Wally Akin and Ted Waggoner standing in front of the Paramount Theater in Abilene, Texas. 1939

the different version of the Paramount Studios sound train, 10 years after the 1929 Graham Paige series of Paramount sound trains, and I suppose they went with a wood spoke vehicle to correspond to the movie being about the 1860s, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth51408/

The University of Kentucky photography collection has a cool variety of 1930s photos

the above and below, are both examples of a grocery delivery truck, getting the Woolcott convertible top installed

Crazy to find a pair of photos of this top, that I've never heard of, in the covered and uncovered states!

Below is the Woolcott convertible top company truck!  Love this hobby!

https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Lafayette+Studios+photographs%3A+1930s+decade&offset=320&per_page=20
https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/?f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=Lafayette+Studios+photographs%3A+1930s+decade&offset=520&per_page=20

there sure are a lot of people looking away from the publicity prone trackless train/ sound train coming through town

A trackless train leaving King George V Dock for London ..

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/beyond-borders/1148168d1380944711-automotive-innovations-some-unique-modes-transport-past-trackless_train.jpg

10 years later, this Paramount Sound Train is still in exactly the same dilapidated condition, and they are still trying to sell it. It had no bids on ebay, even though Bring A Trailer had featured it. Costing more to restore than it will be worth has that effect on potential buyers

the only useful things they've done are take a good gallery of images, and by default, let us know that they expect 25,000 dollars at a minimum for it. However, no one else feels the same.

https://bringatrailer.com/2018/09/17/off-the-rails-1929-graham-paige-paramount-pictures-sound-train/#comment-2556160
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1929-Graham-Paige-Sound-Train-/163264833660

10 years ago I ran across a single bad photo of this exact car https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/1929-graham-paige-sound-train-and-mgm.html

1924 Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival had a road train, with small box cars at the old fairgrounds in Winchester, Virginia

Or a cleverly disguised vehicle that looked like a train, but, then the box cars really sell the notion that they made a train looking vehicle for the purposes of parades

Photo by Lewis Reed

https://reedbrothersdodgehistory.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/first-shenandoah-apple-blossom-festival-may-3-1924/005-5/

A new image of a 1928 Graham Paige sound train just came up on Facebook

I haven't seen this one before, the cow catcher is very small... the 1929 Design was much more stout

Found on https://www.facebook.com/anibal134?fref=nf

Close to the most trainlike car I've come across, David at The Old Motor found a cool old invention that went 60 mph

http://theoldmotor.com/?p=90291 found on http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/07/20/four-links-missing-cadillac-concept-car-life-size-tonka-truck-tonka-truck-museum-syd-mead-80th/

Dan at Hemmingsblog finds a lot of cool stuff, but here is an unknown car - advertising trackless train

found on http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/08/08/all-aboard/ where they are hoping someone knows the year make and model, even better if they know when and where this was driving around and maybe have another photo

A couple stand outs at todays annual National City Auto Heritage day at Kimball Park

For a full gallery of this 1929 Graham Paige Sound Train movie promoting vehicle from last years Speedfest: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/09/san-diego-1929-graham-paige-sound-train.html

More cool vehicles from Steampunkvehicles.tumblr

 1910, and I know I've posted about it years ago, but can't find the info,.... it's a custom coachbuilt body over a Rolls chassis if I recall correctly, funky looking.

 1918 policeman in San Diego

this 1929 BMW R11 was available with the Royal sidecar

 looking like a tank, built over a Tucker sno cat ... my guess is for "burning man"

 and lastly two cars built to look like trains. They were great advertising vehicles, mostly used by movie companies to get an audience for the theaters, but the above is advertising tires and the below is lettered with American Legion, Miami Beach to Boston... maybe to sell war bonds?

 Lots of great cars, trucks, trains and bikes at http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com/

Trackless train, I doubt we'll ever see one of these in person, but they were once used to draw attention to movie premieres

for the gallery of the others:
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/1929-graham-paige-sound-train-and-mgm.html

the San Diego 1929 Graham Paige Sound Train ( customized limos for the Paramount Pictures Co for transporting movie stars to theaters)

This gallery is so extensive because I tried looking for photos of Sound Trains in the past and there are almost 4 decent photos on the internet of them, til now. I'm improving the amount of good photos, one gallery at a time, because someone out there will want a better look, or a different view of something this rare

This 1929 Graham-Paige Sound Train began life as a limousine, and then was sent to the Indianapolis, In. Harry O. McGee Company for modifications. These modifications included a large public address system. The limousine interior was left pretty much unchanged, but the front-end sheet metal around the hood area was rounded to give the appearance of being the boiler of a locomotive. A large headlight was mounted up front along with a smoke stack, bell, steam dome, and whistle. The chrome-plated bell had a wire running inside to the instrument panel so the driver could attract even more attention to the vehicle.

These vehicles were built in the late 1920s and 1930s for the parent company of Paramount Pictures. They were used for all kinds of publicity situations: to advertise the opening of a new movie in a town or to deliver a star to an opening in grand style with dancing girls riding on the seats located on the fenders.

For my previous post, with 3 different photos of the variety of the Sound Trains: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/1929-graham-paige-sound-train-and-mgm.html

For the only thing I've came across about the Trackless Train: http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/TT/AA-TT-150.pdf

One of these was just freshly restored and appeared at the Amelia Island Concours : http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/freshly-restored-1929-graham-paige.html