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Old Truck Tuesday

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Sam Bedwell and his ’52 Power Wagon on the Alleghany Star Route, 1968.
Sam and his daughter Sue delivered the mail to Alleghany in Sierra County for over 50 years, from ’38 to ’94. In the early days Sam would haul gold back to town from the mines. He was never robbed.
This truck belonged to a well respected logger named S.C. ‘Doc’ Linebaugh from White Pines (near Arnold) CA. Doc was the biggest logger in the area at one time. He died in ’74. He was very brand loyal and at one time all his trucks were GMC. This is quite a load for a truck like this.
Here are a couple of neat pictures of KWs you might like that I found while looking for Doc’s GMC. This last picture is very close to the same year model as the ’65 ‘Narrow Nose’ KW that I owned. The four pictures above were sent in by Elmo, thanks for sending them!
1952 IH COE
1950s Diamond T, Long Frame
1940 Dodge Panel
1946
1948 GMC COE
1957 Dodge 600

Old Truck Tuesday

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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.
1933 Dodge H44.
1956 Ford COE
1956 GMC 2 Ton
1953 Ford E83W Milk Delivery
1970 PW with Cummins Engine
1951 Ford Panel.
1953 F800
1935 1 ton
1972 C10
1991 Chevy Kodiak C70
1967 A100
1977

Old Train Thursday.

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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.


1925 Beyer Garrett Articulated 2-8-0