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Express Madeira-Mamoré by Duda Arraes on Flickr.
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@ Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil, South America.
The Railway Madeira-Mamoré was built to connect the rubber extraction in the Amazon region with the bigger coastal cities and ports of Brazil. Many immigrants from all continents came to Brazil for the construction and thousands died from the tropical diseases.
Nowadays, this raildroad is completely abandoned…
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Locomotive on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, August 1862. The locomotive would appear to be a few years older than the photograph, it displays several features that were outdated by the 1860s such as the inclined cylinders, haystack firebox, and short wheelbase of the leading bogie. The perimeter guardrail rail is another feature that would disappear soon, it allowed the engineer to oil the locomotive while in motion.
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American Flyer “President’s Special” for sale at Accoutrement For The Gentleman. The set of these trains cost $100 in 1925! It’s huge, imagine it sitting on your desk!
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A Blackpool “open boat” tram, one of twelve made in 1934. When the weather is good you can ride one of these on the F line in San Francisco. Here’s the website that shows which cars are operating in real time. Here’s the map of where they are in real time.
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![Blackpool is the Mecca of awesome trams, operating since 1885, and one of the only places where you can ride double-decker trolleys besides Hong Kong and Alexandria. If you’re stuck on my side of the pond you can ride an open-boat tram from Blackpool in San Francisco on the F line.
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Blackpool 304
[Terry Pinnegar on Flickr]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mecxx4oh5G1rsjspto1_500.jpg)
Blackpool is the Mecca of awesome trams, operating since 1885, and one of the only places where you can ride double-decker trolleys besides Hong Kong and Alexandria. If you’re stuck on my side of the pond you can ride an open-boat tram from Blackpool in San Francisco on the F line.
Blackpool 304
[Terry Pinnegar on Flickr]
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