European cities still are hives of activity for shoppers, and few suburban malls exist. The time is 6.41 PM. A full action scene taken with a Nikon D800 at ISO 6400, f6.3 @ 1/50th second.

The Märlitram operates daily during the Christmas season conveying happy children (no adults allowed beyond the motorman, who looks suspiciously like a certain jolly old elf, and his angelic assi... (more)

Come rain or shine the FONDUETRAM makes its appointed rounds. It’s 3.45 PM and a light rain is falling while happy riders enjoy their cheesy treats (ns perhaps some wine?) at lamp-lit tables in... (more)

The bare trees proclaim that winter has not yet turned into spring, belied by the thermometer that went to 24 degrees celcius! The 510 SPADINA route does not operate here except when, as on this ... (more)

The photo suggests a 511 BATHURST streetcar but in reality it’s a 510 SPADINA car, as that route was being diverted via Queen’s Quay and Bathurst St to Bathurst Station because of trackwork on... (more)

One of the VBZ’s almost 100% low-floor Cobra trams departs Oerlikon Ost with a load of passengers from the airport at Kloten (and points south).

Basel’s BLT Stadler Tango prototype 151 climbs the ramp to the Peter Merian stop near the SBB Station, nicely reflected in the glass at left.

Basel’s BLT route 11 was operating one of the four Stadler Tango prototypes. Also in the view is BVB 666 in overall ad wrap for Mustermesse Basel on city route 15 and Germany’s DB 101 083 arr... (more)

Basel’s BLT route 11 has a short section of street operation through the village of Reinach Dorf (with full priority over road traffic, of course).

A modern motor hauls two Swiss Standard trailers. The sharp eye will note the two small windows on the lower body of the first trailer. The car has been inexpensively modified to include a small... (more)

Where do old trams go to die? McDonald’s, apparently (please, no food jokes). This ex-Vienna tram of series 51-100 built in 1951-52 ran there until 1979 and eventually wound up, more or less co... (more)

Another view of my 2-person excursion car, complete with farebox and a couple of paying passengers on one of the trips around the 21 FINEVIEW line. This is typical of much of the route, with only... (more)

Another view of my 2-person excursion car, complete with farebox and a couple of paying passengers on one of the trips around the 21 FINEVIEW line. This is typical of much of the route, with only... (more)

A 1950s-era train arrives at Mannheim from Heidelberg via Weinheim to a terminal later abandoned in favor of direct service to Mannheim Hauptbahnhof. It amused me that the fellow here thought I w... (more)

Evening choice of entertainment in Pittsburgh in the early 1960s was rather limited, a few movies and a few strip theaters, so one makes one’s own. It’s almost 11 PM, Gimbel’s is closed but... (more)