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Showing posts with label railcars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label railcars. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
titled On the Handcar Outside Petrozavodsk on the Murmansk Railway, 1915
found on http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/06/imperial-russia-in-colour-1909-1915/
Experimental planes on Wright Field in Dayton Ohio
these last two are photos from the 1927 Fair of the Iron Horse, the was staged by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to celebrate its centenary.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
railroad inspection cars and special back plate rims so regular vehicles could ride on the rails easier
0 comments Posted by st at 3:16 PM
That is pretty smart, as long as the car has exactly the right width of a footprint between the tires
The above is a Lincoln model L, a more luxurious railcar than most
pedal powered rail inspection car... the exercise it would take to push this 100 pound rail riding machine would be a lot... consider that bicycles are talked about in ounces... and that's because of the energy it requires ot keep them moving for long distances
a very early track car, that has a good size spot light and bell
another mobile turntable to get inspection cars turned around for the trip home. ( This summer I learned they couldn't make the trip in reverse in the case they didn't drive far enough to find a rail house with a full size turntable, because (of course) the radiator has to be ahead of the car in the direction of travel to correctly cool the engine)
All of these are from TheOldMotor.com http://theoldmotor.com/
Pontiac Chieftan was a comfy ride for some railroad inspector.. probably one with clout and pull at the office
0 comments Posted by st at 2:33 PM
Saturday, August 6, 2011
another wild variety of photos from Formicarius.tumblr.com, from Queens and Kaisers to carnival coaster cars and pirate women in Ostrich carts
0 comments Posted by st at 9:02 PM
1890's quadricycle with a Maxim machine gun mounted and beign tested for army contract consideration
Total car kid awesomeness! Want!
Proabably for a private little rail backyard fun... but the cutest damn thing I think I've seen all day
Pirate women ostrich racing... most bizarre thing we'll see all week?
Kaiser Wilhelm and blimps! Steampunk delux
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
these are just a couple of the pages, the ones I think are best representatives of the booklet you can see complete here: http://www.archive.org/stream/goldengatespecia00uniorich#page/n3/mode/2up
The Interurban Era by William Middleton, is available online complete from cover to cover
0 comments Posted by st at 6:57 PM
the Cincinatti and Lake Eire
This isn't a passenger car. St Louis municipal codes were a problem, so they made this engine look like a passenger car. Expensive, sneaky, but effective
Two engine drivers had a contest to see who could get out of the railyard... they were pretty stubborn at carrying on despite the obvious equality of power, size, and brakes. Gloversville New York
New Haven railway 1896, this car seats 80
Provo Utah, 1917
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Steampunkvehicles.tumblr is on a mission to post enormous amounts of railroad inspection cars. bravo!
0 comments Posted by st at 6:51 PM
the above gets my vote for most elegant inspection car... those couches look comfortable
the above is the 1876 balloon car from Larkin st to Woodward's gardens, built by Henry Casebolt
get a look at the front windows, I think there are 6 tilting panels
1910 or earlier is my guess, one big old tourer, comfortable too I bet.
portable turn table, because as I just recently learned from Steampunkvehicles, the darn cars only cool properly when the air is rushing in through the radiator in the proper direction
I think the above and below are the same vehicle
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