Pony Boy
Vintage Boxcab footage.
Found some old footage of a boxcab working its way through the streets of New York. I would guess in the late ’20’s.
The kid on the horse, the “Pony Boy”, without a doubt has the coolest job in history, guiding a train through the congested streets of New York on horseback.
If this was tried today the insurance companies would all collapse…
-T.
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Posted by: Tim | 09-12-2008 | 11:09 AM
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Nice find. Are you working on the mechanical horse now, Tim?
🙂
Tim, that’s NYC 1559 (1526-1560). Built Dec.1930 by GE/I-R/ALCo. Equipped with a 300 HP I-R engine, battery and third rail shoe she weighed in at 126 tons. Carbody was by ALCo, electrical stuff by GE. Retired as 559 in 8-54, scrapped 10-55.