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Afghanistan: August 1971
The eastbound Safaris Overland AEC bus on the road from the Iranian frontier at Islam Qala, to Herat in Afghanistan; we had stopped to look at the two derelict windmills in a small walled village by the side of the road – this may have been Rahzanak, but I'm not really sure. It was very windy, so much so that driving was tiring because you had to constantly pull the steering wheel about half a turn to the left, to prevent the strong northerly wind pushing the bus off the road. I had a job to hold the camera steady to take the photo. The tarpaulin sheet on the roof-rack had ballooned out in the wind.
After all these years I can remember the first names of half the passengers in the photo, they were a good collection of people of all ages. The youngest was Terry, who was just 19 years old; the eldest two were travelling together – the youngest was Dorothy, at 66, and she was heading for the Himalayas to go climbing – her friend was a 76 year old Countess, who was travelling overland to see her daughter in Australia.
Just on sunrise on 27 December 1992, V/Line loco N468 is departing Tailem Bend, South Australia, after a short stop with the overnight Melbourne to Adelaide 'Overland' service.
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Photographed October 7, 2016 at the Antique Automobile Club of America Regional Fall Meet in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Two of the passengers on the Safaris Overland trip to India, that left London in July 1971. This photo was taken in Turkey, of Sylvia and Hillary (looking at camera).
We were so lucky to see these lionesses with their young cubs.We had to remain very still and quiet in the truck,so as to not frighten them away.Please see my set Africa Overland for more information.
In an era when it ran as a daily overnight train in each direction, the Adelaide to Melbourne 'Overland' waits to depart Keswick Terminal, Adelaide during June 1987 behind Victorian Railways locomotive X48 and Australian National's 967.
#140: Grasslands and bushes of Western Victoria blowing past windows of The Overland, as I started my jouney to the Australian Red Centre with a 10-hour train ride into Adelaide. Seats were large and comfortable with generous reclines, definitely airline-first-class standards despite being on a regular-fare Red Service cabin.
In December 1971 we were travelling along the eastern end of the Mediterranean coast road, heading towards Syria, when we saw this wrecked Turkish bus that had been abandoned, so I stopped and the passengers swarmed over the remains of the bus. There was very little traffic on that road in the winter, and mile after mile of the coast was still unspoilt by developers and builders.
Photo by John H.
Nepal: October 1975
The Dutch 45-seater Van Hool, left-hand-drive bus I had driven from Istanbul to Delhi with a full load of passengers. Now empty, it is photographed on the road from Pokhara to Kathmandu, in Nepal. On arrival in Delhi, enough new passengers were found to fund a two-day round trip down to Agra and the Taj Mahal. This bus was not returning to Europe so I drove it empty across northern India and up into, and across Nepal so it could be sold in Kathmandu. There was no hurry so I took my time; it was strange to drive the thing with no passengers to think about. I'd been tempted to buy the bus myself and run it for two or three or trips between Istanbul and Kabul, and back. I'm glad now that I didn't buy it because not every trip could've run as smoothly as that particular one.
Although it was a superb bus to drive, it was too large for most of the Nepalese roads, with their narrow mountain passes and hairpin bends – it had already proved to be almost too long to negotiate the very tight left turn required to access the roadway deck of the old Attock Bridge across the River Indus in Pakistan.
Beyond doubt the star of the show at this Sarasota classic car event. In 1914, Overland was second only to Ford in overall US sales, pitching to a more upscale clientele. Acquired by Willys in 1908, the Overland name was phased out as a separate marque in 1926.
The first clear sunset we saw,was by this lake in Tanzania,on the way to the Serengeti. Please see my set Africa Overland for more information.
We took off from Cheyenne and paralleled the Overland Route into North Platte before making our way to Omaha. Just east of Dix, Nebraska, UP #2654 splits the steam era signal installations with a westbound manifest.
Under the Overland Ave. bridge crossing Ballona Creek; Culver City, CA. 2021
Mamiya 6 75mm f/3.5 lens, Ilford HP-5 Plus 120 film, HC-110 Dil.B developer, Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner
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Dixie Overland Highway
US 80 Map
Dixie Overland Highway marker The Dixie Overland Highway was an early American auto trail. It connected Savannah, Georgia on the Atlantic with San Diego, California on the Pacific. The Dixie Overland Highway has a rare privelege among named auto trails. Most of the trails were ignored when numbered US highways were created in 1926. The Dixie Overland, in contrast, almost exactly corresponds to U.S. Highway 80.
Pates Bridge on Dixie Overland Highway The Dixie Overland Highway Association formed on July 17, 1914. The association formed after a pathfinding trip was made across the state of Georgia, from Savannah to Columbus, by the Automobile Club of Savannah. This was the first auto trail association formed that would follow any part of what would become US 80.
Dixie Overland Highway SignThe Dixie Overland Highway Association was officially incorporated in the state of Georgia on February 14, 1917. It's motto was "The Shortest and Only Year Round Ocean to Ocean Highway." Way ahead of the rest of the country, Colonel Ed Fletcher and the citizens of San Diego County decided they wanted all of their California section of transcontinental highway paved. The California section would eventually become part of the Southern National Highway, Lee Highway, Old Spanish Trail Highway and Bankhead Highway as well. By 1917, most of the California section was paved with a narrow roadway of either Portland cement or plank road from Yuma all the way to San Diego.
