Sunday, February 9, 2014

Model T Railcars


Burlington four door sedan with a  large road number and metal flags.

It was only natural Ford owned DT&I would have them. Note the maker lights and the dash mounted number board.

An apparently earlier model.

Unknown railroad, four wheel front trucks.

Probably in MofW service and not an inspection vehicle.

British Army in Palestine.

Screaming out to be an G Scale project. You could use the 1/25 scale AMT model as the base.

And Some Real Rat Rods:


Hollywood High School, 1940's. $25 !

Also in front of Hollywood High School. Note the remains of a poor fury creature.





Rapid Transit Two Foot Style





New Zealand's  Point Pleasant Musuem.  Wikipedia Article on the RM Class Railcar.

Informative comments from reader David Dewey:

Burlington: '26-27 T Fordor, 1st Ford RR '28 Model A blindback sedan (Briggs body) 2nd Ford RR Flag obscures some details, so '24 to 27 T Fordor, Unknown RR is a '14 body with a '17 to '23 hood/radiator, MPW is a '17-23 T touring, British army, hard to tell, looks like '23 to '25 open car, G scale project, '14 to '25 T Roadster with custom 'turtle deck' (OK, trunk area) $25 rat rod, '26 touring with back cut off--those wire wheels today are over $2 grand!, second one is a '26 T roadster with a '28/29 A radiator (well, the radiator shell, at least.). The WW&F looks like a '24 to '25 T, but I'm on dial up and can't watch the videos. The NZ one, not enough details left, and foreign production was different than us, but looks like pre '24 to me.

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  1. Burlington: '26-27 T Fordor, 1st Ford RR '28 Model A blindback sedan (Briggs body) 2nd Ford RR Flag obscures some details, so '24 to 27 T Fordor, Unknown RR is a '14 body with a '17 to '23 hood/radiator, MPW is a '17-23 T touring, British army, hard to tell, looks like '23 to '25 open car, G scale project, '14 to '25 T Roadster with custom 'turtle deck' (OK, trunk area) $25 rat rod, '26 touring with back cut off--those wire wheels today are over $2 grand!, second one is a '26 T roadster with a '28/29 A radiator (well, the radiator shell, at least.). The WW&F looks like a '24 to '25 T, but I'm on dial up and can't watch the videos. The NZ one, not enough details left, and foreign production was different than us, but looks like pre '24 to me.

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  2. Thanks David, very interesting!

    Pdxrailtransit

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  3. Great stuff esp RM4 at Pleasant Point which I have ridden. Mike

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