During its 18 months of operation beginning in 1860, the Pony Express reduced the time for messages to travel between the east and west US coast to about 10 days. It became the west's most direct means of east–west communication before the first transcontinental telegraph was established (October 24, 1861), and was vital for tying the new state of California with the rest of the United States. (Full article...)
Image 13The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 14First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903 (from Aviation)
Image 15German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 23A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 26Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 27Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 47According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 48A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 49The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 50Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 51Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 52A 16th-century minecart, an early example of unpowered rail transport (from Rail transport)
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