|
|
Post by JKP on May 22, 2022 21:42:40 GMT
Not a train but still neat to see, Think its a KW. _
|
|
|
|
Post by highvoltage on May 23, 2022 13:02:23 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by dennym57 on May 25, 2022 14:04:52 GMT
Am I missing something? All I see is a semi.
|
|
|
|
Post by highvoltage on May 25, 2022 20:13:53 GMT
True, but the tractor is an old Kenilworth. And apparently that model (cab-over) is rare.
|
|
|
|
Post by dennym57 on May 26, 2022 0:09:34 GMT
I'll have to take your word for it. I know nothing about tractors
|
|
|
|
Post by Adam on May 26, 2022 0:11:06 GMT
Looks like it is from the 70s or 80s. They weren't rare when I was a kid, but I suspect they are now.
|
|
|
|
Post by guitarmike on Sept 23, 2022 11:08:44 GMT
Generally speaking, until some time in the late 1980's or early 1990's maximum length laws for semi trucks limited overall length to 72'. 48' and 53' trailers were starting to be used, the only way you could pull one and stay under the 72' law was to use a cabover. They were horrible riding, sitting on top of the steering axle meant all you did was bounce. When the length laws went from 72 to 80', you couldn't give a cabover away.
|
|
|
|
Post by Country Joe on Sept 23, 2022 12:50:49 GMT
Generally speaking, until some time in the late 1980's or early 1990's maximum length laws for semi trucks limited overall length to 72'. 48' and 53' trailers were starting to be used, the only way you could pull one and stay under the 72' law was to use a cabover. They were horrible riding, sitting on top of the steering axle meant all you did was bounce. When the length laws went from 72 to 80', you couldn't give a cabover away. I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info, Mike.
|
|
|
|
Post by ahomes on May 11, 2023 15:23:16 GMT
OK, while it's not a train, this arrived at our shop yesterday, imagine it's already sold. New Hummer Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by ahomes on May 11, 2023 15:26:15 GMT
Not a train but still neat to see, Think its a KW. _ No, they are few and far between. While the cabover in the movie White Line Fever was a Freightliner (I think), the owner of this tractor probably will not be crashing it through any billboards soon.
|
|
|
|
Post by ahomes on May 11, 2023 21:42:20 GMT
Went out during the lunch hour or two, depends upon my mood, and took this photograph of the Buckingham Branch "yard", the old passenger car is still there after all these years. Think there was another one at one time, it might be in the restoration shop.  |
|
|
|
Post by Adam on May 11, 2023 22:15:48 GMT
Went out during the lunch hour or two, depends upon my mood, and took this photograph of the Buckingham Branch "yard", the old passenger car is still there after all these years. Think there was another one at one time, it might be in the restoration shop. Nice little collection of history. |
|
|
|
Post by curtis on May 12, 2023 13:49:32 GMT
As for the cab over tractor guitarmike you are so correct! They rode hard real hard. Length was the reason for their design and use. Now you have tractors almost 40 feet with complete full size refrigs and Big TV's. The most common cab-over tractor was International TranStar. They were everywhere.
|
|
