Photo of The Day

Scratchman · March 28, 2014, 04:36:16 PM

here's one more.

Gordon Birrell

Barney · March 30, 2014, 04:19:11 AM

Reference to the Shed on rails -Thanks Lawton for the information some of the local history people are now coming up with similar thoughts on the mystery building.
Barney

Lawton Maner · March 30, 2014, 11:15:44 AM

Barney,

Can you give me a better reference to the shed's location. I'd like to see if I can find it on one of the map sites.

Scratchman · March 31, 2014, 09:14:38 PM

Here's a photo of a old fire truck.

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

Scratchman · March 31, 2014, 09:19:14 PM

Here's one more at the same location.

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

marc_reusser · March 31, 2014, 09:56:41 PM

The corrugated on Barneys shed, looks like it is the Asbestos type.

NE Brownstone · April 10, 2014, 08:51:39 AM

Some pictures of an old gas powered steam roller I found on the way to Tombstone, AZ a few years back. Sorry if I re-posted these, but I figure someone might not have seen them before. Can you imagine having to steer that thing while standing next to the radiator, in the middle of August in AZ.

Notice the eccentric crank lookin hub and ball hitch in above picture. Anyone have a clue?

Ray Dunakin · April 10, 2014, 09:03:13 PM

That's cool! But I wonder what was the purpose of the small "boiler" and smokestack? Does it act as a muffler?

mabloodhound · April 11, 2014, 06:35:34 AM

Was it once steam and then converted to diesel/gas?

NE Brownstone · April 11, 2014, 07:19:58 AM

Quote from: Ray Dunakin on April 10, 2014, 09:03:13 PM
That's cool! But I wonder what was the purpose of the small "boiler" and smokestack? Does it act as a muffler?

I believe so, but they sure did try hard to make it look like it was steam powered. Maybe it was the only way they could sell their rollers with one of those newfangled gasoline engines.

I just found this:

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/buffalo-springfield-steam-roller-built.html

It is the same machine. Notice the rust pattern on the side. Well, unless they all rusted in that particular spot.