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Changes In December 2022, both websites, " IT'S ONLY BUSES " and " MY POLIGURI COLLECTION ", definitely reached the end of their path, with, respectively, more than 191 000 and 23 000 views. However, some of the contents published between 2009 and 2016 have been included, updated and with images in a larger standard format, in its successors, " FUTURE MEMORY | TRANSPORTATION " and " FUTURE MEMORY | TOYS & MODELS ". Both websites, " IT'S ONLY BUSES " and " MY POLIGURI COLLECTION ", were born at a time when I thought it was possible to maintain a meeting point for each of my research topics – " IT'S ONLY BUSES ", " IT'S ONLY TRAINS ", " MY POLIGURI COLLECTION ", to mention just a few. After making five of the announced titles available, I understood that I was wrong and in 2016 I defined another concept, " FUTURE MEMORY ", online since 2018, with only three research top...
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Transpraia 3 – Schöma

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Diesel locomotive operated by Transpraia seen at the Costa de Caparica (Nova Praia) terminus, on the Costa de Caparica tourist line, in September 2019. This diesel-mechanic locomotive with fleet number 3 is built by Schöma (Christoph Schö ttler Ma schinenfabrik) and uses a 25 kW (34 hp) Mercedes-Benz engine. Wheelset arrangement is B'. Gauge is 1 ft 11 5⁄8 in. I believe top speed is around 12 mph. The two-axle cars, open on the sides, can accommodate 32 seated passengers. Based in Costa de Caparica , Transpraia, short for Transpraia – Transportes Recreativos da Praia do Sol, runs its seasonal services from June 1st to September 30th, between Costa de Caparica (Nova Praia) and Fonte da Telha, along the dunes of the Costa de Caparica beaches, a distance of around 5.59 miles  ¹ . First public service takes place on June 29, 1960. With the summer season drawing to a close, we find this Schöma locomotive, number 3 of the fleet, with cars 19 and 16, waiting for the 10:30 AM departure to...
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ÖBB 1099.010 – Krauss/ÖSSW

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Electric locomotive operated by  ÖBB   ¹  seen at St. Pölten station on the  Mariazellerbahn  in June 2009. This electric locomotive with fleet number 1099.010 is built by  Krauss / ÖSSW  in 1910, construction number 16, included in a series of 16 units placed in service by the  Niederösterreichische Landesbahnen  in 1909–1914. Overall length (buffers) is 36.15 ft. Fed via one pantograph by 6,5 kV, 25 Hz, this single-phase AC electric locomotive uses two 160 kW (217,5 hp) WBM 350 traction motors. Nominal continuous output is 320 kW (435 hp). Starting tractive effort is approximately 104 kN (10605 kgf  ² ). Weight in service is 49,8 t. Wheelset arrangement is C' C' (wheels with coupling rods) and gauge is 2 ft 5+15⁄16 in  ³ . Top speed is 31 mph. Used in both mixed and passenger services. Here we see ÖBB 1099.010 at St. Pölten station in June 2009, prepared to take the " Ötscherbär-Express " to  Mariazell . Just behind the...
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