Interesting Contraptions

Seth Jackson · **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:24 pm

Hi everyone. Came across these two pictures and thought I'd share. Not really preservation I guess, but I figured they were worth submittal.

Probably the most unusual speeder I've ever seen.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 8&nseq=181

I'm assuming a bus because more room for crew?
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 0&nseq=506

God bless. Seth

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:57 pm

Seth Jackson wrote:

Hi everyone. Came across these two pictures and thought I'd share. Not really preservation I guess, but I figured they were worth submittal.

Probably the most unusual speeder I've ever seen.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 8&nseq=181

I do believe Delaware's Historic Red Clay Valley has just merged Mr. Marshall's Auburn Valley live-steam layout with the Wilmington & Western.............

Quote:

I'm assuming a bus because more room for crew?
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 0&nseq=506

Or how about enough room to make sure you brought the right parts, by bringing EVERY part with you? (Part of why the PCC work car lasted as long as it did on SEPTA in Philly.........)

Stationary Steam · **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:24 pm

That bus looks like it can fold out into a very large high level platform. Specially built perhaps for an underpass project. Room in the bus for the workers, supplies, lunch and such.

rbarcus · **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:06 pm

When I drove a school bus, mine didn't have all that fancy gear on it.

Don C. · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:03 pm

That "school bus" thingie was used to repair the overhead plenum in Chicago Union Station. The length of the bus allowed the workers to walk back and forth while applying the concrete to the ceiling.

Don C.