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GM22 providing extra power assists G534 working T173 Linx Shuttle through Belfield for Enfield, 18/1/2022.
6228 Duchess of Rutland on an up express with a mixed rake of stock near Hincaster Junction, south of Oxenholme in July 1939. A colourised b/w photo taken by Hubert Foster.
Cormorants fly carrying a considerable amount of added weight from their last dive and this Little Cormorant is no exception. Unlike most waterbirds, their plumage allows water to penetrate the outer feathers, reducing buoyancy and improving underwater control while hunting.
This effect persists for several seconds after takeoff, turning a benefit underwater into a cost in the air. During this brief phase of flight right after takeoff, the soaked neck and body feathers retain water, increasing mass and aerodynamic drag.
What is visible here is not just the act of flight right after leaving the water, but also the residual cost of a dive optimized feather structure with water, being carried into the air.
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700-foot, 50-story Renaissance-revival hotel completed in 1909 towers over Madison Square Park. Designed by Napoleon & LeBrun as on office building for The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, it was known as the Metropolitan Life Tower or Met Life Tower.
The original tower was sheathed in Tuckahoe marble, but during the unfortunate 1964 renovation, plain limestone was used to cover the tower and the East Wing, replacing the old Renaissance-revival details with a streamlined, modern look. The outside of the tower was stripped of its marble quoining, arcades, brackets, balconies and other decorative details.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, and a New York City landmark in 1989. MetLife no longer occupies the building. In 2011, the tower was bought by Marriott, which converted it into a luxury boutique hotel in their Edition line, which opened in 2015.
The center modern skyscraper is Madison Square Park Tower, previously 45 East 22nd Street, completed in 2017 located between Broadway and Park Avenue South in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan New York City. The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Ian Bruce Eichner's Continuum Company.
The Skyscraper on the right is One Madison Park, a 621-foot, 50-story residential building completed in 2011. Designed by Cetra/Ruddy Architects, and developed by Slazer Enterprises.
The beautiful Pennsy passes on an elevated track on the outskirts of Spencer, NC, on the way to Charlotte.
The streamlined dream like clinker built oak of The Skidbladner calls out to those that can pack their sea chest as a seat from which to person the oars on an imaginary journey and hopefully the visitors will have notions of goods in their sea chest to trade and room there also to bring back their hard won treasures? This now land bound longboat affords a great prospect to experience Viking visions. The replica of the archaeological recovered Gokstad ship now sits next to a reproduction longhouse and both have room enough to house your imagination and also to inspire your dreams.
The Viking Unst Project,
A968
Brookpoint, Haroldswick, Scotland, ZE2
60.7853, -0.8343
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phhsykes@gmail.com
The Skidbladner
Back in 2019, the RCP heads west through the woods on the Paynesville Sub on a crisp autumn morning. I wasn't a fan of this photo back then, when I didn't know what I was doing shooting with a DSLR, but now it's grown on me. I don't know who that woman is next to the train, or how she even got to that spot, odd.
The 202 was the smallest Peugeot in the second half of the 1930s. It was officially presented in March 1938. It shared more or less the body style of the streamlined 302. The 202 was distinguishable by just one horizontal ventilation opening at the side of the bonnet, and the one-piece windscreen and rear window.
In the early 1930s revolutionary aerodynamic theories were applied for the first time to mass produced cars. Avant-garde cars like 1934 Tatra 77 and the 1934 Chrysler Airflow gained a lot of positive attention. The 402 was Peugeot's answer to its direct competitor the streamlined 1934 Citroën TA.
The 02-series was developed by the Département Études Carrosseries, under supervision of Henri Thomas.
The Peugeot 02-series was also called Fuseau-Sochaux.
Note the lack of a running board.
In the front a Hungarian licensed 1937-1950 Tatra T87 Limousine is visible.
1133 cc L4 petrol engine.
Performance: 30 bhp.
844 kg.
Production Peugeot 202: Jan. 1938-1942/1945-1949.
Production Peugeot 202 this version: 1945-1949.
Old Hungarian reg. number.
Picture found at: gallery.hungaricana.hu
Original source: Collection Fortepan, Hungary.
Without title.
