It's time again For ABC Wednesday. If you aren't participating in ABC Wednesday, you are missing out on a lot of fun.
My post for the letter "T" is Transportation. I was initially thinking about Thanksgiving, but as awesome as my Thanksgiving was, I have posted several blogs on the topic. So transportation it is. There are many different kinds of Transportation, so we are going to look at a number of them.
STEAMBOATS
There were two main types of transportation that allowed this country to expand at such a fast pace in the 1800's. The first was steamboats. The first commercial steamboat transportation was Between Albany, New York, and New York City in 1807. Before long there were steamboats on just about every navigable river in the U.S.
BIG AND LITTLE
The need to transport goods to and from places that were not on a waterway brought about the steam locomotive. The first railroad to transport goods in the U.S. was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The first steam powered vehicle in the U.S. was the Tom Thumb locomotive that operated on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks starting in 1830.
1940 BUICK LIMITED
The automobile change the way Americans traveled, and just about put an end to train travel as a way of getting around. Americans are now very mobile. My Daddy loves to buy and sell old cars. This 1940 Buick gets a lot of attention when he drives it.
TINY VW
Cars come in all sizes as you can see here. I was driving down the street in Valle Hermoso, Mexico when I spotted this tiny VW Beetle. I pulled over to talk to the owner and took a picture of it. He wanted me to get in it for a picture.
MOTORCYCLES IN EUREKA SPRINGS
In the area where I live, Motorcycles are very popular. The Christian Motorcycle Association is headquartered here. Motorcyclist come from hundred and sometimes thousands of miles away to ride the roads and see the beauty of the area.
I love to travel to Belize. San Pedro, Belize is on a densely populated island, so it has its own special transportation needs. Here are some photos of transportation in San Pedro
RIDING TO WORK
SAN PEDRO FERRY
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
MIKE'S BOAT
WATER TAXI
GOLF CART
TRAVELING SALESMAN
SAILBOAT
As you can see, San Pedro has many varied forms of transportation. Just about everyone who travels to San Pedro travels by air. Flying is the newest form of transportation. Today, the global airline industry consists of over 2000 airlines operating more than 23,000 aircraft, providing service to over 3700 airports. Last year, the world’s airlines flew almost 28 million scheduled flight departures and carried over 2 billion passengers
FLYING HIGH
What types of transportation do you use?
A nice compilation of ways of transport - makes me wonder too: Do we need all of them?
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous T! I haven't even thought about it yet............. You are going to win for coolest abc wednesday of the week!
ReplyDeleteWe have a Honda minivan & an ancient Eagle (Mitsubishi) 2-door sedan. We prefer the latter for most uses, even with our 3 kids on board, as it saves gas!
ReplyDeleteI love my bicycle. I ride whenever I can.
Thanks for the fun post.
You captured all these transportation diversities so well! I liked your post! :)
ReplyDeleteA comprehensive and interesting look at transport in your area. The stats on aeroplanes are staggering.
ReplyDeleteI have posted trams, one form of transport in Adelaide
I like your postings of various kinds of transportation. Where possible, I use my...feet!
ReplyDeleteExcellent photos and post!
ReplyDeletehahha.. I like your 'T'. Are they really at your place ?? or is it taken from somewhere else. Very amusing and interesting. Happy ABC !
ReplyDeleteLiving on an island I don't get to see so much of the types os transportation you have here. A bumper edition of T.s
ReplyDeleteWow! This is so apt as we have had to swap over t of our vehicles and I am now driving the Pick up, a 4x4 great in bad weather. Hubby has a white van and for the nice days, ofcourse it is our motorbike.
ReplyDeleteSome great means of transportation there. I used to drive a Mini - the best car in the world!
ReplyDeleteMy first time on ABC. With no Linky, you can find me here.
TERRIFIC TRANSORTATION photos.
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This is a full and fascinating post. Personally, these days my normal mode of transport is "Shanks' Pony" (my own legs!) - but I don't need to go far.
ReplyDeleteAnd on behalf of the ABC team, thank you for your participation this week.
Wow, a great series of transportation photos. It must be quite an effort compiling them for the 'T' day. Great work and fantastic photos, all of them.
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