
Showing posts with label abandoned. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abandoned. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
funding ran out for this ground effects cruise missle carrying seaplane

this aircraft used the ground effect – extra lift of large wings when close to the waters surface, a maximum of three meters above the sea but at the same time could provide take off, stable “flight” and safe “landing” in conditions of up to 5-meter waves. These were originally developed by the Soviet Union as high-speed military transports, and were based mostly on the shores of the Caspian Sea and Black Sea.



see the whole gallery and write up at http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/ but an even bigger gallery at http://acidcow.com/pics/7956-russian-tank-ship-plane-86-pics.html Thursday, December 30, 2010
In the woods of Maine are the neglected remains of two locomotives



The Eagle Lake and West Branch (ELWB) Railroad Locomotive #1, was built in June 1897 at Schenectady Locomotive Works (4-6-0 stamped #4552), it was originally a steam locomotive but later converted to burn crude oil to eliminate the forest fire threat caused by cinders. Number 1 was purchased by Great Northern in 1926 and used to haul pulpwood in the Allagash area from 1927-1933.ELWB Locomotive Number 2, and its tender, were built in December 1901 at Brooks Locomotive Works (2-8-0 stamped 4062). Number 2 was also used as a steam locomotive and later converted to burn crude oil. It was purchased by Great Northern in 1928 and used as the main engine for hauling pulp cars from 1928-1933.
The railroad tranferred logs and crossed over the northwest arm of Chamberlain Lake where it reaches toward Allagash Lake. In September of 1933 both locomotives were relatively obsolete and not worth the cost of transporting them back out of the Allagash area. They were both on the Eagle Lake end of the tramway and the entire railroad was abandoned in place.
Read all about it http://www.maine.gov/doc/parks/history/allagash/rr.htm
Labels:
abandoned,
neglected,
steam locomotive
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Hear that screaming? Hear the cry of outrage? Yup, they just looked at this GT500 Shelby Mustang Cobra on a junkyard heap of junk cars. The point is
that this should get us fired up, like when Car Craft once had a photo of a Camaro that was being eaten by the jungle slowly... and the submission was accompanied by the phrase "we lost one, but let it be remembered by saving others" (Adam Rosenbaum, Portland Maine)
from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=561
it reminded me of
that I posted a couple years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/no-one-will-likely-ever-know-what.html
from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=561it reminded me of
that I posted a couple years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/no-one-will-likely-ever-know-what.htmlSunday, December 19, 2010
Cars make great fertilizer, who says you can't love jalopies and be a tree hugger? Your jalopy is a tree hugger! Here's picture proof
My cool meter pegged when I saw this old late 20's early 30's bus.from http://66.154.44.164/forum/showthread.php?t=330573&page=66
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Sitting and Rusting thread on the HAMB
Sitting for 35 years.
the size of the tree trunk though this body indicates many decades of not being disturbed

The above is a DeSoto converted into a truck because the owner had a body shop, but not cash for a truck
look through dozens of pages http://66.154.44.164/forum/showthread.php?t=330573&page=20
Labels:
abandoned,
Desoto,
Ford,
Galaxie 500,
Pontiac,
rust in peace,
Station Wagon
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Photos of the unusual from days gone by thread on the HAMB
Sad.

Looks like 2 or 3 Buick bodies grafted together with an RV on top.I just found this post on the Hemmings Blog, and it identifies this vehicle as having been called the ShamRockAway http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/01/31/hemmings-find-of-the-day-the-shamrockaway
From http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=270
Labels:
abandoned,
beer truck,
fire engine,
fire trucks,
Jeep,
junkyard,
Locomobile,
Military,
RV,
Sun Tach

