Location: Main road 7, gas station and buffet at 19 km stone, Érd, Hungary.
Date: 1955.
Taken from original archive: Hungarian Police/MR.
Original photographer and exact date unknown.
Halfweg, July 26, 2021.
© 2021 gallery.hungaricana/Sander Toonen, Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
Australia Southern Railroad (ASR) units CLP17/CLP8 head an Adelaide to Perth intermodal 'hook and pull' working for TOLL Logistics, through Port Germein, South Australia, on 25 November 1998.
The locos carried the passenger livery of the former government owned business, Australian National, which ASR parent Genesee & Wyoming Inc had purchased a year earlier.
Built by Clyde Engineering for the Commonwealth Railways, CLP17 originally entered service in 1971 as CL8. Some time after ownership passed to Australian National, in 1993 it was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen Australia and emerged in this dedicated livery for use on AN's interstate passenger services. With privatisation of AN in 1997 the passenger contract was lost. CLP17 continues in service today In G & W orange and black, while CLP8 is stored.
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“Tree Swallows are streamlined small songbirds with long, pointed wings and a short, squared or slightly notched tail. Their bills are very short and flat….. Handsome aerialists with deep-blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts, Tree Swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern North America. They chase after flying insects with acrobatic twists and turns, their steely blue-green feathers flashing in the sunlight. Tree Swallows nest in tree cavities; they also readily take up residence in nest boxes….. Tree Swallows feed on small, aerial insects that they catch in their mouths during acrobatic flight. After breeding, Tree Swallows gather in large flocks to molt and migrate. In the nonbreeding season, they form huge communal roosts.”
Status : Least Concern
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Emigrant Lake – Jackson County – Oregon – USA
S317,B61 and GM27 get settled into the long drag up the Blue Mountains as they chatter through Springwood with 1845 empty freight to Kelso.
Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 visiting the Strasburg Railroad "The Return of an American Icon," May 2021.
Detail of the Clipper Schooner pub, Great Yarmouth, showing the pleasing Dudok-style brown bricks. I don't know quite what to make of those bird-figures above the entrance. Would they have been part of the original design? If some sort of adornment were required, surely a maritime motif would have been used. Also, the birds, of indeterminate species, face the same way and don't really make a symmetrical pair. They have no proper settings and seem to have been planted in dollops of cement. I'm inclined to think they must have been the fancy of some previous landlord. They even look as though they might have been picked up at a garden centre.
A little look back to a fun day with steam pulling a classic streamlined consist.
Making a pretty sight along the lower Connecticut River valley is Valley Railroad 3025 leading the Providence and Worcester Railroad’s streamlined passenger train including power car 668 coupled directly behind that is a former E9B unit originally built for the Union Pacific in May 1954. This is the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts Two Rivers Special that ran from Worcester down P&W's Norwich main following the Thames River to Groton then via P&W's trackage rights on Amtrak to Old Saybrook. There the P&W power was exchanged for steam and the train continued along the shore of the Connecticut River all the way to Haddam on the Valley Line before returning the way it came. It is seen here passing the little Chester Depot and crossing Railroad Ave at MP 8.5 on the Valley Line.
VRR #3025 is a China Railways SY class 2-8-2 that was built in 1989 by the Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works for Pennsylvania's Knox & Kane Railroad where it spent its life until that railroad's demise following the collapse of that lines signature attraction, the Kinzua Viaduct. It was purchased by the Valley Railroad in 2008 and was rebuilt as a functional replica of a New Haven J-1 "Mikado" locomotive and re-numbered 3025, one numer above the last of the original class on the NYNH&H.
Chester, Connecticut
Sunday October 30, 2016
The modern looking streamlined Peugeot 402 series was presented at the 1935 Paris Motor Show. In the early 1930s revolutionary aerodynamic theories were applied for the first time to mass produced cars. Avant-garde cars like 1934 Tatra 77 and the 1934 Chrysler Airflow gained a lot of positive attention. The 402 was Peugeot's answer to its direct competitor the streamlined 1934 Citroën TA.
The 402 was developed by the Département Études Carrosseries, under supervision of Henri Thomas.
The Peugeot 02-series was also called Fuseau-Sochaux.
