WHEN A CAR WAS A CAR AND A TRAIN WAS A TRAIN.....AWESOME!!!

IT WAS A "DELIGHT" TO GET TO SEE A SMOKE BILLOWING TRAIN COME "BARRELING" THRU ~ AND THOSE CARS WERE "GOOD FOR THE SOUL" ! ! ! WOW !
WHEN A CAR WAS A CAR AND A TRAIN WAS A TRAIN.....AWESOME!!!

What grand old machines they were. 

Heber City , Utah

Northern, Ely, Nevada. New Hope &; Ivyland at New Hope

Above & below:At King Road in Owosso, Michigan ,Pere Marquette 1225, a 2-8-4 Berkshire, pours it on with a freight from history next to a Ford Model A pickup recreating a scene from the good old days.

Steaming down memory lane is Pere Marquette 1225Owosso, Michigan

Southern 2-8-0 #610 at Rock Spring, Georgia (Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum)

Heber City, Utah . Union Pacific 2-8-0 #618 and a 1953 Buick Super. This has to be the classic of classic photos!It defies time itself. When I saw this photo, I was transported back to those wonderful days when life was full of simple pleasures, back when we were satisfied with less and happy to walk instead of ride. This is February 6, 2007 when time and eternity intersect at this crossing. And to think that you and I, and others, once had a stage like this everyday for the greatest performance ever. Oh what the generation of today has missed. Great Memories!

CARS WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN

Harley Earl and the 1938 Buick.. Think about this.. This picture was taken 70 years ago.

1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt 

1951 Buick LeSabre What would you give for this car now

1951 Chrysler K310

1953 Buick Wildcat

1954 Dodge FireArrow

1958 Lincoln Premiere

1955 Nash Rambler Cross Country Wagon

1956 Ford Sunliner 

1959 Chevrolet Brookwood Stationwagon

1951 Hudson Hornet

1959 Plymouth Fury 

1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser -

The rear window on the 58 Merc Turnpike Cruiser could retract into the body, giving the occupants flow-through ventilation. This car, like most of its generation, didn't have air-conditioning, even as an option. 

1951 Studebaker Champion

1971 Buick Rivera Boattail

1958 Edsel Convertible

One would sit on the porch and name the cars as they drove by..unlike today... when they all look the same. 

This is when a car was a car.

Home Made Car

"A unique manifestation of good old American Ingenuity"! 

Note the creativity in equipping the innovation: Manure Spreader. This is the exact and perfect example of why we save everything. This car has been built with all of the "junk" laying out back in the pile, and under the work bench, and stuffed in the rafters. All this guy needed was a little time on his hands. 

How cool is this? Look closely at all the various components. 

Spotted in Cannon Falls, MN on 5/23/12 – It's a car? or a truck? 

Milk can fuel tank 

Check out the "gearing wheel"....What do you see? dash is a saw blade with handles attached - tractor hand brake - tachometer - 2 mirrors mounted on horse shoes - big truck signal switch mounted on left - single wiper motor - 

How many men who grew up on a farm are now thinking – Why didn't we do that? 

cow milking apparatus on air cleaner - galvanized wash tub fan shroud - 

Tractor wrench bracket for headlamp housing - 

Rear seats from toilet with stereo speakers below them - Newhome seat backs - 

The rear lamp frame built with saw-blades - manure spreader drive is still intact - horse shoe door hinges 

tractor seats with pitchfork backs - seat belts - tractor compartment box behind driver seat - gear shift beside hand brake - stereo & cd player on dash blade - the drive chains are still on the floor- floor board 

Hymns for motorists

HYMNS FOR THOSE WHO RESIDE IN THE FAST LANE

45 mph

God Will Take Care of You

55 mph

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

65 mph

Nearer My God to Thee

75 mph

Nearer Still Nearer

85 mph

This World Is Not My Home

95 mph

Lord, I'm Coming Home

Over 100 mph

Precious Memories 

Compilation Copyrig

Are any cars named after actual people? . . .

Are any cars named after actual people? . . .

Alfa-Romeo Nicola Romeo, while the "Alfa" stood for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili, or Lombardy Automobile Works Company

Aston-Martin - Lionel Martin, who won races on Aston Clinton hill, near Aylesbury, England.

Bugatti - Ettore Bugatti

Chevrolet - Louis Chevrolet

Citroen - Andre-Gustave Citroen

Daimler - Gottfried Daimler

Ferrari - Enzo Ferrari

Hillman - William Hillman

Honda - Soichiro Honda

Lancia - Vincenzo Lancia

Maserati = The Maserati brothers, Carolo, Bindo, Alfieri, Ettore, and Ernesto

Mercedes - Mercedes Jellinek, the ten-year-old daughter of Austrian financier and motor-racing enthusiast Emil Jellinek

Opel - Adam Opel

Peugeot - Armand Peugeot

Porsche - Ferdinand Porsche

Rolls-Royce - Charles Rolls and Henry Royce

Skoda - Emil Skoda

Toyota - Sakichi Toyoda. The family changed the name to Toyota since "Toyoda" needs ten characters in Japanese but "Toyota" only eight. And eight is the Japanese lucky number!