodynamic, rounded cab ends and were frequently used for fast, long-distance regional and international travel across France and neighboring countries.

The X 2770 or RGP 1 (long-distance trainsets) were SNCF diesel self-propelled units consisting of a railcar-type power car and a pilot trailer with a driver's cab.

Derived from the RGP 2 X 2700 in terms of structure and the X 2800 for the mechanical part, the single-engine railway sets known as RGP 1 long-distance trainset comprised two variants : a series in green and cream livery ( X 2720 ) used, like the RGP 2 for domestic service trains ; a series, in carmine red and cream TEE livery (X 2770), comprising only first class and originally used on Trans Europ Express trains in France and abroad.

Between 1985 and 1991, the two series of RGP 1 were modernized with, among other things, the modification of their reinforced front end and Z2 type fittings with modernized driving cabs; they gradually took on light grey colours with yellow, blue or red bands depending on the TER liveries chosen by the regions.

From 1957, the X 2770s provided the first Trans Europ Express (TEE) services in TEE livery such as " l'Arbalète " from Paris-Est to Zurich via Mulhouse and Basel, "l'Étoile du Nord" from Paris-Nord to Brussels via Lille or "Le Mont-Cenis" from Lyon to Turin via Chambéry and Modane.

After their withdrawal from the TEE service in 1965, they provided major cross-country services, in first class with a supplement, such as "Le Catalan " from Geneva to Cerbère via Grenoble , Avignon and Montpellier or " Le Rhodanien " from Geneva to Marseille via Grenoble and Avignon.

The "Catalan" and "Le Rhodanien" trains were operated by RGP1 ​​locomotives from the Lyon-Vaise depot, running in a wide variety of formations. "Catalan" was operated with 4, 6, or 8 cars, with two power cars at each end, while "Le Rhodanien" was operated with 2, 3 (two power cars flanking a trailer), 4, or 5 cars (two power cars flanking three trailers). "Le Rhodanien" was operated with ex-TEE RGP1 ​​locomotives from its inception on 31 May 1964, until 22 May 1971.

The red RGP1 ​​three-car trainset ex-TEE, composed of X 2734 + XR 7716 + X 2723, formed the presidential trainset of General Charles de Gaulle . This trainset had been made available to Alexei Kosygin, Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers for his visit in 1965 to the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in Grenoble .

RGP1 trainsets were painted in a green and cream livery identical to that of the RGP2 (twin-engine X 2700) and included both classes. They were used on major cross-country routes including Bordeaux - Geneva , Bordeaux - Lyon, Nantes - Lyon and Paris-Gare-de-Lyon - Clermont-Ferrand (Le Bourbonnais and Le Thermal) with a branch to Le Puy en Velay (L'Arverne).

(via fr.wikipedia.org)

sailing ships in Darling Harbor, Sydney

The Australian National Maritime Museum is in this area but this is a scene from Australia's 200th anniversary celebrations on 26 January 1988.  The skyline has since changed a bit.

a Pacific Electric interurban car on Van Nuys Boulevard, L.A., looking north, 1952

a vintage spacecraft for juveniles

Seen in a Wellington NZ café, this was built around the late 1950s or 1960s, possibly by Edwin Hall and Company

vessels in the Le Havre, France, harbor early 20th century

The whole of this area and much of the old town was destroyed by allied bombing in September 1944 and had to be rebuilt. (colorized)

British Rail Class 33 (also known as BRCW Type 3 or 'Crompton')

In the classic two-tone British Rail green with a white/cream band and red buffer beams.

This was a Bo-Bo type ordered in 1957 as part of British Railways' Modernisation Plan.  A total of 98 units were built between 1960 and 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW). They were designed specifically for the Southern Region to replace steam locomotives on passenger and freight lines that were not slated for third-rail electrification. They quickly earned the nickname "Cromptons" due to the electrical equipment inside supplied by Crompton Parkinson. 

Prime mover was a 1,550 horsepower Sulzer 8-cylinder engine. The Class 33 was the first BR diesel design to come standard with Electric Train Heating (ETH) instead of older steam boilers. This made them innovative for their time, though early on they had to be paired with older locomotives during winters because standard passenger carriages still required steam heating. 

Three distinct sub-classes emerged under the Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) in 1973: Class 33/0 (Standard): The baseline fleet of 86 locomotives used for general mixed-traffic duties across passenger and freight lines.
Class 33/1 (Push-Pull Fitted): 19 locomotives modified in 1965 with advanced control systems. This allowed them to work interchangeably in "push-pull" mode with electric multiple units, famously operating the high-speed boat trains and the Bournemouth-to-Weymouth line.
Class 33/2 (Slim Jims): 12 locomotives specifically engineered with a narrower body profile (reduced by 7 inches). This modification was essential for negotiating the exceptionally tight tunnels on the Tonbridge-to-Hastings line. 

While initially built exclusively for the Southern Region, high reliability and dual-braking capabilities (air and vacuum) saw their footprint expand across the UK by the 1980s. They regularly crossed boundary lines into the Western and London Midland regions, handling express passenger services from the south coast all the way to North Wales, Cardiff, and Manchester. Mass withdrawals began in 1985 as British Rail modernized its fleet. Even after the privatization of the rail network, a tiny handful continued working heavy freight as far north as Scotland until 2001.

29 Class 33 locomotives were preserved. Today, mainline charters are still operated by mainstays like West Coast Railways, while numerous others run regularly on heritage lines across the UK, including the Swanage Railway and the Bluebell Railway. 

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