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What to do on the very last day of summer'.. in the city'.  Friends and family take a ride and have a gathering at their favorite highway picnic rest area.                                                                            

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A talk with uncle Harry, Mother keeps an eye on things',  when not enough benches, sit in the open back crew bed', pick up'..  Young love, and a stolen kiss...  Uncle Charles decides to take a nap before heading back to the city...

A wonderful  last day  of summer was enjoyed by all .  One last stop on the way home for ice cream'...   

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  • IMG_20190922_164602750_HDR (2): A talk with Uncle Harry'
  • IMG_20190922_164859722_HDR (2): Keeping an eye on things'
  • IMG_20190922_170153999_HDR (2): Not enough benches'
  • IMG_20190922_162941569_HDR (2): You don't say
  • IMG_20190922_163659999_HDR: A stolen kiss
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colorado hirailer posted:

Quarter Gauger:. Who made that early thirties Ford pickup, in what scale?

That's a funny story.  A few years back, I ordered a bunch of  1:43 diecast cars on the bay from a guy in Russia.  I thought it would be cool to have cars actually made in Russia.  It took well over a month to receive them.  And guess what, they were all made in China.  I think it is supposed   to be a 1932 ford.  The only markings on the bottom, is stamped, made in China.

However, Kevin Macomber, Narrow Gauge model supply, has a very similar one on his web site... And I believe he told me it was also an import from Russia'...

That "Ford" pickup may supposed to be a 1933-34.  ('32 and '35 Ford pickups were distinctly different) Henry Ford provided dies to build vehicles to the Soviet Union, for the early 1930's...not sure if that began in the 1920's with Model T dies, but Model A and later, again not sure for how long.  I have a couple of Russian "school buses" that are twins for Model A Fords.  One l will repaint to a school bus when l find out what color they were in rural Colorado in 1940....(some places had different colors than today's yellow...orange and pond scum green are a couple l have seen) and other l hope to power and put on rails as a railbus. 

trumptrain posted:

Quarter Gauger -  I absolutely love your story and the parade of pics that go with it!! Very creative The old weathered Ford pick up is AWESOME!!  Did you weather it?   Also love that red Pontiac!

 Thanks very much Patrick'... as you are the master at having busy people on the layout, your approval is very much appreciated'... I had you in mind when setting up the shots'...

In the mid 1950s, the Union Pacific was so busy with their TOFC entity ,they began hiring contract drivers that owned their own rigs to haul UP trailers.  UP would provide the trailers'.. This in an effort to enhance their rapid delivery and pickup service, mainly for manufactures that had  no access to railheads.

Here, a husband and wife share time behind the wheel as  they haul  for the UP'.. 

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Great looking pics guys! 

Mustang.  Thanks for posting and the great tip

Lee. Thanks for posting some more of you “Jeep” pics those ones on your layout look so  convincing 

Paul. Love that REA Freight Terminal and trucks

QG48. Great story and it’s the truth when the U.P. In DuPo IL. Would get behind hauling “Piggybacks” they would hire us to help out. By the way my wife hates riding in a truck 

 

trumptrain posted:

Here's some pics of my Santana's Produce refrigerated truck , a Divco milk truck, and some real shots of a 1950? Studebaker.  I took the Studebaker photo at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. IMG_4523IMG_4526IMG_8910IMG_2956IMG_2955

Hey patrick, when I was 7 in the 3rd grade, my Dad had a 1951 Studebaker champion in the exact color as the one above.  When it was real cold out, it would never start.  It was fine at 35 degrees and up...  He had many cars, and many were and still are my favorites.  The three that still stand out are the stude, a Hot, fast, jet black 54 Mercury, and the 58 ford 351 4 brl V8, twin exhaust, that I took my drivers test with.  I almost failed as the examiner claimed the car was a little fast for a driving test'...

lee drennen posted:

CoolHand. Thanks for posting very nice looking freight docks. 

Ron. Great looking vehicles really like that police car 

Paul. Nice looking salvage yard and I like that old IH Transtar 

Lee, I’m glad you like my transfer dock. It still needs to be painted. The fun part about that Lionel piece is now the man pushing/pulling the hand truck is on a momentary switch. The action is now independent of the dock lights. 74032C46-25E4-4C78-B2BC-7850492F5FB54D0786AC-F34E-4A3A-B371-A49DC4C0453D

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  • Trucker waiting to be unloaded: It’ll be after lunch
  • Trucker still waiting: It was after dinner
CoolHand posted:
lee drennen posted:

CoolHand. Thanks for posting very nice looking freight docks. 

Ron. Great looking vehicles really like that police car 

Paul. Nice looking salvage yard and I like that old IH Transtar 

Lee, I’m glad you like my transfer dock. It still needs to be painted. The fun part about that Lionel piece is now the man pushing/pulling the hand truck is on a momentary switch. The action is now independent of the dock lights. 74032C46-25E4-4C78-B2BC-7850492F5FB54D0786AC-F34E-4A3A-B371-A49DC4C0453D

That’s a very nice touch I like it even more with the lights 

Paul. Thanks for posting that beautiful Power Wagon very impressive 

John. I’ve been thinking about buying one of those thanks for posting and don’t stay gone so long I’ve missed you 

Paul. Love those Fire Trucks if you ever need some fire  apparatus look up Don Mills Models he’s been adding new fire equipment all the time 

Guys 

what a active week on the thread this week thanks for supporting it and keeping it going health and strong. 

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