Old Truck Tuesday

Posted on May 9, 2023 by CederQ

***Sent in by reader M. His sweet ride!***
That’s a ’70 K10, short bed, 350 4bbl w/ air & 3 speed on the column.
The 350 is rebuilt on the bottom with a Melling MTC-1 cam, Bored 0.040 over, crank ground 0.010, everything new.
Got rid of the Rochester in favor of an Edelbrock 1406.
The factory heads were trash so I found a set of ’66, 76cc chamber, double hump heads, that I’m about to add long slot, steel, roller rockers to. Can’t wait!
It is good looking, I’ll give her that. But she’s still 53 years old, all drum brakes, solid axles and leaf springs so you better have her pointed where you want her before you turn her loose. I call her Ruby.

Old Train Thursday.

Posted on May 4, 2023 by CederQ

Meet the Man at the Controls of the World’s Largest Steam Locomotive

After restoring the monster locomotive, Ed Dickens is hitting the rails.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-drives-the-biggest-train/?mc_cid=0e74dee989&mc_eid=73aa73684d Please use the link to the article on the Big Boy…

Both entries above were found by Phil and sent to me.

***Sent in by Elmo, thanks! She is beautiful!***

#5 was built by Baldwin in 1875 and used to work on the Carson Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company in Carson City, Nevada. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad purchased the locomotive in 1899 by the president of the railroad who was John F. Kidder and he renumbered it to #5. In 1940, it was assigned to helper service. In 1942, #5 can be seen in the opening scenes of the western film The Spoilers staring western movie star John Wayne. It was used in over 100 movies and tv series. Starting in 1983, the Nevada County Historical Society started the Friends of the Narrow Gauge and they started looking for narrow gauge artifacts and equipment. Finally on May 10th, 1985, #5 returned to Nevada County for the first time in a long time.