... station.
Was there a Minute Service No. 2 for cars that had their gas filler on the driver side? Or were the hoses on those ... (unlike the ones of today) to reach the "other" side of cars that were forced to enter the "wrong way" by the cutesy signs?
High ...
... front bumper?
Brings back memories of the days when cars had REAL STEEL bumpers that did the job -- without requiring expensive ... show. By that time, they were only found on "old people" cars, along with continental kits, wire wheel covers, vinyl tops, etc.
I ...
... at 79 Rue Laugier." Note the sign advising that LOAFING IN CARS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. 5x7 inch glass negative, American National Red Cross. View full size.
(The Gallery, ANRC, Cars, Trucks, Buses, WWI) ...
... hoboes would crawl up on the brace rods under railroad cars like this one and hang on until their destination. What a ride!
Always ...
The rods beneath the car are truss rods. These old cars had wooden center sills and the truss rods helped support those sills. As ...
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A pretty hot trip in July on those 1920's vintage cars - they were still around when I rode the IC to work in the early '70's. ... still more comfortable than the Rock Island's old "Capone cars" in which I logged a lot of miles, too.
Thursday, July 22nd? From ...
... operation for another 18 years. It used 1920's-era "Lo-V" cars until the late 1960's. For the last few years of the line's existence R-12 "Redbird" cars from 1948 operated on the line.
On April 28, 1973, revenue service ...