Saturday, August 15, 2026

M60 AVLB, National Museum of Military Vehicles.


M60 AVLB, National Museum of Military Vehicles.


 It's an armored bridging unit, built on a M60 tank chassis.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Lex Anteinternet: Monday, August 12, 1901. Driving up Pikes Peak.

Lex Anteinternet: Monday, August 12, 1901. Driving up Pikes Peak.: Driver William B. Felker, Jr. and mechanic Charles A. Yont drove a steam-powered Locomobile along a treacherous road used for horse-drawn ca...

Monday, August 12, 1901. Driving up Pikes Peak.

Driver William B. Felker, Jr. and mechanic Charles A. Yont drove a steam-powered Locomobile along a treacherous road used for horse-drawn carriages, up Pikes Peak, the first people to do so by automobile.

1900 model Locomobile.

No one would attempt this again for the following decade.

Locomobiles were introduced as steam powered cars in 1899.  In 1903 production was switched to internal combustion engines.  The company was purchased by Durant motors in 1922, and production ceased in 1929.

Last edition:

Saturday, August 10, 1901. France out of China.

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Lex Anteinternet: Some new additions and works in progress at the National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Lex Anteinternet: Some new additions and works in progress at the Na...: M47, part of the series of tanks that are labeled with the term "Patton Tank". British Chieftan, a British Main Battle Tank that w...

Some new additions and works in progress at the National Museum of Military Vehicles.


M47, part of the series of tanks that are labeled with the term "Patton Tank".


British Chieftan, a British Main Battle Tank that was in service from the 1960s through the 1990s.  It was a very good tank design.

This appears to be a General Motors XM1, an experimental tank that competed with the tank that became the M1 Abrams.  This seems to be the only surviving example in the world.

M110 Howitzer.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Towns and Nature: Zillah, WA: 2012 Teapot Gas Station

Towns and Nature: Zillah, WA: 2012 Teapot Gas Station: 2012 Location: ( Satellite , it was moved in 2012 from the Yakima Valley Highway.) 1978 Location: ( Satellite ) Eglet's Teapot Seedling ...

M60 AVLB, National Museum of Military Vehicles.

M60 AVLB, National Museum of Military Vehicles.  It's an armored bridging unit, built on a M60 tank chassis.