The 402 series replaced the predecessors 401 and 601 (from 1934-1935).
Many body variants were available.
The 402 B with an increased engine, followed in Summer 1938.
This 402 Cabriolet Sport was also known as 402 Roadster.
Besides several Art Deco details, the headlamps placed behind the grille were very remarkable.
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402
Note the folding windshield of this exclusive Cabriolet Sport version, the lack of a running board, and the dickey seat option.
1991 cc L4 petrol engine.
Performance: 55 bhp.
Production Peugeot 402 series: Sept. 1935-July 1942.
Production Peugeot 402 this version: Sept. 1935-Summer 1938.
Without reg. number.
This temporary exhibition was set up to honour the old Ghislain Mahy, by bringing back some iconic items from his collection to the place where it all began: the Ghent Wintercircus.
Unfortunately there were only 10 vehicles on display.
Ghislain Mahy (1907-1999) was a Fiat car dealer and classic car enthusiast who rented this old Wintercircus building for over forty years. Starting in the early 1950s he built up a collection of old and classical cars from more than 950 items. He bought them mainly in France. And many of them were just saved from the hands of car scrapers.
In 1995 Mahy had to leave this special place. His collection was partly sold, the rest was divided over two museums. Restored top cars went to classic car museum Autoworld, Brussels (about 230 items). But the majority, most unrestored cars, found a new home in a new founded car museum in the south of Belgium called Mahymobiles, Leuze-en-Hainaut.
More photos will follow...
More info about Wintercircus: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintercircus_(Gent), second option!
For Autoworld see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoworld_(museum)
For Mahymobiles see: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahymobiles
Number seen: 1.
Gent (B), Lammerstraat, Sept. 5, 2025.
© 2025 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved.
The modern looking streamlined Peugeot 402 series was presented at the 1935 Paris Motor Show. In the early 1930s revolutionary aerodynamic theories were applied for the first time to mass produced cars. Avant-garde cars like 1934 Tatra 77 and the 1934 Chrysler Airflow gained a lot of positive attention. The 402 was Peugeot's answer to its direct competitor the streamlined 1934 Citroën TA.
The 402 was developed by the Département Études Carrosseries, under supervision of Henri Thomas.
The Peugeot 02-series was also called Fuseau-Sochaux.
The 402 series replaced the predecessors 401 and 601 (from 1934-1935).
Many body variants were available.
The 402 B with an increased engine, followed in Summer 1938.
Besides several Art Deco details, the headlamps placed behind the grille were very remarkable.
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402
Note the lack of a running board.
1991 cc L4 petrol engine.
Performance: 55 bhp.
C. 1265 kg.
Production Peugeot 402 series: Sept. 1935-July 1942.
Production Peugeot 402 L this version: Oct. 1935-Summer 1938.
Without reg. number.
Reproduction from postcard.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
Postcard published by L'Aventure Peugeot, Sochaux, Fr.
Postcard bought in Musée d'Automobile, Mougins (Provence, Fr) on Aug. 10, 2002.
Halfweg, Sept. 27, 2025.
© 2025 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved.
This heron was flying by, but the wings weren't back in the classic tuck position. I'm afraid it won't earn a 10 for this flight!
The modern looking streamlined Peugeot 402 series was presented at the 1935 Paris Motor Show. In the early 1930s revolutionary aerodynamic theories were applied for the first time to mass produced cars. Avant-garde cars like 1934 Tatra 77 and the 1934 Chrysler Airflow gained a lot of positive attention. The 402 was Peugeot's answer to its direct competitor the streamlined 1934 Citroën TA.
The 402 was developed by the Département Études Carrosseries, under supervision of Henri Thomas.
The Peugeot 02-series was also called Fuseau-Sochaux.
The 402 series replaced the predecessors 401 and 601 (from 1934-1935).
Many body variants were available.
The 402 B with an increased engine, followed in Summer 1938.
This 402 Cabriolet Sport was also known as 402 Roadster.
Besides several Art Deco details, the headlamps placed behind the grille were very remarkable.
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402
Note the folding windshield of this exclusive Cabriolet Sport version.
1991 cc L4 petrol engine.
Performance: 55 bhp.
