Vintage shots from days gone by!

Riverboat "Julia Belle Swain" @ Lock and Dam 17 New Boston, IL. circa 1973.

 

Very interesting machine. It is made to run equally well in either direction and the control set is duplicated on either side of the driver's cab, so that in whichever direction the machine is traveling the control levers are on the right side. It had a ships wheel in the center. Here's a couple interior pics from that link.

 

Here's another take on the Street Tractor concept. It's a Euclid tractor adapted to haul railcars. It has dealer license plates (1948) so perhaps it is something the PRR was testing? Dig the hot rod rake.

 

Brrrrrrrr.

 

^^^

 

That could be the old airport in Petaluma not posative

 

These pictures of Dion and the Belmonts



Richie Valens


The Big Bopper



Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly and Tommy Allsup



and Buddy Holly are in an article in the Duluth News Tribute about their January 31, 1959 concert in Duluth. The article is well worth reading.

 

Winter in Russia.





North Dakota 1966



Makes me shiver just looking at the pictures.

 

Oh yeah, and just like today at the cruise-ins & car shows, what with all the other makes of cars in this photo, what are these guys looking at instead? A Buick.

 

Fantastic info, thanx for putting this out. I just love this kind of special purpose stuff. Gary

 

Montreal

 

;;;

 

Main St Buffalo

 

Looks like a still on wheels to me.

 

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My grandfathers 1955 Chevy. In about 1965 or so he and my grandmother went to buy eggs one foggy morning. He pulled out in front of an early 60's Plymouth and this was the result. If my mom had not have overslept that morning I would have been with them. My grandfather was 80 at the time and was thrown from the car landing on his head in the highway. He refused to go to the hospital saying he was saved by having the eggs to slide on. I still remember how his head was all skinned up. Tough old guy.

 

the Julia belle used to dock and have Illinois river tours out of Peoria il. in the summer for years. but it's been replaced by a fake riverboat called the spirit of Peoria (prop driven with fake paddle)

 

I happen to own one!!!

 

My god! You own a fake riverboat??!!

Doc.

 

I was referring to a 1956 Pontiac station wagon on railroad rails a few pages back.