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| cris torlasco wrote: |
Here is one I found in an old garage, and which I hadn't seen before:
It reads: "Long Island RR #1035 Gandy Wagon. Glen Head, Long Island, NY. July 25th, 1960 (during strike)".
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Think this is another picture of the bus above. The picture was for sale on Ebay in October 2015 I thought the words on the side said 'Candy Wagon' 
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BarryL
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| Check out how the dogleg appears to enlargen outward to match the track width. |
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EverettB
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mandraks
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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definitely Germany.
here is what it says abbreviated
revision 2 nuremberg 17 11 69
next inspection 16 11 73 Rottweil
home station Rottweil
own weight 1500kg
cargo with 7 passengers 800kg
maximum 7 passengers
maximum speed to 1 100 (10 promille) 71km/h
maximum speed to 1 40 (25 promille) 51 km/h
maximum speed to 1 75 (40 promille) ?? km/h
(that would be 1% 2.5% and 4%)
1 person required for "aussetzen" (whatever that means)
vehicle will not turn on flashing lights (whatever that means)
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bdmike
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:03 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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This one seems to be a barndoor .
Maybe new front after an accident ?
Only 8 vent wings |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:23 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| bdmike wrote: |
This one seems to be a barndoor .
Maybe new front after an accident ?
Only 8 vent wings |
certainly looks like it had some work done up front, even has pushbutton doorhandles.
Looks like it could have had semaphores, looks wavy there.
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EverettB
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BarryL
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| Wonder what drive it has since both front and rear are hung on leaf springs. No panto-graph to access the overhead wire. Twitchin'! |
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| EverettB wrote: |
Another one from the same series as the photos above
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| BarryL wrote: |
| Wonder what drive it has since both front and rear are hung on leaf springs. No panto-graph to access the overhead wire. Twitchin'! |
Does not seem to have a steering wheel, so I'm guessing it's a "permanent" railway bus. 
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Abscate
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:00 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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Handles like it is on rails, no doubt..
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BarryL
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| Abscate wrote: |
| Handles like it is on rails, no doubt.. |
| pyrOman wrote: |
| Does not seem to have a steering wheel, so I'm guessing it's a "permanent" railway bus. |
'Cha Bros', betcha the trucks are wheelsets, too. Has traction grit shoots in front so powered both axles I'm betting. |
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:41 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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I wonder how many of the last few posts are the same bus over the years. It (or one of them) had a face transplant at some point.
If they are all the same bus, the transplant must have happened in the late 60s or early 70s, judging by the car in the background of this...
I thought it was an '80s Ford Cortina at first, but it looks too rounded. I'm guessing it's some sort of early '70s Opel.
If that's the case and this is all one bus, it looks like they replaced the front end after VW stopped building splitties, which hints at the likely replacement cost of the bus to the railway operator (they were prepared to repair it with scrapyard parts after the above, rather than bear the cost of an upgrade to a Bay-derived replacement).
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:13 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| Those Rail Busses are so nifty-pifty; my next toy train layout would love to be just those. The zeroed headlights are surreal. |
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:20 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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Is there already an existing model RR toy version of one of these RR Buses out on the market?
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el_safari
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:28 am Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| BulliBill wrote: |
Is there already an existing model RR toy version of one of these RR Buses out on the market?
Bill |
Hi
Look here: https://miba.vgbahn.info/neuheit/08/02/breki1.htm
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j.pickens
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| EverettB wrote: |
Another one from the same series as the photos above
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Safety, who cares about safety? Lets just roll with the compressed gas tanks unsecured out back, WHEEEE!!!
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62DoKaGuy
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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Brekina has everything. Seen and bought various models of Brekina toy VWs, while living in Germany, never saw this RR version. Very cool.
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
4/62 Double Cab
5/61 Panel (sold)
4/59 Single Cab (sold) |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Railroad busses? |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| More Railroad Bus pics I saw recently |
here is an inside shot i found
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