Production Peugeot 402 series: Sept. 1935-July 1942.
Production Peugeot 402 this version: Sept. 1935-Summer 1938.
Without reg. number.
This temporary exhibition was set up to honour the old Ghislain Mahy, by bringing back some iconic items from his collection to the place where it all began: the Ghent Wintercircus.
Unfortunately there were only 10 vehicles on display.
Ghislain Mahy (1907-1999) was a Fiat car dealer and classic car enthusiast who rented this old Wintercircus building for over forty years. Starting in the early 1950s he built up a collection of old and classical cars from more than 950 items. He bought them mainly in France. And many of them were just saved from the hands of car scrapers.
In 1995 Mahy had to leave this special place. His collection was partly sold, the rest was divided over two museums. Restored top cars went to classic car museum Autoworld, Brussels (about 230 items). But the majority, most unrestored cars, found a new home in a new founded car museum in the south of Belgium called Mahymobiles, Leuze-en-Hainaut.
More photos will follow...
More info about Wintercircus: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintercircus_(Gent), second option!
For Autoworld see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoworld_(museum)
For Mahymobiles see: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahymobiles
Number seen: 1.
Gent (B), Lammerstraat, Sept. 5, 2025.
© 2025 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved.
Streamlined exterior of De Beers Ginza Building.
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Dolphin is a common name of aquatic mammals within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphins range in size from the 1.7 m long and 50 kg Maui's dolphin to the 9.5 m and 10 t killer whale. Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism, in that the males are larger than females. They have streamlined bodies and two limbs that are modified into flippers. Though not quite as flexible as seals, some dolphins can travel at 55.5 km/h. Dolphins use their conical shaped teeth to capture fast moving prey. They have well-developed hearing which is adapted for both air and water and is so well developed that some can survive even if they are blind. Some species are well adapted for diving to great depths. They have a layer of fat, or blubber, under the skin to keep warm in the cold water. Dolphins are sometimes kept in captivity and trained to perform tricks. The most common dolphin species in captivity is the bottlenose dolphin. 1971
The last surviving E8A from the Erie Lackawanna roster wears its as-delivered scheme and number at Port Jervis, NY.
Unassigned @ Port Jervis Yard, Port Jervis, NY
NYGL E8A 833 (ERIE)
On Boxing Day 2021, 4174s (loaded 1rail grain ex Snowtown) is seen approaching Old Dublin road (Mallala, SA) with Rail First locos EL51-EL63 hauling 50 hoppers & AGGY1. The no-longer rail serviced silos are seen in the distance to the left.
Stocky yet streamlined is a good way to describe a white-breasted nuthatch's general body shape. That upper body strength is necessary for hammering bug larvae and nut meats from their hidden homes now in winter.
It is a bird in the honeyeater family, and endemic to Australia. It is grey, with a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow patch behind the eye and white tips on the tail feathers. It's a vocal species with a large range of songs, calls, scoldings and alarms, and almost constant vocalisations. They are gregarious and territorial; they forage, bathe, roost, breed and defend territory communally.
The noisy miner is a large honeyeater, 24–28 centimetres (9.4–11.0 in) in length, with a wingspan of 36–45 centimetres (14–18 in), and weighing 70–80 grams (2.5–2.8 oz). Male, female and juvenile birds all have similar plumage: grey on the back, tail and breast, and otherwise white underneath, with white scalloping on the nape and hind-neck, and on the breast; off-white forehead and lores; a black band over the crown, bright orange-yellow bill, and a distinctive patch of yellow skin behind the eye; a prominent white tip to the tail; a narrow olive-yellow panel in the folded wing; and orange-yellow legs and feet. A juvenile can be distinguished by softer plumage, a brownish tinge to the black on its head and the grey on its back, and a duller, greyish-yellow skin-patch behind the eye.
The noisy miner is a gregarious species, and the birds are rarely seen singly or in twos; they forage, move and roost in colonies that can consist of several hundred birds
The noisy miner does not use a stereotyped courtship display; displays can involve 'driving', where the male jumps or flies at the female from 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) away, and if she moves away he pursues her aggressively.
