ST. PETERSSTATION. Gent, Belgium. Postcard

ST. PETERSSTATION
Gent

Postcard published by F. R. O., Gent. Nº 44 / 00135.

St. Petersstation (Station Gent-Sint-Pieters / Gare de Gand-Saint-Pierre) is the main railway station in Ghent. The origins of the railway station is a small station on the Ghent–Ostend line in 1881. At the occasion of the 1913 International Exposition in Ghent, a new Sint-Pieters railway station was built. It was designed by the architect Louis Cloquet and finished in 1912. In 1996, the station was renovated.

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KATARINAHISSEN. Stockholm, Sweden (1964)

Katarinahissen.
(Photo: Jordjubbe, 2005)

KATARINAHISSEN
Stockholm

Ticket Nº 801620 (1964).
5 öre

Katarinahissen (Katarina Elevator or Katarina Lift) is a passenger elevator in Stockholm that connects Slussen area to the heights of Södermalm district in the city centre. The original lift, designed by the engineer Knut Lindmark, was constructed by the Belgian firm Lecoq & Comp in 1881 and opened on 19 March 1883, but the current structure dates from the rebuilding of the Slussen transport interchange in 1936. The lift was closed for a lengthy renovation in 2010 and reopened in October 2023.

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AUVASA. Valladolid, Spain. Calendar 2001

AUVASA - Autobuses Urbanos de Valladolid, S.A.

Calendar 2001.

Autobuses Urbanos de Valladolid, S. A. (AUVASA) is a municipal company created on 11 June 1982, responsible for public transport within the municipal area of ​​Valladolid and, by separate management agreements, in the areas of Simancas and La Cistérniga. Urban public transport in the city of Valladolid was served by a network of trams between 1881 and 1933. Animal traction was used until 1910, and electrification of the system began in that year. Its length reached over 12 kilometres and in 1930 the maximum number of passengers was reached, 3,026,096 passengers. The emergence of an urban bus concession in 1928 quickly replaced the tram.

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CHEMINS DE FER DE PROVENCE. Gare / Station Annot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

CHEMINS DE FER DE PROVENCE
Gare d'Annot / Annot Station.

The Chemins de fer de Provence (CP), known as Train des Pignes, is a meter gauge railway network with a length of 151 km providing a daily passenger service between Nice and Digne-les-Bains. The line was built between 1881 and 1884. The Chemins de fer de Provence company, created in 1925 to replace the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Sud de la France (SF), has now disappeared, but its remains attached to the Nice - Digne line, the only one remaining in activity.

(Source: Transportrail.)

Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA. Locomotive 482 leaves Silverton... Photography by Arthur Fox, Postcard by Rocky Mountain Scenics, Ouray (CO), CPC-1041-30.
[The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) is a narrow gauge heritage railroad that operates 45 miles (72 km) of 3 ft (914 mm) track between Durango and Silverton, in the US state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and is also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The route was originally built between 1881 and 1882.]

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, EUA. Locomotora 482 saliendo de Silverton... Foto de Arthur Fox, Tarjeta postal de Rocky Mountain Scenics, Ouray (CO), CPC-1041-30.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, EUA. Locomotora 482 sortint de Silverton... Foto d'Arthur Fox, Targeta postal de Rocky Mountain Scenics, Ouray (CO), CPC-1041-30.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, EUA. Locomotive 482 au départ de Silverton... Photo d'Arthur Fox, Carte postale de Rocky Mountain Scenics, Ouray (CO), CPC-1041-30.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, SUA. Locomotiva 482 in partenza da Silverton... Foto di Arthur Fox, Cartolina di Rocky Mountain Scenics, Ouray (CO), CPC-1041-30.

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Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA [from 1881]. Photo by Ken Raveill, © Terrell Pub. Co. Postcard by Terrell 0790103.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA [desde 1881]. Foto de Ken Raveill, © Terrell Pub. Co. Tarjeta postal de Terrell 0790103.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA [des de l'any 1881]. Foto de Ken Raveill, © Terrell Pub. Co. Targeta postal de Terrell 0790103.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA [depuis 1881]. Hoto de Ken Raveill, © Terrell Pub. Co. Carte postale de Terrell 0790103.

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG), Colorado, USA [dal 1881]. Foto de Ken Raveill, © Terrell Pub. Co. Cartolina di Terrell 0790103.

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