Mountain Springs Survey GroupIn May 1919, with encourgement from Ed Fletcher, the Dixie Overland Highway Association chose San Diego as its western terminus, and elected him as president of the association. One month before the final approval of the US Numbered Highway System in 1926, Colonel Ed Fletcher decided to head a single-car time-race along the Dixie Overland Highway from San Diego to Savannah in a Cadillac sedan. The team in the Cadillac made the run in 71 hours and 15 minutes across a distance of 2535 miles, a transcontinental record-shattering feat at the time and still impressive today. The group later traveled south to St. Augustine, Florida to begin the return journey via the Old Spanish Trail.
Dixie Overland Highway National Highways Association MapThe US Numbered Highway System was created in November 1926. Much of the Dixie Overland Highway became US Route 80. The only parts of the DOH that were not incorporated into US 80 were three sections in Georgia, two short sections in Alabama, and one across western Texas. The sections not included as part of US 80 were:
•Between Savannah and Stilson, Georgia
•Between Stateboro and Twin City, Georgia
•Between Haskins Crossing and Colombus, Georgia (State Route 26)
•Between Browns and Uniontown, Alabama (mostly State Route 12)
•Between Demopolis and Livingston, Alabama
•Between Roscoe and El Paso, Texas (US 84, 380, 70, and 54)
Dixie Overland Highway cities and towns by State
•Georgia
Savannah, Brooklet, Statesboro, Register, Metter, Twin City (Graymont), Swainsboro, Adrian, Scott, East Dublin, Dublin, Dudley, Cochran, Hawkinsville, Montezuma, Oglethorpe, Ellaville, Buena Vista, Columbus.
•Alabama
Phenix City, Crawford, Tuskegee, Shorter, Waugh, Mt. Meigs, Montgomery, Benton, West Selmont, Selma, Potter, Marion Junction, Uniontown, Faunsdale, Prairieville, Demopolis, Coatopa, Livingston, York, Cuba.
•Mississippi
Toomsuba, Russell, Meridian, Lost Gap, Graham, Meehan Junction, Chunky, Hickory, Newton, Lawrence, Lake, Forest, Raworth, Morton, Clarksburg, Pelahatchie, Guide, Rankin, Brandon, Jackson, Clinton, Bolton, Edwards, Bovina, Vicksburg.
•Louisiana
Delta, Mound, Tallulah, Delhi, Dunn, Holly Ridge, Rayville, Girard, Crew Lake, Monroe, Calhoun, Choudrant, Ruston, Grambling Corners, Simsboro, Arcadia, Gibsland, Ada, Minden, Shreveport, Greenwood.
•Texas
Marshall, Longview, Dallas, Fort Worth, Weatherford, Palo Pinto, Breckenridge, Albanay, Abilene, Greatwater, Snyder, Gail, Tahoka, Brownfield, Plains, (into New Mexico), El Paso.
•New Mexico
Roswell, Alamagordo, (El Paso, TX), Deming, Lordsburg.
•Arizona
Douglas, Lowell, Bisbee, Tombstone, Benson, Pantano, Vail, Tucson, Florence, Superior, Apache Junction, Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix, Tolleson, Avondale, Liberty, Buckeye, Palo Verde, Arlington, Gila Bend, Piedra, Sentinel, Stanwix, Aztec, Stoval, Mohawk, Colfred, Wellton, Dome, Yuma.
•California
Winterhaven, Holtville, El Centro, Seeley, Dixieland, Jacumba, Boulevard, Pine Valley, Guatay, Descanso Junction, Alpine, El Cajon, La Mesa, San Diego.
Dixie Overland Highway routes and directions by State
•Georgia
•Alabama
•Mississippi
•Louisiana
•Texas
•New Mexico
•Arizona
•California
Dixie Overland Highway Links
United States Route 80: The Dixie Overland Highway (Federal Highway Adminstration)
The Plank Road - Journal of San Diego History
Agri, Turkey: October 1971
The Safaris Overland bus I was driving from India to London, seen here parked in the town of Agri, in north-eastern Turkey. Several hours beforehand we had driven into Turkey from Iran at the Bazargan border crossing. I'd been driving through snow, on and off, since we'd been in north-eastern Iran, near the Afghan frontier. I hadn't expected the snow to come so early; in fact, I'd hoped to be back in England several weeks before, considering we'd left London back in July for a trip that included diversions down to Athens, the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, and Srinagar in Kashmir. The Ford Transit mini-bus parked in front of the bus was operated by Frontier International, another British overland company.
On a recent trip north I saw a couple of Wedge Tail Eagles around 70kms North of Port Augusta. After heading into the scrub to capture them, I was amazed to find piles of old tins, wire & rubbish laying about the shrubs & sand of the Arid Lands . I also noticed what can only be discribed as tree branches lined up for miles at 20 or 30m intervals. I finally made the correlation when I noticed that most of these posts had wire & or metal brackets on them. I'm assuming that this is the original Overland Telegraph Line that ran from Adelaide to Darwin. Erected in 1872, running a single Telegraph Line between the two capitals, if my vague memories from school are correct, this line did run through the Flinders Ranges.
A little more research tells me that the single strand line spanned 3,178kms.
Now that I've gone to this trouble to explain my find & shot, I'm certain someone will inform me that I was nowhere near the Overland Telegraph Line!
I really love this picture, although I'm not exactly sure why. I guess I just think it looks cool. Side shot from our Land Rover while driving the Laki Loop (F207) in Iceland.
NR118 is seen at the Adelaide Parklands Terminal just before coupling to the Overland Service of 6AM8 for the 828 Kilometre journey from Adelaide to Melbourne.
The clouds changed every few seconds up here. We were very lucky to get a great view and photos before heavier/lower clouds settled in.