The noisy miner primarily eats nectar, fruit, and insects, and occasionally it feeds on small reptiles or amphibians. 3286
An Elegant Tern riding the wind like a streamlined missile along the shore of the Pacific Ocean in California. Such a beautiful bird glad to have an image!
Back before the COVID-19 stay-at-home quarantine began, I began organizing some of my older photos. This is one of the first photos I sought out for editing.
Continued from previous image.
So now I was faced with a choice: be on hand when a friend and his new bride arrive at their wedding reception, or catch a steam train that hadn't been east of the Mississippi River since the nation's bicentennial. Thanks to the railfans on hand, I was able to do both. They tracked the train so that I could keep checking on the status of the wedding party back at the bar. Ultimately, I think I walked between the bar and the depot four times.
Fast forward to coming of SP 4449. Word must have gotten out of it's approach, because a crowd began to gather. As the numbers of people intensified, I realized how ridiculous I looked, dressed to the nines in my best wedding suit while I waited for a steam train. Without a doubt I was the best-dressed person on that platform! I suppose the case can be made that I was either overly-dressed for 2009, appropriately dressed for 1929!
Anyway, as word got around that the train was making a brief stop two stations away in Naperville, the crowd on the platform became too much. So I went to the next crossing down at Washington St. across from the cop shop. The officers seen on the left came out to keep people away from the tracks but also to get some shots on their cameras. The sight of a streamlined steam locomotive speeding down the triple-track BNSF Racetrack on the usual territory of Metra scoots in the 21st century was certainly something not to miss!
In less-than-ideal lighting conditions for photography, "Union of South Africa" races towards Brookwood station with the Up working of the Dorset Coast Express
W17W was a GWR streamlined railcar but built for parcels use, it was powered by two AEC 8.85 litre engines, it had three pairs of sliding doors. The unit was allocated to Leamington Spa but it spent much time around the Birmingham area and was a regular sight at Tyseley. This picture shows the faded marron car after it had been withdrawn, it is with a group of redundant steam locomotives all awaiting their fate.
W17W entered traffic 27/04/1936 and was withdrawn 03/01/1959.
Peter Shoesmith 25/05/1959
Copyright Geoff Dowling & John Whitehouse: All rights reserved
Southern Shorthaul Railroads broad gauge B75 goes for a spin on the turntable at the roundhouse in Bendigo, Victoria on 18 April 2018.
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Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest.
GM43, GM38 and GM42 work eastwards from the setting sun between Tailem Bend and Pinnaroo with an empty grain train. In June 2015, Viterra closed their silos in Pinnaroo. As grain was the last traffic on the line from Tailem Bend, it was mothballed.
The eastbound Black Diamond crosses Plains Rd. at Rochester Jct., N.Y., led by 4-6-2 class K-6b Pacific 2097, circa 1940. Three K-6 Pacifics 2089, 2093, and 2097 were assigned to the Black Diamond, with streamlined shrouds designed by Otto Kuhler applied in 1940. No. 2097 was built by Alco in 1924. Withdrawn from passenger service in 1948, 2089 was scrapped in December 1951. Photo by Sam Grover, Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum Collection.
Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. Ibises usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long down curved bill and black legs. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. Due to its increasing presence in the urban environment and its habit of rummaging in garbage, the species has acquired a variety of colloquial names such as tip turkey; and bin chicken, and in recent years has become an icon of popular culture, being regarded with passion, wit, and, in equal measure, affection and disgust. R_17461
The modern looking streamlined Peugeot 402 series was presented at the 1935 Paris Motor Show. In the early 1930s revolutionary aerodynamic theories were applied for the first time to mass produced cars. Avant-garde cars like 1934 Tatra 77 and the 1934 Chrysler Airflow gained a lot of positive attention. The 402 was Peugeot's answer to its direct competitor the streamlined 1934 Citroën TA.
The 402 was developed by the Département Études Carrosseries, under supervision of Henri Thomas.
The Peugeot 02-series was also called Fuseau-Sochaux.
The 402 series replaced the predecessors 401 and 601 (from 1934-1935).
Many body variants were available.
The 402 B with an increased engine, followed in Summer 1938.
This 402 Cabriolet Sport was also known as 402 Roadster.
