the Oreti Railway in New Zealand which opened in 1864 used wooden rails

This isn't to say that they didn't put iron strips on the top of the wood rails. 

the first Locomotive in Canada ran in wooden rails with iron strips fixed to the top

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3096220380566742&set=p.3096220380566742&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1965516564327069&set=gm.26883259127998760&idorvanity=1614960195255335

the wood buck for a Bugatti design "MATRICE DE PIÈCE DE FONDERIE OU 'MOULE MÈRE'" translated is roughly, foundry piece matrix mold

https://www.christies.com.cn/lot/bugatti-matrice-de-piece-de-fonderie-ou-5888805/?intobjectid=5888805&lid=1

https://www.bugattipage.com/2015news.htm

you know the name Jacuzzi, because of the hot tub. But the Jacuzzi brothers went into business first by making airplane propellers in Berkeley California, after WW1 they designed their own airplanes, including the Jacuzzi J-7

This propeller was manufactured by the Jacuzzi brothers around 1918.

 It was designed for use on aircraft powered by Liberty V-12 aircraft engines, primarily American-built DH-4s. 

The Jacuzzi brothers, Giocondo (1895–1921), Frank (1889–1973), Rachele (1886–1937), Candido (1903–86), Joseph (1891–1965), Gelindo (1894–1950), and Valeriano (1887–1973) originally opened a machining company in Berkeley, California, in 1915. 

After seeing propellers on aircraft flying at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, Rachele was inspired to design a better one. 

Impressed by his new aerodynamic propeller design, the US government awarded the Jacuzzi brothers a contract to manufacture their propellers for World War I military aircraft. After the war, the brothers expanded their aviation business and even designed their own airplanes, including the Jacuzzi J-7.

 In 1921, they left the aviation industry and decades later, their company produced whirlpool hot tubs for which their name is most recognized today.

https://www.facebook.com/SFOMuseum/posts/this-propeller-was-manufactured-by-the-jacuzzi-brothers-around-1918-it-was-desig/1319800086823584/

the ingenuity utilized during “The Depression”, to keep tires in use once they had blown. Kids would use oats or cottonseed in bicycle tires because they couldn't afford inner tubes during the depression too, and soak them in water to swell the material

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10233927740107755&set=a.1590567076712

Mansell Wheel design: The Mansell wheel featured a wooden center, often made of Rangoon teak, which was designed to reduce the "ringing" noise of early metal wheels. Built in the Newtown railway works in 1896.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122139056954919197&set=pcb.122139057194919197

A Wooden Carousel motorcycle

https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/31569/lot/553/a-wooden-carousel-motorcycle/

"just a small woodworking project" escalated into curved cuts, brass lanterns, and authentic Victorian proportions. Pissed off his wife for 4 months because he was retired, and not doing the "honey do's" and preventing her from parking in the garage. I shit you not. Until he rolled it out of the garage

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=735976829186647&set=gm.1509872256820365&idorvanity=317043859436550

this is another cool example of great woodworking, from Baldwin Toy Co of Nebraska, which has been making wood toys since 1976

 

Steve Baldwin has been creating wooden toys since the late 1960s. He started as an industrial arts teacher, which eventually led to a woodworking hobby. In 1976, that hobby became a profession when he started Baldwin Toy Co  

https://www.baldwintoys.com/collectors-series.html
https://www.artfulhome.com/artist/Kris-Kratz/9064

https://www.facebook.com/BaldwinToys

a wooden bridge built without nails near the village of Gulli in the scenic Tabasaran region of Dagestan, Russia. Between 200 and 500 years old

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122204904224192566&set=a.122190598964192566

Cincinnati Motor Speedway under construction in 1916. The 2.0 mile wood oval was in operation from 1916 to 1919.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10234676271705475&set=gm.1616601242568580&idorvanity=729773494584697

winter is just beginning in the USA/Canada area, and here I am just learning of the Haring Auto Ice Raft for the first time. Seems to be for 1930s vehicles

https://forums.aaca.org/profile/83135-jazzer3/content/page/16/?all_activity=1

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226316117237

https://check_the_oil_promotions_llc.liveauctioneers.com/item/191619744_pair-of-haring-auto-ice-raft-tire-accessories

https://check_the_oil_promotions_llc.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/351221_december-automobilia-collectibles-auction/?page=6&pageSize=120

1896 Hammacher Schlemmer. 46" x 18" and 37" tall, oak workbench toolbench

https://www.finetoolj.com/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/13926/b65-485

a 1953 Grumman Curbside brad delivery truck was abandoned for 50 years, before it finally found a guy who realized it would make a unique and cool camper

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/abandoned-bread-truck-was-turned-into-a-jaw-dropping-camper-with-a-mahogany-interior-236775.html#

Designed to look like a time machine, and built by Truong Van Dao of ND Woodworking Art, this extraordinary wooden vehicle is now turning heads as it whirrs and rattles through the streets of Vietnam.

https://www.designboom.com/technology/functional-wooden-ai-concept-car-time-machine-nd-woodworking-art-06-17-2024

https://newatlas.com/automotive/ndwoodart-wood-car/

here is what's called a pigtail bridge in the Custer State Park in the Badlands National Forest of South Dakota, right by Mt Rushmore

on the Iron Mountain scenic road, a 17-mile journey with 14 switchbacks, 314 hairpin curves, 3 pigtail bridges, and 3 narrow tunnels

the tunnels leading to Mount Rushmore were perfectly aligned so as you enter, Mount Rushmore is framed majestically at the far end. It teases visitors the entire way, building excitement for the participants. The Pigtail Bridges compliment the road by solving a problem and providing an exciting corkscrew route down the mountain.

https://traveltheparks.com/why-drive-iron-mountain-road-custer-state-park-to-keystone-sd/

https://myxoadventures.com/the-pigtail-bridges-of-iron-mountain-road/

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=89460

someone on Jalopy Journal scored this amazing early 40s Union built Craftsman tool chest, cleaned it with Murphy's wood soap, a soft brass brush, and then wiped it down with Orange Glo.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-vintage-toolboxes-of-garage-journal.49743/post-10126865