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......OK Im goin to the market the other day out here in Redondo beach. I pull my truck in through the back entrance to the parking lot. [I havent used this entrance for quite a while] I come around the corner of one of the back stores and had to look twice!

......There sitting, make that parked [in parking spaces ] are three rail speeders . Now this is nowhere near any rail line. I have no idea what they are doing there. This is a shopping center.

....Anyway, snapped some photos for you guys. Looks like they came from the army?



....USA??....


....This tag is on the control panel..


.....Looks like a sales tag of some sort? They each had one, complete w/bar code!


......Ford 4 bangers in them.


......Check out this make shift ...uh, bike rack??


.....Nother old junker parked in front of them


.....Last parting shot....just sittin in a parking lot!.....


.....Maybe I should start goin in the back of more shopping centers ..................................Remy

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Neat find. It's a wonder they haven't been tagged yet too.

Greg

You found Jamie's western reserve.

That old panel truck belongs to a forumite here!
Can't remember his forum name, but he posted pictures
of it here. I think he is a musician. WOW!

Also the tag beginning with "NSN" means that it
was in the US Navy inventory. Wonder where from?

Interesting times that we live in!

I would LOVE to find one of these in my area!
My next "toy"! Done hotrods, boats, motorcycles
and even fire trucks. Would really like to get a
piece of railroad hardware like that! Even have a
(legal) place to run one!

NSN means National Stock Number; anything that the military purchases is given its own number. All you have to do is just give the NSN to the supply person and they will order it for you. You name it and it has a NSN.

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Originally posted by Jeff Remy:
......OK Im goin to the market the other day out here in Redondo beach. I pull my truck in through the back entrance to the parking lot. [I havent used this entrance for quite a while] I come around the corner of one of the back stores and had to look twice!

..............Maybe I should start goin in the back of more shopping centers ..................................Remy

Wow, Remy, thanks for the shot of the truck. I have a few models of this truck but never really expected it to be true-to-life!
My compliments to you,also, on the WONDERFUL, authentic-looking work train in the 3-Rail thread: "Do You Do Your Own Custom Work?" Absolutley fantastic hand-crafting. Thanks for that inspiring view, too.
Respect,
Frank

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......Sorry about that guys, I thought everybody pretty much knew thats my truck.
......Thats what I get tryin to think . Anyway, thanks for all the kind words guys. Heres a few more shots of "Shmitty", if your interested.

...Down @ the Redcars in San Pedro


.....All packed up for a gig.



.....Doors closed.


......From last year. I was there w/ "Shmitty" to watch #2 being loaded up to go to the "Railfair" event out here in Fullerton Ca.


....This year we will be bringing our #3 engine to the same event. Hey guys,thanks again for your comments, hope you dig the pics............................................Remy

Jeff, thanks for the pictures. Very interesting in a parking lot? I heard it mentioned that you were a musician and noted one of the pics of the truck loaded up for a "gig". I know you mentioned that you played the harmonica once on the Lilly Belle Disney private car when you were at work. Do you play any other instrument and what kind of music? Are you connected to that Blue Grass group that played at AGHR one time? Now that you get to run the new Ward Kimball engine at the park, it would be fitting if you played the slide trombone like Ward did and Dixieland jazz. Ray

Hey Jeff. Thanks for posting the speeders. Who knows why they're sitting there. Would be interesting to see what they're going to do with them.

As for tracks in Redondo Beach, ATSF's Redondo Beach branch line was taken out more than 20 years ago.

Jeff, Shmitty is a beaut. I like to go to car shows in the area around here, and at the big ones, somebody always has a panel or a suburban of "Shmitty's" age..along with being a part of American Culture, they are very handy. Was Shmitty an actual REA vehicle?

Ed

THAT MUST HAVE HIT YOU LIKE A BRICK WALL , RUNNING INTO 3 SPEEDERS IN THE BACK OF YOUR LOCAL SUPERMARKET , SHMITTY IS A MIGHTY FINE PIECE OF HISTORY IS THAT HER ORIGINAL LIVERY OR DID YOU REPAINT HER

Look closely at the third photo down and read what it says. The proper name for this thing is a "Motor Car". Or you may hear it roll off of the tongue as "Mo-tee-car".
Those of you who will disagree, probably think, this guy has quite a lashup of speeders.

Jeff, the desert water bag on the grille of Schmitty is a nice touch.

Matt, I went down to Redondo on the ATSF once - in 1973. I was forced-assigned to the Los Angeles Engineers' Extra Board, and caught the daylight El Segundo road switcher. We took our two engines light, to Redondo Beach, for a hot lunch, then came back to El Segundo and resumed work.