Re: " Windsplitters"
Donald Campbell
Monday, September 10, 2001 11:40 AM
Following all the recent talk about "pointed-front" Brisbane
cars, thought I'd do a search of the internet looking "McKeen cars" sites and
found quite a few. Interesting discovery was that one is being restored at
present in the US of A. McKeens car No.22 of the Virginia & Truckee is
being restored at the Nevada State Railroad Museum at Carson City NV. A
couple of pictures follow.
The engines used in McKeen's car were usually Hall-Scott
engines. They were a famous and respected San Francisco engine builder who
had connections to the Fageol bus and truck company and also to the Twin Coach
company.
I was looking for a picture of the McKeens car that was
electric but had no luck. I've seen a picture in a book somewhere of such
a car with a trolleypole.
Enjoyed the posts on gas powered buses. I remember
several years ago hearing that San Francisco had an experimental trolley
bus fitted with a fly-wheel. As the bus proceeded normally under wires the
fly-wheel was spun, and the energy stored could be used to move the bus
for distance of a couple of km beyond the end of the wire. Any info
out there? Was I spun a story?
Question: If the Americans call petrol "gas", what is
the stuff that comes out of American stoves called?
Regards,
DeeCee
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