trains and things that look like trains, from Fifities50s.blogspot.com

above the 1959 Gatlinburg Tennessee tourist conveyor

Looks a lot like a train engine, but I can see bus dualie tires in the back, and people on the top

The Detroit Zoo train

the Virginian

The GM Aerotrain, more photos in this gallery: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/gm-aerotrain.html

an 1850 boiler explosion left very little of the engine

above, the Mark Twain

Above, the El Capitan

All from various posts on http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

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I found a train tumblr and it's loaded!

you'll see such a variety of cool old locomotives, your boiler will explode!

just a sample of the cool trains at http://absurdonio.tumblr.com/tagged/locomotive

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I found a fun photo site the celebrates Americana and the wonder years of the 40's 50's and 60's

How come I've never seen any barber shop with this genius approach to kids haircuts?

was also posted on Fifties50s.blogspot at another post about the cool old collectible stuff at Rosmalend Holland http://fifties50s.blogspot.com/2012/10/rosmalen-rock-around-jukebox-octobre.html where the vendors were charging 2 to 3 times the value of things according to the blogger, and I am pretty sure by the amount of focus on collectibles, he's an expert. Awesome photo gallery coverage of so many collectible events, like Hersheys etc etc

How did this train get into this predicatment?

Rare photo of the Honolulu Clipper out of the water, for other Clipper photos http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/hawaii-clipper-1930s-photos-from-wj-he.html

For a lot more, stick around here for my selections of the best their photos, or see them all at http://fifties50s.blogspot.com

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