That’s the one Bill.
I still remember their slogan from the 1960’s
It Hasta be Shasta
A quick look
Bill,
After Rick chimed in with his information it makes sense to me as well. We have a drink here called Applalichia. “It is” a no-name store brand that is made from grain products. It does go down quickly when reading threads like this!
Rick, reading those old postcards gives a fascinating glimpse into another world. The stories behind the cards never being known. Interesting destinations as well. Elko NV is still around are the others ghost town now? Wonder about the others. Edit. BTW I know Bakersfield isn’t a ghost town, it’s just dead 
Vic,
Interesting that you would bring that up, besides the railroad aspect of these old cards, the brief messages on the back is what interested me from the start. Beyond the “having a great time, wish you were here” are the ones that say things like; “Arrived today by train at LaMoine, should start the new job tomorrow, will send money as soon as possible.” Makes you wonder what was going on in their life back in 1906.
I have a pretty extensive collection of these old cards most of them centered in and around Northern California. But like a lot of things I have accumulated over the years it is probably time to start passing them on for others to enjoy into the future. Don’t mean that to sound like a downer but just a fact.
Loved your rail truck by the way 
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Rick
Thanks, I’m extremely jealous of your entry. 
Same here on the collecting. I need to get serious about downsize mine this year into something more manageable. Mostly getting rid of the stuff that just doesn’t fit in or is just too large.
Folks;
Back to the subject, but not a prototype. Showing my age with this, but there was that “thingie” that Howdy Doodie would travel in on the Howdy Doodie Show. It was part locomotive, part boat, part airplane, and all nonsense. I’m sure one of you will find a picture of it and post the picture.
Regards, David Meashey
Oops! Forgot about the car, well the Air-O-Doodle was really something. I’ll blame it on memories that are more than 70 ears old.
HI Dave, An internet search cam up with this as the Air-o-doodle, funky stuff.
I read about an interesting steam loco design yesterday. Never built, but searching on “ACE 3000 steam loco” and looking at photos, it seems like a lot of model versions were made, I guess because it was too cool not to.
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Ross Rowlands idea of future steam when he was working with the Freedom Train in 1976 Cliff 
I think one of the C&O Greenbriar 4-8-4s was going to be a test bed for some of the ideas, but the whole effort was incomplete.
Regards, David Meashey
The article I read on it was written by an engineer on the team, who talked about all the different new things to consider (at first, for example, turbines were assumed to be the most effective way to go). In the end, they found they found that the direct-acting reciprocal cylinder was the most efficient. He mentioned that the project didn’t fail due to design inadequacy, but to falling oil prices. Go figure.
When I was off the coast of Vietnam, so many years ago, There was a ship called the USS Shasta. Their slogan was the same as the Shasta brand in the sixties; “It has to be Shasta”. So much memories.
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Though not a loco, this streetcar deserves honorable mention in the “strange” category.
This is a recent acquisition by the National Capital Trolley Museum, I’ll have to get down and check it out.
Wait! That’s Jon’s old mobile home he traded in!
Just saw this one on Facebook…
Workers had converted a former 2-6-0 into a chain-driven, diesel-powered switcher utilizing a Ford V-8 engine.
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Refer to post #18 above 
Poor short term memory 
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