Postcard published by House of postcards (www.houseofpostcards.pl), JoP352.
Photo: Dariush M.
EN57 is an electric multiple unit used by the Polish railway operator (PKP). Designed for regional transport, class EN57 was based on the earlier class EW55 units, which was the first electrical multiple unit train type built in Poland with 100% domestic components. They were built by Pafawag works in Wrocław. Production started in 1961 and ended in 1993 with 1452 trainsets produced, many of which are still in operation.
Thanks to Krystyna B. (https://pocztowkowezbiory.blogspot.com/).
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On 23 December 1961, the first units of the PCC Washington trams, imported from the USA for $2,000 each unit, were publicly presented. The PCC model trams were manufactured in the United States between 1935 and 1938 and circulated in the city of Washington from 1937 to 1962. The 101 second-hand units that were incorporated into the Tranvías de Barcelona society arrived in Barcelona by sea between 1961 and 1965.
(Source: Arxiu Fundació TMB.)
Official postcard published by the Company.
The Olympia was built in 1953 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow (Scotland). She was designed to operate regular transatlantic voyages from Piraeus to New York, although later from 1961 she became a seasonal cruise ship. In 1970 with competition from air travel she became a full time cruise ship, however in 1974 Greek Line collapsed and ceased operations and the Olympia was laid up at Piraeus. Since then she has sailed for a variety of operators as a successful cruise ship. Since 2004 the former Olympia has operated Caribbean cruises for Imperial Majesty Cruise Lines as Regal Empress. She has ended her long and proud reign of the sea when she departed Freeport early in April 2009 sailing towards her final destination of Alang India where she will be broken up. Her voyage took over three months to complete. During her long three month voyage, she was renamed Regal Empress. She arrived at Alang India on June 18 and was beached on 24 July 2009. Then in October torches commenced cutting off the bow of the ship. The demolition was finally completed early in 2010.
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Parkett
Reihe [Row] 17
Sitz [Seat] 7 Rechts [To the right]
09.02.[1961], 1/2 6 [5.30 PM]
Preis laut Anschlog [Price according to notice]
The Forum Kino was built between 1949 and 1950 by Robert Kotas, converting the structure of an old market that had existed since 1880. It was inaugurated on April 5, 1950 and existed until 1974, when it was demolished; in its place the Vienna City Data Center was built. It had 1,147 comfortable seats and good acoustics, and was equipped with the first air-conditioning system in Austrian movie theaters. The venue was also used for fashion shows, on stage in front of the screen, and for displays of the Austrian textile, shoe and leather goods industry in the showcases of the salons.
Thanks to Linda.
Thanks to Linda.
The
ferry Ciudad de Tarifa was built by the Unión Naval de Levante, in
Valencia, for the Compañía Transmediterránea. She was launched on October 7,
1959 and delivered on April 12, 1961. She was assigned to cover the lines of
the Strait of Gibraltar, especially between Algeciras and Tangiers, and
occasionally made trips between the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. On
March 9, 1984 she was sold to the Greek company Agapitos Brothers, from
Piraeus, who renamed her Apollon, and in 1985 she was renamed Corfu Island.
On May 20, 1986, while being repaired in Perama (Piraeus), due to an accident
it sank and could not be refloated: it remained 32 years under the waters of
the port of Perama, and was finally recovered on June 11 2018 to scrap it.
Postcard by A. Subirats Casanovas, Valencia, no. 9 (1963).
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The Fritz
Heckert was built at the VEB Mathias-Thesen
shipyard in Wismar. She was launched on June 25, 1959 under the provisional
name Solidarität, and on April 15, 1961 she was handed over to the Freier
Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund entity. On May 1 of the same year she began her
maiden voyage with stops in Helsinki, Leningrad and Riga; She later made
official and tourist trips to the Baltic, Iceland, the Mediterranean and the
Canary Islands. She carried more than 63,000 passengers and made calls at 59
ports in 24 countries. She was the most important ship of the German Democratic
Republic, and she was named in honor of Friedrich Carl Heckert
(1884-1936), co-founder of the Spartakusbund (Spartaquist League or Spartacus
League) and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In May 1972 she was converted
into a floating dormitory for the workers of the VEB Volkswerft shipyard in
Stralsund. In April 1982 she was transferred to the VEB
Deutfracht-Seereederei company in Rostock and in 1986 she was transferred
to the service of the VEB
Kombinat “Bruno Leuschner” nuclear power plant in Greifswald. In April 1991
it was sold to the Hamburg-based Gulf
Offshore Engineering company, renamed Gulf Fantasy and positioned in
Dubai as accommodation for oil industry personnel in the region, until in March
1999 it was sold for scrapping in Mumbai, India. The ship, of 8,115 gross tons
and 1,923 deadweight tons, measured 141.30 m in length overall and 17.60 m in
beam, had accommodation for 369 passengers distributed in 112 double, 33 triple
and 14 quadruple cabins and 181 crew members, two pools, two restaurants and
several lounges.
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