Hand-driven Rail Trolley 1860 This Trolley was manufactured around 1860 for inspection rides by the top staff of the State Railways directorate. It is now located in the Industrial Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
Motor Rail Trolley 1900 Producer: F Ringhoffer Waggon Works in Simchow (Prague), Bohemia. 1900. Two-axle trolley with friction power-transmission was designed for inspection rides of clerical staff of the Usti-Teplice Railway in Norhern Bohemia and served this purpose until it was donated to the Technical Museum of the Czech Kingdom in 1929. Motor Rail Trolley 1900 Detail This trolley (speeder) is now located in the Industrial Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.
Neat stuff! Look at that fancy upholstery! They sure didn't have it that way, this side of the pond! Boxcab E50
What about this smooth ride built by the M&P in 1942 out of a 1937 Buick... [ March 27, 2006, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: Stourbridge Lion ]
Peirce, wow. Like Ken said, neat old stuff. Darren, where is that Buick? I vaguely recall one at Griffith Park in LA.
That's one of the reasons I want to go back in a few years to see what I photographed then and hope to find them again. I'm not aware of it being in the list of damaged / destroyed items as they do rotate some of the displays.
Although this thread is wandering from the original title (thanks largely to me), how about this ATSF fire engine:
Back to the 100+ year old MOW stuff, this one is Canadian, built in 1898. Some of its history: You will find this one in the Danbury Railway Museum, Danbury, Connecticut.
COOL!!!!!!! I saw one of those at the B&O Museum back in 1999 before the roof failed. This one is 1910 so not quite 100 years but close. [ March 27, 2006, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: Stourbridge Lion ]
Fascinating pictures! And none of them had on-board computers Nothing modern seems to be able to function without one these days.
There was an old gentleman who had to be in his 70's from Klamath Falls, Oregon who built a replica of the Velocipede. He would trailer it to the Yreka Western, spending the night in his camper until the morning's run of the Blue Goose Steam Excursion. He would follow the train to Montague (approx. 7 miles), then follow us back to Yreka. He could stay with the train until we crossed the Shasta River which started a grade of about 2.5 %, and for the most part was up hill for the next 4 miles. He allowed me to try the contraption from the Yreka depot, south to Oberlin Road (a distance of about 1 mile and nearly level). I can tell you the old boy must have been in excellent shape because it is no easy chore to crank it along the rails! It's like riding a hard-pulling rowing machine. The old man has not been to the railroad for about 5 years now. I suspect that he has died. He is missed though.
Nice story. Yes, there seems to be some resemblence between these old MOW vehicles and those torture machines in the current fitness centers.
