Alishan, with its beautiful natural scenery and rich ecological resources, is a world famous tourist destination. The Beimen to Erwanping section of Alishan Forest Railway officially opened to traffic on December 25, 1912. Along with the mountain’s sacred trees, sunrise, sunset, and sea of clouds, the railway is one of the “Five Wonders of Alishan.” [...]
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100 Years of Aviation
July 20th, 2011 
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1,216 viewsMalaysia post issued a set of stamps to celebrate 100 years of Aviation.
100 years of the Stammersdorf local railway
July 17th, 2011 srmodh 603 viewsThe Stammersdorf local railway, today also known as the Weinviertel Regional Railway, is a single-track, non-electrified branch line operated by the Austrian Federal Railways in the Weinviertel of Lower Austria. Originally, it ran from Stammersdorf to Dobermannsdorf via Auersthal, but today only the section from Obersdorf to Bad Pirawarth is in operation. The Stephaniebrücke – [...]
Railway Provence – Train Pignes
July 11th, 2011 srmodh 759 viewsThe Railways of Provence, formerly “Railways of the South of France” is made up of three rail networks. One of them, the network of the Alps, was one of the lines between Nice and Digne-les-Bains and was completed in 1911. Now under the authority of the PACA region, it is the only remained in operation [...]
Indianapolis 500
May 25th, 2011 srmodh 734 viewsOn May 30, 1911, Ray Harroun blazed across the finish line at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, winning the first Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in #32, the black-and-yellow Marmon “Wasp” he designed himself. This Indianapolis 500 stamp celebrates the centennial of that race, an American tradition now billed as “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and hailed [...]
Karl Golsdorf’s 150th birthday
March 29th, 2011 srmodh 1,124 views“You can’t save a ton of weight on a locomotive – but you can save a kilo in a thousand places” – this quotation from Karl Golsdorf illustrates pointedly the extreme creativity which the famous Austrian engineer and designer used to seek out outstanding technical solutions. Karl Golsdorf (1861 to 1916) was introduced to the [...]
