Sunday, 7 November 2021

By Road and Rail

 

1965: Opening of Mont Blanc Road Tunnel (Design Rene Cottet)

A winding road with, I imagine, spectacular views or

1977: Europa - Landscapes (Design - Schilliger)
 

for something faster with changing views perhaps the Rhon autobahn. The longest motorway in Germany, starting near the Danish border and finishing at the Austrian border.

2010: Great British Railway

Or let the train take the strain, even better if it is steam. The stamps show BR Class 9F and the Evening Star, the last steam train built by British Rail and the GWR King Class - King William IV. This may not be a bridge but perhaps be the sea wall or the River Teing estuary. I've never ridden the rails on this part of south western England so my knowledge is zero. My full knowledge is when there are winter storms then the news often shows big waves coming up and over this coastal line in south Devon.  

2006: Brunel 1806-1859

This is definitely a bridge - the Maidenhead Railway Bridge crossing the Thames on the London Paddington to Bristol route of the Brunel's Great Western Railway nicknamed God's Wonderful Railway or later because it was often a holiday route - the Great Way Round.

Sunday Stamps theme this week is - Roads, train tracks or bridges - See It On A Postcard

4 comments:

viridian said...

Love the steam engine stamps! Thanks for sharing all of these.

violet s said...

You managed to get all three!!
Love the windy road and tunnel design.
That train looks might close to the estuary and those high waves you mention!
The Maidenhead bridge arch offers a nice view of the other arches of the next bridge.

Mail Adventures said...

The first stamp convinces everybody of taking the tunnel!

Bob Scotney said...

I hadn't seen those splendid GB stamps.