#the museum of transportation

[postcard-from-the-past]

"Tortillard" locomotive in the Museum of Transportation in Pithiviers, Beauce region of France

French vintage postcard

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

~ Sled.

Place of origin: Germany (?)

Date: 1720-1750

Medium: Painted and gilded wood, velvet, iron.

[nocternalrandomness]

1944 Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain on display at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Pennsylvania

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1960 DiDia 150 Custom

1960 DiDia 150 Custom

1960 DiDia 150 Custom

1960 DiDia 150 Custom

1960 DiDia 150 Custom

1960 DiDia 150 Custom

The car was originally powered by a 365 cubic inch Cadillac engine, later replaced by a 427 cubic inch high-performance Ford engine, and had a 125-inch wheelbase, with a tubular aluminum frame and a hand-fashioned soft aluminum body. The car has Batmanesque set of rear fins dominating the bodyline and ruby red hubcaps on whitewall tires.

The car was designed by Andrew Di Dia, a clothing designer, who Bobby Darin had met while on tour in Detroit in 1957. Darin telling Di Dia at the time that he would purchase the car if he ever "hit it big".

For seven years, from 1953 to 1960 the DiDia 150 was hand-built by four workers, at a cost of $93,647.29 but sold to Darin in 1961 at a cost of over $150,000 (1.5 million today). At the time the car was listed as most expensive "custom-made" car in the world by the Guinness Book of Records. The body was hand-formed by Ron Clark and constructed by Bob Kaiser from Clark Kaiser Customs.

Di Dia toured the car around the country, when Darin wasn't using it for public appearances. After publicity and film use, Darin donated his "Dream Car" to the National Museum of Transportation in 1970 where it remains. It was restored by Mike Manns of Manns Auto Body in Festus, Missouri before going on display.

The gasoline-fueled V8 engine (originally 365 cid, later upgraded to 427 cid) is located at the front. It is rear-wheel drive. The body and chassis are hand-formed from 064 aluminum with a unitized alloy tube frame.

It has a glass cockpit in back, a squared steering wheel resembling a superellipse and thermostatically controlled air conditioning system. The interior is rust colored in contrast to the ruby paintwork. The design included the first backseat-mounted radio loudspeakers and hidden windshield wipers, which start themselves when it rains. Other features include retractable headlamps, rear turn signals which swivel as the car turns, 'floating' bumpers and a trunk that was hinged from the driver's side. Each of the four bucket seats have their own thermostatically controlled air conditioning, individual cigarette lighters and ashtrays, as well as a radio loudspeaker.

Source: Wikipedia / motorius.com

[moonstruck-stormy]

Choo choo! Mr Transport playing with its model train

[artemlegere]

The Traveling Companions

Artist: Augustus Egg (British, 1816–1863)

Date: 1862

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Birmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham, England

[drinker-of-paint]

I kinda just like the idea that sometimes in dark enough shadow a bunch of extra eyes that you cant see otherwise activate like glow in the dark stars

Then he accidentally makes eye contact with someone on the tube or someth who's politely trying not to stare and he just gives them that awkward smile like. Yep hello I know pls dont mind me I promise I'm just on the train

Also I filmed the tape peelies for satisfaction purposes please enjoy

[mothsperhour]

Northern waters.nake! This time I also attempted to clean up the skull to include alongside the skin. Cleaning the nasal cavity of s.nake skulls is a nightmare.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Citroën SM, 1971. On display at Transport World, an early SM (they were in production from 1970-1975) with a 2.7 litre Maserati V6 and 5-speed manual transmission. The car on display appears to be an original, unrestored example

[r2y9s]

[Disco Elysium]

Harry's turn to be put in clothes i was wearing today.

[steelthroat]

First time staying at the hotel of a theme park (against my will, but that's a long story) and... it's so weird??????

Like I feel like I am not supposed to be here, how do I put it... it screams luxury but I a... childlike/childish way????

And I feel restless, like something is wrong. Uncanny.

[eopederson]

Caboose, Laws Railroad Museum, Inyo County, 2023.

[borealing]

hey do you guys know about

the history of the bus?

they started as an "omnibus" a horse drawn two stop back and forth along a pre determined route! then they added more stops! they messed with the size of the omnibus and the number of horses until they hit the right size for the route!

(blease note these are intra-city buses, stagecoaches would go outside the city to specific locations and they generally required a reserved seat)

they basically SLAPPED A ROOF AREA to get roof passengers! double deck omnibuses!

then we get MOTOR OMNIBUSES! as the petrol engine is getting better! for context the first motor omnibus ran in 1899 - this is 13 years after the patent for the first petrol engine car (1886), 74 years after the first steam public railway in england (1825) and 36 years after the london underground was opened (1863). by 1911 there were no horse-drawn omnibuses owned by the london general omnibus company!

AND THEY WERE EVERYWHERE! (please look at the number of BUSES and INDIVIDUAL CARRIAGES [usually hired cabs] and PEDESTRIANS)

a lot of places switched to electric trams in the 1910s, public transport became reliant on the comparatively more efficient light rail or tram systems. the trams gave way to electric buses in london in 1930! they were much less dangerous than trams as people did not have to walk right into traffic to get on em

then as engines got more efficient trolleybuses were switched with petrol engine buses

then in the 1950s more people got cars and they began dominating the streets and creating.. traffic and. traffic laws. and stuff.

thanks for coming to my whistlestop bus lesson hope u have a brilliant day

[nocternalrandomness]

Beech VC-6A on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

The VC-6A was primarily used to transport President Johnson and his family between Bergstrom AFB, TX and the family ranch near Stonewall. The aircraft became informally known as the 'Lady Bird Special', a play on the childhood nickname "Lady Bird" of First Lady Claudia Johnson. This plane was retired to the Air Force Museum in September 1985 and is now on display in the Presidential Gallery

[ghostwarriorrrr]

1944 Douglas R4D-6 Skytrain on display at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Pennsylvania

[kodachrome-net]

Burlington Zephyr, 2015