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Cars and ? / Your Contributions are Welcome!
« on: October 24, 2011, 04:50:48 AM »
In this thread, pictures of automobiles juxtaposed with other modes of transportation. In this first grouping, trains, planes, and boats.

If you would like to add some of your own, pictures should be from before 1980.

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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 07:44:33 PM »
Cool thread idea, Otto!

So ... would this count?  I took it during my Route 66 road trip, September 2009:




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« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2011, 03:07:05 AM »
So ... would this count?  I took it during my Route 66 road trip, September 2009:

While the Chevy is pre-1980, I suspect the picture is a bit newer than that ;)
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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2011, 04:09:09 AM »
A few more
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2011, 04:35:48 AM »
Well here's a well-known contribution:
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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2011, 05:04:43 AM »
and a rather later one:
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2011, 05:29:47 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2011, 07:55:09 PM »
Photos only?

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« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2011, 05:24:53 AM »
As long as they are that pretty, keep 'em coming.  :)

Here's a photo of two steamers:
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« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2011, 05:30:39 AM »
...and an early gasoline (non-curved-dash) Oldsmobile with a huge B&O locomotive
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« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2011, 05:52:38 AM »
Two from me:

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« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2011, 05:56:35 AM »
Starting with the small ones:

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« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2011, 06:00:20 AM »
Cool 8)
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2011, 06:43:50 AM »
Some more:

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« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2011, 06:48:51 AM »
and:

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« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2011, 07:11:00 AM »
.. and some unusual trains:

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« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2011, 09:15:54 AM »
.. and some unusual trains:
You really should have found a DKW Schwebeklasse to go with the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn!
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« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2011, 09:23:20 AM »
You really should have found a DKW Schwebeklasse to go with the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn!
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« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2011, 06:23:15 PM »
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You really should have found a DKW Schwebeklasse to go with the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn!

At least itīs a DKW:

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« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2011, 05:29:14 AM »
Two with a maritime flavour.....

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« Reply #20 on: November 17, 2011, 05:35:43 AM »
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« Reply #21 on: November 18, 2011, 11:25:12 AM »
Trams, anyone?


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« Reply #22 on: November 18, 2011, 12:09:15 PM »
Ah that takes me back - catching the tram to school in the 1940s/1950s.

Here is a few from my home town - Aberdeen

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« Reply #23 on: November 18, 2011, 12:17:58 PM »
and
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« Reply #24 on: November 18, 2011, 12:38:42 PM »
Here are some more pics: