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- Private trains had Toy Haulers. No caboose. The end car had openings to both sides so a Stutz Bearcat or Deusenberg could slip onto the platform.
I am a minor grade buff of private rail car trains. There were only a few express trains with their own locomotives. One reason was at the end of a freight haul (those had cabooses) it was out of the way of wood or coal smoke, and noise.
Cars of course varied, but the upper echelon had multiples. Bedroom with private parlor and bath, the salon, and dining. Then there was a berthing car for the servants.
The most popular East/West route was southern. It missed the trying grades of the Rockies and Sierras and Cascades.
Shagbark hickory was the favorite gasoline of the wealthy. It produced less smoke and had a sweet odor. Coal was the worst smelling. Coal was used for power and endurance.
Push that "Johnson Bar(throttle)" and "follow the 'leader' (cow catcher is the term novices use)" MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Extreme of the extreme...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDoSXLoiCQI
Great shagin wagon for the Rockyfellers,,lol
Too bad its not very practical,,just where can you park this monster,,
Probably need profesional driver too..- True. I wonder if there were private rail cars with slideouts??
- that is true, But you could buy private railroad cars and staff them with servants, and have your 'train' pulled where you wanted on your own schedule
you just had to pay the rail road, or at least own a big hunk of it - On one hand, the mega-Rvs are disgusting to us minimalists. On the other hand, they're great symbols: they send a signal that folks are free to indulge their whims (like me and my very small trailer), and the market adapts to satisfy those desires.
Yes, there are constraints -- mpg, smog regulations, and soon carbon taxes, I am sure. And yes, freedom is only free for those with the money to buy what they want. But still, even with all of those caveats, this is a good time to be alive. A hundred years ago, you could not have bought that monster RV, no matter how much money you had. - Ya can bet yer whole bootie that a buncha recreation goes on inside that sucker.
You would be offended at how many R V ' ers, get the ewwwwwww. look on their face if mechanical stuff invades their conversation in the park clubhouse.
These kind of folks like to brag about their collection of furnishings that centerpiece those beautiful crystal like transparent polyethylene formaldehyde windows in the hutch.
Hey, are those FEMA park trailers available and are they single-wide? They would make a better umbilical setup than what I have now, especially if they are reasonably well built. Insulation, wiring, yadda... - All they show is all the girlie parts. I want to see the real guy stuff. Open the hood, show me the grease and horsepower. I want to see the guy urinal where you put the DEF.
Richard - Not an RV
"Mobilized Executive Suites"
luxury condo on wheels for movie stars on location - It always amazes me what the Amish can do with just a hammer.
- looks like one of will smiths units