Besides several Art Deco details, the headlamps placed behind the grille were very remarkable.
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402
Note the folding windshield of this exclusive Cabriolet Sport version, the lack of a running board, and the dickey seat option.
1991 cc L4 petrol engine.
Performance: 55 bhp.
Production Peugeot 402 series: Sept. 1935-July 1942.
Production Peugeot 402 this version: Sept. 1935-Summer 1938.
Without reg. number.
This temporary exhibition was set up to honour the old Ghislain Mahy, by bringing back some iconic items from his collection to the place where it all began: the Ghent Wintercircus.
Unfortunately there were only 10 vehicles on display.
Ghislain Mahy (1907-1999) was a Fiat car dealer and classic car enthusiast who rented this old Wintercircus building for over forty years. Starting in the early 1950s he built up a collection of old and classical cars from more than 950 items. He bought them mainly in France. And many of them were just saved from the hands of car scrapers.
In 1995 Mahy had to leave this special place. His collection was partly sold, the rest was divided over two museums. Restored top cars went to classic car museum Autoworld, Brussels (about 230 items). But the majority, most unrestored cars, found a new home in a new founded car museum in the south of Belgium called Mahymobiles, Leuze-en-Hainaut.
More photos will follow...
More info about Wintercircus: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintercircus_(Gent), second option!
For Autoworld see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoworld_(museum)
For Mahymobiles see: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahymobiles
Number seen: 1.
Gent (B), Lammerstraat, Sept. 5, 2025.
© 2025 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved.
The modern looking streamlined Peugeot 402 series was presented at the 1935 Paris Motor Show. In the early 1930s revolutionary aerodynamic theories were applied for the first time to mass produced cars. Avant-garde cars like 1934 Tatra 77 and the 1934 Chrysler Airflow gained a lot of positive attention. The 402 was Peugeot's answer to its direct competitor the streamlined 1934 Citroën TA.
The 402 was developed by the Département Études Carrosseries, under supervision of Henri Thomas.
The Peugeot 02-series was also called Fuseau-Sochaux.
The 402 series replaced the predecessors 401 and 601 (from 1934-1935).
Many body variants were available.
The 402 B with an increased engine, followed in Summer 1938.
Note the lack of a running board, and this convex boot lid. It appeared with the renewed 402 B, and it covers the spare wheel.
Besides several Art Deco details, the headlamps placed behind the grille were very remarkable.
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402
2142 cc L4 petrol engine.
Performance: 60 bhp.
C. 1200 kg.
Production Peugeot 402 series: Sept. 1935-July 1942.
Production Peugeot 402 B Berline this version: Oct. 1938-June 1940.
Original first reg. number: June 30, 1936 (according to RDW, but that's not correct).
New Dutch pseudo-historical reg. number: April 20, 2009 (private import).
With current owner since June 22, 2024.
Seen in car museum Visscher Classique. It's a new car museum originated from a large car collection of director Henk Visscher, mixed with a lot of passion and ambition.
The collection focuses on the French brands that fall under the Stellantis group (formerly PSA).
More info: visscherclassique.nl/museum/
Buren, Visscher Classique Car Museum, Schuilheuvelstraat, Aug. 5, 2023.
© 2023 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
On December 27, 1934, the Commodore Vanderbilt Locomotive, the “World’s First-Powered Streamlined Steam Locomotive” was exhibited at the Grand Central Terminal. The New York Times and other newspapers gave it a headline with photographs and proclaimed it to be a great day for the railroads and the beginning of a new era in locomotive design.
[Full story at nycshs.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/pages-from-1981q3.pdf
The Thunderbolt was introduced to the public at the New York Auto Show in October 1940. Five Thunderbolts were built and they all had 1941 engines. They were showstoppers. Designed by Alex Tremulis and built by LeBaron, the cars featured full envelope streamlined bodies, hidden headlights, electrically operated retractable hardtops, and push-button door handles. The cars have had several owners over the years; notably, actor Bruce Cabot in 1941 and Bill Harrah in 1960. A Thunderbolt was sold at auction in 1985 to a private collector.
[Sources: ConceptCarz.com, TheHenryFord.org, and VanderbiltCupRaces.com]