"Jason", laid down in 1881

1882

1883 De Dion-Bouton

Verlinden kit 1884

Egypt & Sudan Campaigns - Royal Marine Light Infantry Battle Of Tamai - 1884 (1/32 Figures)

beat ya by a minnit, Greg.  

#^&?%!!!!

Jim Baumann's beautiful 1/700 Imperial Russian Navy Armoured Cruiser, the Vladimir Monomakh (1885)

Link here.

1886 Benz motor wagen

Construction started in 1887

Daimler wire wheels from 1889

HMS Empress of India, seen in 1890

1891 Panhard et Levassor is one of oldest cars in the world

The Rifleman     Chuck Connors bust with Winchester model 1892 in 44-40

Check this classic opening: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+rifleman&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=E27844669B4BB2400526E27844669B4BB2400526

Replica of a Viking ship built for the world fair in Chicago in 1893

Hiram Maxim's Aeroplane of 1894   

 Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) designed and built this flying machine in 1893-1894. He had previously found fame by inventing the machine gun. This was the largest aeroplane to lift off briefly from the ground in the 19th century, having a 104-foot wingspan and weighing 8000 lbs. Powered by two 180 hp steam engines to drive propellers, the biplane was launched from a broad gauge railway track. Maxim did numerous trials on this aeroplane at Baldwin's Park, Bexleyheath, Kent, and this photograph probably shows it on its final test run on 31st July 1894. Later that day, the aeroplane briefly took to the air before crashing.

Model of the craft's steam engine:

The aircraft itself:

This could be a nice dio.

“The Gare Montparnasse became famous for the derailment on 22 October 1895 of the Granville–Paris Express, which overran the buffer stop. The engine careered across the station concourse, crashed through a thick wall, shot across a terrace and smashed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes. Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries, along with the fireman and two conductors. A woman on the street below was killed by falling masonry. A conductor was given a 25-franc fine and the engine driver a 50-franc fine.”

1896 Ford Motor Carriage

Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill, Cuba in 1898

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_Hill

Andrea Miniatures

Alfred Hitchcock, born August 13, 1899.

1/8 resin figure by Fantasy World Studios.

Wright unpowered glider, 1900

and from the rear:

Wellcome to the 20th century numbers .  I think there will be some great pictures to come, especially from war years.

Mercedes-Benz from 1901

With apologies to the non-train people, Union Pacific GP60 #1902

Kitty Hawk, NC (North Carolina), December 17, 1903. Orville Wright's famous first airplane flight.

Hungarian Mig-21  #1904

Entex 1/16 Rolls Royce 1905 Touring car

HMS Dreadnought (1906)