Transport at Troynovant:
zooming or trundling along via vehicles
such as ships, autos, trains,
aircraft, & spacecraft,
with some industrial & cultural allies;
listed by Title
Works involving only or mostly animal, mental, or temporal transport, or forays afoot, generally are not listed here. Vehicular transport suffuses culture from oxcarts and chariots and wagon trains, through the Age of Sail and the Age of Steam. Many works of fiction are more or less dependent on transport to keep the plot moving, as are history and biography to shunt people into or between adventures: thus our inclusion threshold must be rather arbitrary.
| Absent-Minded Professor, The | Robert Stevenson / Fred MacMurray, Keenan Wynn | RW Franson |
| Aerial Cableway, Niagara Falls Postcard, 18 July 1936 |
DL Franson, WR Franson |
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| Agent of Vega & Other Stories | James H. Schmitz | RW Franson |
| Amazing Stories, 1926-1995 An Obituary, with an Aside on Buck Rogers |
DL Franson | |
| Angel's Flight, Los Angeles Postcard, 21 August 1952 |
VH Franson | |
| Argonauts of the Air, The | H. G. Wells | RW Franson |
| Between Planets | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
| Black Powder War | Naomi Novik | WH Stoddard |
| Black Star Passes, The | John W. Campbell | R Grube |
| Born in a Lighthouse Escanaba, Michigan 1888 |
ER Franson | |
| Brick Moon, The | Edward Everett Hale | RW Franson |
| Busing —Not Integration— Opposed Invoke Our Color-Blind Constitution to End It [Summary] |
E Enstrom, Jr. | |
| Chevrolet Vega 1970-1977 |
WR Franson | |
| Citizen of the Galaxy | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
| Cunard Steamship Company Aquitania, Mauretania, Lusitania advertisement, March 1915 |
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| Day-Nite Garage, The Eugene, Oregon 1939-1941 |
WR Franson | |
| Derby Day | Hal Roach / Our Gang | RW Franson |
| Duesenberg Automobiles 1921-1937 |
WR Franson | |
| Electric House, The | Buster Keaton | RW Franson |
| Encounter Program | Robert Enstrom | RW Franson |
| Finding Serenity Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly |
Jane Espenson | RW Franson |
| Firefly dvd series | Joss Whedon | RW Franson, DH Franson |
| Firm of Girdlestone, The | A. Conan Doyle | RW Franson |
| Game of Rat and Dragon, The | Cordwainer Smith | RW Franson |
| Gas-Electric Cars Go Way Back Some History and Prospects |
WR Franson | |
| Geared Way, Way Down A Parable of Efficiency |
WR Franson | |
| General, The | Buster Keaton | RW Franson |
| Ghost Pirates, The | William Hope Hodgson | RW Franson |
| Goldfish Bowl | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
| Great Mail Robbery, The | Clarence Budington Kelland | RW Franson |
| Grey Seas Under, The | Farley Mowat | RW Franson |
| GURPS Steam-Tech A Compendium of Marvelous Devices for the Age of Steam |
William H. Stoddard | RW Franson |
| Have Space Suit — Will Travel | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
| How Many Wheels? Early Three-Cornered Cars |
WR Franson | |
| Hupmobile Automobiles 1908-1940 |
WR Franson | |
| I Was Ejected from a Spaceship Atlas 10-B Orbits the Earth San Diego 1958 |
WR Franson | |
| Improper Authorities, The | Fritz Leiber | RW Franson |
| Junkyard Planet (The Cosmic Computer) (Graveyard of Dreams) |
H. Beam Piper | RW Franson |
| King of the Texas Rangers | English & Witney / Sammy Baugh / Duncan Renaldo | RW Franson, DH Franson |
| Lady on a Train | David / Durbin | RW Franson |
| Land Ironclads, The | H. G. Wells | RW Franson |
| Last of the Winnebagos, The | Connie Willis | RW Franson |
| Lightning Strikes the Lighthouse Escanaba, Michigan 1906 |
WR Franson | |
| Log of a Cowboy, The | Andy Adams | RW Franson |
| Low Flying Planes, Subway Trains and Automobiles | A Brown | |
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Luck versus Auto Accidents With Some Scrapes and Escapes |
WR Franson | |
| Misfit | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
| Model T Ford 1908-1927 |
