the palm tree delivery truck

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_City_Views%20(1900%20-%201925)_Page_2.html

a switchman’s tower used to control the flow and path of streetcars through the intersection.

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Bureau_of_Power_and_Light_Streetlights.html

a Buick delivery truck

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_City_Views%20(1900%20-%201925)_Page_2.html

Engine company 18 in Los Angeles 1906

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_City_Views%20(1900%20-%201925)_Page_2.html

Someone should have told this cowboy the car doesn't need a saddle

found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1447268078825074/?fref=nf

the 1926 sprint car, the McCathern Special

The wheelbase was shortened to 88" and the engine them moved back 8" per “Complete instructions for building a Fronty Ford Racing Car” by Arthur Chevrolet.

It was a pamphlet that they gave free to anyone that purchased a Fronty head or they would sell it for $2 to many of us folks who were only dreaming of owning a Fronty Ford. If you have a copy of the book “Model T Ford in Speed and Sport” on pages 92-99 they reproduced that pamphlet. Or in “The Fast Ford Handbook”
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/29/46471.html

The chassis was dropped 6". Front and rear radius rods were connected directly to the frame and the single front rods replaced with wishbones. It had a 4:1 rear end for short track racing. Ford ignition was replaced with Eismann high tension magneto driven off the right side of a 3-in-1 front plate. Wheels were changed to racing spoke wheels with knock off hubs and external hub brakes added to the rear.

http://www.nwvs.org/Technical/MTFCA/Articles/2404OldFastPaper.pdf

finally, a photo of the Oct 1895 Granville-Paris Express wreck from the other side of the train

above is the view we are used to seeing

here are a couple of photos I haven't seen before, thanks Steve!

and here they are rigging a way to lower it without destroying it

There's the Great Minturn, Colorado Copycat Crash of 1913. At least it was just the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Co. roundhouse: (thanks Steve!)

Westwood Village gas station towers... competition was not going to one-up anyone!

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_LA_Gas_Stations.html  Right to left: Standard, 76, Associated, and Richfield

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Views_of_UCLA.html#Westwood_Village

Richfield Service Station in 1929 on the 7700 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood. Note the pedestal-mounted racecar on the right.

Found on http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_LA_Gas_Stations.html

Walter Knott's roadside berry stand along Western Avenue in 1926.

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Southern_California_Amusement_Parks.html

Professor Lowe's dramatic Mount Lowe Railway, July 4, 1893

Above, and below upper left, the White Chariot (inclined opera box cars)

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Mt_Lowe_Railway.html
http://waterandpower.org/museum/Early_Southern_California_Amusement_Parks.html

the humble beginnings of the UPS

Found on https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010369631996&fref=photo

the Buffalo Central Terminal, one of the world’s largest and most impressive abandoned railway stations.

Other buildings included a Pullman Company service building (demolished 1966), an ice house (demolished 1966), and a coach shop (demolished 1966), and power station smokestack which were all torn down to lower property taxes. The last time this changed owners at auction it sold for only $100,000

http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Buffalo_Central_Terminal

when it was abandoned in 1971, as the railroad empire collapsed, and people turned to cheap and fast passenger airliners, it was deemed to expensive to demolish, and so the city didn't bother wasting the money. Just like Detroit's many abandoned and standing big buildings... no one wants to deal with the hazmat and asbestos removal

The clock in the center of the concourse, sold by earlier owners, was located in Chicago in 2003. In late 2004, the clock was purchased for $25,000 through fund raising. The clock was on display in the Terminal during the 2005 event season. In the fall of 2005, it was relocated to the lobby of M and T Center in downtown Buffalo, where it remained until spring of 2009.

The clock was then moved back to its original location in the Terminal concourse where it will sit permanently on public display.

With help from public donations, the CTRC acquires one of the Terminal's original light fixtures for $3,000 from a Toronto antique dealer. After raising the $3000, the dealer agrees to donate the fixture to the CTRC.

http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2014/05/10-abandoned-art-deco-buildings-of-the-world/

and there are a couple good galleries at http://opacity.us/gallery230_another_tour.htm from about 12 years ago