thanks to Steve for sending me this image, it's the first time I can remember seeing a bus converted to be used as a train
here are a couple photos from a post 3 years ago about the short lived Pickwick buses (the only buses I've seen with woodlite headlights)
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-nitecoach-greyhound-bus-big-oh-yeah.html
http://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/14284045/Megapost-El-Mexico-Fuerte-Milagro-Mexicano.html
In 1970 I took a train out of La Paz, Bolivia across the the high plains toward Lake Titicaca. The "train" was an old Ford bus with train wheels. Still had the old Ford V8, and the driver had to shift through the gears of the floor mounted transmission to make it go. Still had the steering wheel for the "engineer" to hold onto.
ReplyDeleteCool as a concept, I think the look of it would be far more enjoyable than the ride in it... too bad some things are impossible to find photos of on the internet
DeleteI've got some somewhere. I'll send one along if I find them!
Deletewow, thanks! What were you doing in Bolivia in 1970?
DeleteWell, DUH, I was heading up to Peru from Brazil, of course!
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