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[ATTACH] It's not that the railroads were on the lookout for communities to run their tracks through, it's that the tracks were there before the...
They give me the heeby-geebys...
[ATTACH] We tried to use the shortest coupler between the engines. You can see how close together they are mounted....
We used a bullet proof timing chain, never had a problem. Our biggest issue was that we were loading almost 1000 horsepower onto the nose of a...
Sometimes, a picture is the best way to show how to couple two engines together on an in-line dual engine dragster. [ATTACH] This is the standard...
[ATTACH] The real ending of the life of the Pan Pacific Auditorium...
In the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's, Canter's Deli was a hot spot, if you were a Night Owl like me. Rock and Roll groups stopped by to enjoy the...
[ATTACH] Hollywood & Vine, looking south on Vine St. The Brown Derby restaurant is on the left side of the street (note the hat)...
[ATTACH] The front engine is installed backwards, as it powers the front tires, while the rear engine powers the rear tires...
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I'm willing to be wrong about this, but I had heard that Mickey Thompson purchased this twin engine flathead dragster and he and Fritz Voight...
The air brakes on U.S. freight trains are also a huge problem. There is an air compressor in the locomotive that pushes air back to the last car...
Some times you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] It's important to remember that the drag strip at Riverside Raceway was a 1/2 mile track...
[ATTACH] Sorry, I don't know the brand of this car. However, I do know I would never piss off the car owner and driver... This is Wyatt Earp,...
Early Drag Racing Photos? Well, here are a few (about 5,000+). http://georgeklass.net/index.html
Craig was the first person to officially set the World Land Speed Record at over 400 MPH, 500 MPH, and 600 MPH...
[ATTACH] For those of you who have not heard, my friend of just under 60 years, Craig Breedlove, passed away yesterday, April 4th, 2023. He was 86...
[IMG] This looks like the ghost town Bodie, California, located off of CA-395...
[ATTACH] A cabin located in Meeks Bay Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA...
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[ATTACH] San Fernando Drag Strip, sometimes called "The Pond". How it got that nick-name, I never found out...
1964 at the Salt Flats in Utah...
I know the name. If you are talking about the musician Eric Vaughn, I don't know him but I know of him...
I agree with you about the scary turns. As far as opening up into more lanes just before the four level interchange, it's because there are...
I believe that Jnaki is correct on all counts. The entrance from the regular streets onto the “Pasadena Freeway” (technically, an on-ramp) are...
[ATTACH] Hollywood & Vine, a long time ago...
[ATTACH] This is the SR-110 (many call it the Harbor Freeway) going North approaching downtown L.A. and the 4-level interchange. Eventually, you...
Well, I have lived in SoCal for 83 years, and drive the SR-110 two to three times a week from Pasadena to downtown L.A. The Arroyo Seco Parkway...
[ATTACH] I can assure you, this is not the Pasadena Freeway. Way too many lanes... [ATTACH] This is a photo of the Pasadena Freeway. Actually,...
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