I found this photo of a modern day version a few years ago and don't remember the source.
Wesley
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| Author: | Kelly Anderson [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Inspect Your Track in Style |
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| Author: | msm57095 [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inspect Your Track in Style |
Thanks for posting this Kelly, totally made my morning. I can just hear the boys in the old O&W shops asking "what would we get if we crossed a Motorcar, a Steam Locomotive, and a Barcalounger?" Mike MacLean New Hope Valley Railway |
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| Author: | krumreich, Ted [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inspect Your Track in Style |
A contraption like this would have fit right in with the other machines in the more recent "Wild, Wild West" flick. |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:27 pm ] |
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You are not kidding, seat belts really would be a good idea. It is so small and light I bet it stops on a dime. When are you going to build it? |
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| Author: | wilkinsd [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inspect Your Track in Style |
The Shelburne Museum in Vermont has a similar item, though without the comfy, parlor car-style seating: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7N3Z_The_Gertie_Buck_Shelburne_Museum_VT |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:32 pm ] |
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I would bet the Disney people (Carl Fallberg, Ward Kimball, Disney himself and others) would have loved such a ride, and that the steam-punk crowd would, too. Looks like it's set up to be controlled from that front bench, with those two levers on the side. I'd have a ball with it, too, but I also have to say I would hate to be running that thing in its higher speed ranges and come across something on the track, like a rock or a cow! |
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| Author: | whodom [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:17 pm ] |
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That is the steam-punkist vehicle I have ever seen, fictional ones included! |
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| Author: | wesp [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:16 pm ] | ||
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I found this photo of a modern day version a few years ago and don't remember the source. Wesley
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| Author: | Dale Grice [ Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Inspect Your Track in Style |
To paraphrase an old joke; How do you recognize a happy track inspector? By the bugs in his teeth. Dale |
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