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Old 03-18-2020, 05:42 PM
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Here's one of a airport tug


 
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Old 03-19-2020, 08:58 PM
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^^^^^ That is pretty cool!!
 
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Old 03-20-2020, 10:42 AM
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It must have been built for those in the military that didn't know which way to go.
 
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Old 03-20-2020, 10:56 AM
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It’s a Coleman with front drive steer axles on each end. Stu
 
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It’s a Coleman with front drive steer axles on each end. Stu
Yup.



 
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It must have been built for those in the military that didn't know which way to go.
Or for the guy that doesn't know if he's coming or going!
 
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On that subject, this oddball belongs to my uncle. His dad and uncle built it in the 60s
Its located in Rawlings WY


not my picture though
 
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All I know is Dr. Dolittle and his Pushmi-Pullyu comes to mind whenever I see stuff like this...

 
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Old 03-20-2020, 10:45 PM
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This reminds me of something I saw on the Red Greene show.




 
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Don’t see much duct tape on either of those to hold them together Abe. Lol
 
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A plow blade on each end for my driveway in Winter.
 
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Yet another one posted on FB.

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Ted Fussell Here is a picture (of a picture on the wall) that I took in San Vito, Costa Rica. This was used by the United Fruit Company whose trains carried bananas and some passengers from the plantations to the loading docks on the Caribbean coast.





 
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Yet another one posted on FB.

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Ted Fussell Here is a picture (of a picture on the wall) that I took in San Vito, Costa Rica. This was used by the United Fruit Company whose trains carried bananas and some passengers from the plantations to the loading docks on the Caribbean coast.

I'll show my dad this photo. He told me one day he was surprised to see a locomotive engine and a truck on the rails together.
 
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Pretty cool!
Thats one heck of a cow catcher!
 
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I'll show my dad this photo. He told me one day he was surprised to see a locomotive engine and a truck on the rails together.
There's a few rail motors with these cabs on them from a logging railway in new zealand. they're somewhere in this thread.

Weirdly specific trend.
 
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