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CN buses from 1940.  Not sure of the story here, but definitely a rail theme going on with them.  It looks like there may be wheels to run on the rails that are in the retracted position in this photo.

STR-18434_0c804d346f807fd5fff8500dc17e58fc2486148d.jpeg

Public Domain photo, link: https://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/STR18434/



-- Edited by MC on Friday 22nd of November 2024 01:04:13 AM


 Definitely 'high-railer's' capable of running on the the rails. Notice the large headlight at the top and the

registration number to each side of the light for identification purposes. The red marker lights are at the corners

to identify a reverse move. These were used to shuttle various crews and work gangs to different locations. Great photo.



-- Edited by bjburnout on Friday 22nd of November 2024 08:38:04 AM

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Thanks, Bernie, that's really interesting!  They look like they were custom built for that purpose, though perhaps they used a standard chassis modified for rail use?  The bus furthest from the shot looks like it has a grille and headlight design that I've seen before but can't place.

Here's another one that I have since found on the Ingenium site:

Built 1935 by the Evans Auto Products Company. Seating capacity 25. Scrapped in 1946. This bus operated over lines of the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway.

 

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Public domain photograph.  Link to site:  https://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/39636/



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Another shot from 1937:

39641_a79187c8d4f66c75e5eab730f8fbc2f74f7c5a49.jpeg

Public Domain photo.  Link: https://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/39641/

"Road Rail Vehicle - auto railer bus no. 15953 on the road with auto railer frt. hauler no. 15950, at rear, on rail"



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This is one of my favourite Halifax Muncipal Archives photos.  It shows a '67 Grande Parisienne with a 1968 sticker on the plate, so a 1 year old GP.  It also has a Beacon Pontiac badge on the trunk, which is where my Dad worked back then.  The location of the pic is somewhere in the downtown of Halifax.  There's quite a bit of dust on it, so it may have been sitting for awhile - it looks like it may be on a used car lot.  There was a lot of construction going on in the downtown at that time, which could account for the dust accumulation.

1966 Grande Parisienne DT Hfx 1968.jpg

 

Image source:  https://7046.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AABC&record=63668bf5-a0b6-4e2c-93fb-3685eb08b303

Retrieval code: 102-39-1-1105.1  HRM Archives, City of Halifax Engineering and Works Department photograph.



-- Edited by MC on Saturday 29th of January 2022 12:06:28 PM



-- Edited by MC on Saturday 29th of January 2022 12:20:59 PM


 I think the dust you are seeing is actually pot ash. From the power generating plant that burned coal, and every once in a while the boiler would burp and send a plume of the ash over the surrounding area from the smoke stack, covering everything in a thin layer of the ash over a large area. NSP would send out water trucks to hose everything down afterwards so that they wouldnt get a bunch of invoices for car washes and house cleaning.



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That makes sense, as the downtown plant still would have been in operation at the time.  Thanks for the info.



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  It shows a '67 Grande Parisienne with a 1968 sticker on the plate, so a 1 year old GP.

1966 Grande Parisienne DT Hfx 1968.jpg

 

 

 


 I only see a 66 sticker? Or is the red from 68? I think it must be a virtually brand new car?



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The red sticker is from 1968. NS did that back then - they would issue a plate with a year stamped into it and then later renew it with stickers.  In the 1950s, on some years you would get just the bottom sliver of the plate with a new year stamped on it, that you would install over the bottom part of the existing plate.

This would have been fairly new, yes, but still a used car as you can see from the weathered trailer hitch.



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I imagine the kids are probably crying because it's not a 409,

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Richard BH/Flickr. Public image.



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I imagine the kids are probably crying because it's not a 409,

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MC wrote:

The red sticker is from 1968. NS did that back then - they would issue a plate with a year stamped into it and then later renew it with stickers.  In the 1950s, on some years you would get just the bottom sliver of the plate with a new year stamped on it, that you would install over the bottom part of the existing plate.

This would have been fairly new, yes, but still a used car as you can see from the weathered trailer hitch.


 Example of 1956 plate (1956 section installed on 1952 plate):

NOVA SCOTIA 1956 license plate by Jerry "Woody", on Flickr

Example of 1968 plate (68 sticker on 66 plate):

NOVA SCOTIA 1968 license plate by Jerry "Woody", on Flickr

Example of 1971 plate (71 sticker on 69 plate):

NOVA SCOTIA 1971 license plate by Jerry "Woody", on Flickr

After 1971, they no longer stamped a year on the plate.  The sticker system that is still around today determined the year of the plate (or more accurately, its expiry date for the current period, which is currently 2 years in NS).



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Sceen shot saved and edited.

The original caption said pic from the 70s.

I'm thinking 1967 or 1969.
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The above pic must be 1969. Ontario used to use new plates every year through 1973. 1967 Centennial, 1969 & 1971 were blue plates with white characters; 1968, 1970, 1972 & beyond were white with blue characters.
The Chevyvan 90 is a '68, the Marquis a '69, New Yorker '65, there's a '68 Montego, '68 Parisienne with D99, a '66 V200 Valiant (Dart...) & a '63 Plymouth.

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