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Locomobile was one of the earliest manufacturers in the advent of the automobile age. For the first two years after it's founding in 1899, the company was located in Watertown Massachusetts. In 1900, production was transferred to Bridgeport, Connecticut where it remained until the company's demise in 1929. The example above is a 1923 Model 48 touring car, and a very original example that had been owned by one family for over 60 years. Power is provided by a 525ci T-head 6 cylinder engine that is rated at a true 100hp. President Warren G. Harding had the exact some car and model during his tenure in the White House.

Model 48 and the Durant years

The most important for the marque became the impressive Model 48. Introduced in 1911 as the "type M," it had a very conservative, perhaps dated, concept. It had a conventional but huge chassis with a wheelbase of 143 inches (3,632 mm). Its engine was a straight six with side valves; cylinders were still cast in pairs and it featured a nonremovable cylinder head. Displacement was 429.4 cu in (7.0 L), from a 41⁄2+ in × 41⁄2+ in (114 mm × 114 mm) bore and stroke, giving it a 48.6-hp tax rating by the North American Chamber of Commerce. While called the "M" internally, this car is usually referred to by its tax hp rating. The brake horsepower rating was somewhere north of 90 for the original model, higher in the later versions. Quality of materials and workmanship were impeccable and among the best in the world. Such was also its pricing: A typical open-body cost about $10,000 when the average Model T Ford Phaeton cost about $300. Locomobile also offered custom designs for the lamps and metal work, carried out by Tiffany Studios. Until 1915, left- or right-hand drive could be specified; afterwards, left-hand drive became standard. Right-hand drive cars were meant for export and sat on a chassis four inches shorter. Around 1919, the engine was updated with a longer 51⁄2+ in (140 mm) stroke, for 525 cu in (8.6 L) displacement while retaining the same tax hp rating.

A smaller "38 hp" model, very similar to the Model 48, was added in 1913. The model 38 has a 425 cu in (7.0 L), 62 bhp (46 kW) version of the T-head six and sits on a somewhat shorter 140 inches (3,556 mm) wheelbase. By 1914, Locomobile had stopped selling all four-cylinder models to concentrate exclusively on sixes.

In July 1922, Locomobile was acquired by Durant Motors, which not only continued using the Locomobile brand name for their top-of-the-line autos until 1929, but also still produced the Model 48 until its demise in 1929. Until the mid-1920s, this car was Locomobile's only offering. In 1925, the marque brought out their first new model, the 8-66 Junior Eight, with a more contemporary straight-eight engine, and more importantly, a lower price of $1,785.

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48#2017 Wimbledon by Fabio75Photo

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*48* Lost by Innamoratadiunidea Zimmermann

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Ooops, Where I am?

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Greater Anglia Trains class 720 unit 720552 awaits departure time at Southminster with the 12.53pm service to Wickford (2J23).

During off-peak periods, trains run every 40 minutes along this mostly single-track branch, and passengers can change at Wickford for services to London and other parts of the UK network. For the folk who can afford to live in this beautiful but quiet part of coastal Essex, there is a direct service to London Liverpool St each morning departing at 7.38am and arriving at 8.48am. According to the 2021 census, this small town has a population of 4,829.

It has been 48 years since I last visited the place, and I was keen to repeat the shot I took at the time ........

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Thankfully one or two elements have survived the railway renewal programmes of the last half-century. I was pleased to see the station building and platform canopy still intact - even if the canopy is not quite as wide as it was prior to the 25Kv electrification. Like so many others, the station building is now repurposed, and currently available to let.

12.49pm, 9th October 2024

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one day i will live in the city

i have to

every time i'm down there i don't want to leave.

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A Springfield Sky Over Birmingham 4433 by Booji Wooji Man

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street art by GENT 48

48 by Armin Fuchs

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Frecciarossa 48 by Spoorwegensoest

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Sinds 2021 is Trenitalia met haar hogesnelheidstreinen van het type ETR 1000 actief tussen Parijs en Milaan, hiermee is het voor SNCF de eerste concurrentie op de HSL. De treinen rijden in een (naar mijn mening) erg fraaie rood/grijs/zwarte huisstijl, de naam Frecciarossa staat voor ‘rode pijl’, Trenitalia gebruikt deze merknaam voor hogenslheidstreinen die 300 km/h rijden. Een aantal treinstellen hebben tevens een Franse, Italiaanse en Europese vlag als toevoeging. Op 3 mei had ik het geluk deze uitvoering te treffen, ETR 1000 nummer 48 is van Paris gare de Lyon onderweg naar Milano Centrale en passeert daarbij om 10:27 met een snelheid van zo’n 300 kilometer per uur het gehucht Santigny, in Bourgogne.

48_2021 by António Bagorro

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#48 MM "Fastener" by Sherrie Credeur

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City scape by Absetou Diakite