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Mal, thanks for the translation work. A decade later Packard tortured its products with rubber wheels on rails.




8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1949 Packard nine-tenths right side view, going down railroad tracks, male driver. Photo caption on back from Packard News Service: Power, performance and stability of the newly announced Packard Golden Anniversary line was thoroughly tested at the 504-acre Packard Proving Grounds north of Detroit, Mich., the new Golden Anniversary Packard super deluxe touring sedan shown here speeds through the strenuous 'railroad-tie' torture, designed to test the riding qualities and stability of the car, this Golden Anniversary super deluxe has increased power (150-horsepower) and a longer wheelbase (127-inches) than comparable preceding models.

Item # EB01e336

Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.

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Gerd,

No thanks to me, rather a google search finds on-line translation services easily.

Don't think that is actual rail road, isn't that what they called belgium blocks to test ride quality?

This one went to Bob Turnquist for free because they were going to scrap it.

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Another view of the photo at the top of the page. Packard proving grounds not railroad tracks. What a 41 or 42 being tested for smoothness.
Wes

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A film clip made October 9, 1964 showing some few sequences of the leftover of the Packard-driven monorail and tight shots of equipment that say "Goodell Monorail".

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source: youtube

"1956 "Industry on Parade" Is a newsreel segment on the Houston Texas Arrowhead Park demonstration monorail by Monorail Inc. The monorail was called the Trailblazer. President of Monorail Inc was Muriel Goodell, is considered the father of the modern monorail in North America. This monorail was built three years before the Disney monorail built by Alweg started to run.
SOURCE - Bailey, Bob (Producer/Photographer) Bailey Studios Photographic Archive
Color footage of Texas monorail System"

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source: youtube

Nice find!

youtube.com/watch?v=YaLgbwzYzN8

And at 1:54 a '51 200 glides by earthbound.

Packard boxcar


source: worthpoint.com
Click to enlarge!

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