WR Franson | |
| Music Box, The | Laurel and Hardy | RW Franson |
| My First Car 1927 Chevrolet Coupe |
WR Franson | |
| Mystery of the Blue Train, The | Agatha Christie | RW Franson |
| Nansen The Explorer as Hero |
Roland Huntford | RW Franson |
| NASA Schooldays Houston, Texas |
A Cox | |
| Negative Railway, A | F Bastiat | |
| Northern Pacific Railway Observation-Library Car advertisement, 1906 |
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| Null-A series | A. E. van Vogt | RW Franson |
| Old Cars in the Movies Prop Cars, Comedy Trick Cars, Gangster Cars |
WR Franson | |
| Old Route 66 1932, 1934, 1946 |
WR Franson | |
| Pierce-Arrow Automobiles 1901-1938 |
WR Franson | |
| Pilots' Proverbs Parental Wisdom Brought Down to Earth |
RW Franson | |
| Revolt | Christopher Anvil | RW Franson |
| Rickenbacker Automobiles 1922-1927 |
WR Franson | |
| Rocket Belts' Slow Liftoff | RW Franson | |
| Rocket Ship Galileo | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
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Role of Business and the Virtuous Cycle of Progress |
G Stolyarov II | |
| Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson | |
| Sandy River Service Station Troutdale, Oregon 1938-1939 |
WR Franson | |
| Sargasso of Space | Andre Norton | RW Franson |
| Serenity | Joss Whedon | RW Franson, DH Franson |
| Serenity | Joss Whedon | WH Stoddard |
| Shadow of the Ship, The [ ==> Overflight at Troynovant ] |
Robert Wilfred Franson | |
| Shattered Sword The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway |
Jonathan B. Parshall & Anthony P. Tully |
RW Franson |
| Ship That Found Herself, The | Rudyard Kipling | RW Franson |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Conran / Law / Paltrow / Jolie | S Cook |
| So I Jumped Into the Alien Vehicle A Turnabout Suspension of Disbelief |
DL Franson | |
| Spanish Gold | George A. Birmingham | RW Franson |
| Sphinx Daybreak [ ==> Overflight at Troynovant ] |
Robert Wilfred Franson | |
| Stearns-Knight Automobiles 1911-1929 |
WR Franson | |
| Streamlining | WR Franson | |
| Talents, Incorporated | Murray Leinster | RW Franson |
| Trapped in the Sea of Stars | Fritz Leiber | RW Franson |
| Tribute to Franson's Motor News, A | RW Franson | |
| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Verne | WH Stoddard |
| United 93 | Paul Greengrass | CB Kurtz |
| Victory at Sea | Henry Salomon; Richard Rodgers | RW Franson |
| Wailing Asteroid, The | Murray Leinster | RW Franson |
| Wench Is Dead, The | Colin Dexter | RW Franson |
| While You Were Sleeping | Jon Turteltaub / Sandra Bullock | RW Franson |
| Witches of Karres, The | James H. Schmitz | RW Franson |
| Wreck of The River of Stars, The | Michael Flynn | WH Stoddard |
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| To Wilfred R. Franson Charleston Army Air Field, South Carolina Letter, 19 April 1944 |
VH Franson | |
[The palace, London.]
King Henry:
My lords ambassadors, your several suits
Have been considered and debated on.Your purpose is both good and reasonable,
And therefore are we certainly resolved
To draw conditions of a friendly peace,
Which by my lord of Winchester we mean
Shall be transported presently to France.William Shakespeare
1 Henry VI, 5.1.34-40
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which few Travelers avoid
The Queen and Duchess of Cambridge
at Baker Street for Tube 150th Anniversary
photo:
1939-40 pass card, for
Mrs. G. E. Howe
Wife of Engineer
my grandmother's travel pass
on the Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
(The Milwaukee Road)
— RWF
photo, top right:
mine railcar, gondola
photo, right:
mine railcars, hopper, & beams
for copper mines at Jerome, Arizona
Douglas Mansion Museum,
Jerome State Historic Park
railcar photos by Jennifer M. Franson
photo:
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, sailboats
San Diego Harbor; RWF
on the flight deck of the
USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum
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