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I doubt this car was ever a taxi, as it's on the looong 148" wheelbase, so it would be a Super 8.
These cars were very expensive, the Super 8 7 passenger sedan would have been close to 5 grand, a lot of money in 1931.
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Reference post 1295: logo on door appears to be that of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Car is also standing partially on a turntable so it is probably at the end of the line. Turntable is too small for a locomotive so I guess it was used to turn the inspection car
and trackmen's speeders. "Galloping geese" mentioned above were based on Pierce Arrow sedans with a generous box at the rear for express and mail.
Car is also standing partially on a turntable so it is probably at the end of the line. Turntable is too small for a locomotive so I guess it was used to turn the inspection car
and trackmen's speeders. "Galloping geese" mentioned above were based on Pierce Arrow sedans with a generous box at the rear for express and mail.
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No disrespect to CP intended, I meant similar in regard to using converted road vehicles instead of expensive locomotives.
Fun facts: Of the original seven Geese made six survive (#1 was scrapped, a replica does exist) and all are operable and continue to make occasional runs. If I recall correctly the first was a Buick, it was scrapped and a second was also built from a Buick the same year. Kind of like 1a and 1b, again, if my memory isn't too fractured. 2,3,4,5,& 7 were Pierce Arrows with #6 being built from 1a's scrap. I lived in Colorado for a number of years (where most of them reside) and have seen most of them at the RR Museum and in the sw portion of the state. It's been a while though so my memory might be a bit fractured.
Fun facts: Of the original seven Geese made six survive (#1 was scrapped, a replica does exist) and all are operable and continue to make occasional runs. If I recall correctly the first was a Buick, it was scrapped and a second was also built from a Buick the same year. Kind of like 1a and 1b, again, if my memory isn't too fractured. 2,3,4,5,& 7 were Pierce Arrows with #6 being built from 1a's scrap. I lived in Colorado for a number of years (where most of them reside) and have seen most of them at the RR Museum and in the sw portion of the state. It's been a while though so my memory might be a bit fractured.
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No disrespect to CP intended, I meant similar in regard to using converted road vehicles instead of expensive locomotives.
Fun facts: Of the original seven Geese made six survive (#1 was scrapped, a replica does exist) and all are operable and continue to make occasional runs. If I recall correctly the first was a Buick, it was scrapped and a second was also built from a Buick the same year. Kind of like 1a and 1b, again, if my memory isn't too fractured. 2,3,4,5,& 7 were Pierce Arrows with #6 being built from 1a's scrap. I lived in Colorado for a number of years (where most of them reside) and have seen most of them at the RR Museum and in the sw portion of the state. It's been a while though so my memory might be a bit fractured.
Fun facts: Of the original seven Geese made six survive (#1 was scrapped, a replica does exist) and all are operable and continue to make occasional runs. If I recall correctly the first was a Buick, it was scrapped and a second was also built from a Buick the same year. Kind of like 1a and 1b, again, if my memory isn't too fractured. 2,3,4,5,& 7 were Pierce Arrows with #6 being built from 1a's scrap. I lived in Colorado for a number of years (where most of them reside) and have seen most of them at the RR Museum and in the sw portion of the state. It's been a while though so my memory might be a bit fractured.
When Pierce folded the tent in 1938, their V12's were installed in Seagrave fire trucks.
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These inspections always brought a certain amount of trepidation as railway officials often reined terror upon hapless lower ranking officials and employees for anything that didn't please them.
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Yup, Seagrave bought the plant and all the tooling for the V12 and continued to produce them until '70 (?). We have one, I normally drive it in the annual Pegasus Parade, the kick-off for the Derby. Several months ago one of our crews had it out and decided it ran so well taking it on the interstate was a good idea. I don't know how fast they were going but they blew the timing chain. It's similar to a hy-vo but has one section of thinner links that let loose. Takes a bit of power to turn that long cam, 24 valves and a dual distributor setup.
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I had a 1942 American LaFrance fire truck with a V12. It was in interesting engine. It was a very narrow V, maybe 15 degrees. It also had 2 distributors. One distributor was driven from the crankshaft and one from the camshaft. You could run one or the other, or both at the same time.
I never did have the thing running, had to sell it before I got that far
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Friend of mine has a couple Model A tracked cars he's slowly been working on. I like the look of those tracked trucks better though. Wuldn't mind the late '30's one. 
I'd really like to find me one of these model T's with skis, though:
I'd really like to find me one of these model T's with skis, though:
