Comments on Dark Roasted Blend: Cool Road-Rail Vehicles

rather nice ones, couple of slovak here as well :)...

2009-10-13T13:43:24.930-07:00

rather nice ones, couple of slovak here as well :) http://vlaky.net/zeleznice/spravy/003153-Vyhra-zeleznica-Piestany-Vrbove-svoj-boj-o-prezitie.asp

A spruce goose is an airplane, the D&RGW #2 pictur...

2009-02-24T19:06:00.000-08:00

A spruce goose is an airplane, the D&RGW #2 pictured is the combination of a Pierce Arrow car body with a box car, and is known to the railroaders as a "Motor". This is evident by the 2 foot tall letters on the side that say "Motor"

To rail fans and the people of Colorado these marvels of necessity are called a "Galloping Goose"

The William Glover photo of the 1951 Chevrolet tra...

2008-04-12T11:52:00.000-07:00

The William Glover photo of the 1951 Chevrolet track inspection car is actually from the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway in Arkansas, though it is pretty close to Missouri.

nb the photo just after the "willys jeep 4x4" is A...

2008-04-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

nb the photo just after the "willys jeep 4x4" is ALSO a Willlys jeep 4x4. It's a "forward control" jeep.

The german so-called "Schi-Stra-Bus", the red bus ...

2008-01-11T03:39:00.000-08:00

The german so-called "Schi-Stra-Bus", the red bus shown on the pictures courtesy of mibaone.de, was not only used between the towns of Siershahn and Montabaur. 15 of these were brought into use in 1953 and 1954. They were used on several routes, partly on rails and partly on roads, e. g. between Passau and Cham. However, most of the connections were cancelled by the late 50ies, early 60ies, since the conversion between road and rail was rather time-consuming (10-15 Min.) and improvements to the road-network made all-road connections more competitive. The last "Schi-Stra-Bus"-route, Betzdorf - Koblenz trough the Westerwald-mountains, lasted till 1967. One bus, the one shown above, is preserved.

More information (in German) on site linked to my name above.

Where's polish car "Mitor" vel. "twin Żuk"? one pi...

2007-11-06T13:46:00.000-08:00

Where's polish car "Mitor" vel. "twin Żuk"?

one pic: http://www.ssb.strefa.pl/mitor/galeria/mitor02.jpg

more: http://www.ssb.strefa.pl/mitor/mitor.html

Don't forget de Back to the FutureDelorean Rail ed...

2007-11-02T08:19:00.000-07:00

Don't forget de Back to the Future
Delorean Rail edition

http://www.jpustoys.it/JPS/images/delorean_rail.jpg

About that Volkswagen Bus: This is not some sort o...

2007-10-25T16:28:00.000-07:00

About that Volkswagen Bus: This is not some sort of "homegrown" conversion, they were produced in series equipped this way. The German railway company Deutsche Bundesbahn ordered some dozens of these (about 60 units, iirc). Some of them still roam around at several transportation museums or historic railways.

To your "Truly a Light Rail Vehicle" i can say tha...

2007-10-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

To your "Truly a Light Rail Vehicle" i can say that the first and third are Simson Schwalbe KR51/1 (aka Simson Swallow) build in the German Demokratic Republic. The second is a Simson Star, also build in GDR.

greetz

This is an old bus-train combination, used in Germ...

2007-10-25T06:47:00.000-07:00

This is an old bus-train combination, used in Germany in the sixties:
http://www.mibaone.de/bahn/ssbus1.htm

Thank you, i added some more info.Terrapin, you do...

2007-10-22T23:16:00.000-07:00

Thank you, i added some more info.
Terrapin, you don't have a picture of this, by chance?

And the RailBike: http://www.toerismevlaanderen.nl...

2007-10-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

And the RailBike: http://www.toerismevlaanderen.nl/tvl/download/nl/2260653/hoofdimage/railbike.jpg

Sorry for the small pic, there are bigger ones available, but this exact pic is the only one around where I live.

Don't forget the "Rail Scooter"http://thescootersc...

2007-10-22T12:57:00.000-07:00

Don't forget the "Rail Scooter"
http://thescooterscoop.blogspot.com/2006/07/wtf-scooter-of-month-4-wheeled-rail.html

or

http://thescooterscoop.blogspot.com/2007/01/return-of-rail-scooter.html

Back in the '70s I discovered that my '49 Ford pic...

2007-10-22T09:44:00.000-07:00

Back in the '70s I discovered that my '49 Ford pickup could ride the rails by slightly deflating the bias ply tires. Her creeper gear allowed us to leisurely cruise abandoned rail lines at 5 to 10 mph. The great thing was that it required only minimal attention from the driver.I only wish there was a system in place allowing us to similarly travel the highways. I would gladly give up some control of my vehicle in exchange for being able to pay attention to the scenery, or the newspaper, or my co-passengers.

Your 1961 Ford Fairlane Hy-Rail is actually a Chec...

2007-10-22T09:32:00.000-07:00

Your 1961 Ford Fairlane Hy-Rail is actually a Checker Marathon, of indeterminate age because they never bother to change the styling.

On your Copper Canyon photo, when my family came d...

2007-10-22T06:27:00.000-07:00

On your Copper Canyon photo, when my family came down from Alaska in June of 1965, we drove from Anchorage to White Horse, Yukon then put our Volks camper on a flatbed railcar of the White Pass and Yukon Route railroad to Skagway, AK. It followed the GoldRush Trail of 1898 through the mountains and in place you could still see the steps worn into the rocks. The RR is running again but only to the Canada border from Skagway.