General Information

Serial #

patent model

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL TRUCK BODY & PARTS/ NON-FERROUS METAL PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES/ WOOD WHEELS/ FERROUS METAL RAILS/ WOOD & METAL EXTRA PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

26.5 cm

Width

10.3 cm

Height

10.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MACKINNON

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Kingston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C.1933

Canada

K.L. MACKINNON, RETIRED SOLDIER OF KINGSTON, ONT., DEVELOPED & PATENTED A ROTARY VALVE(1929-SEE 930172) & A VEHICLE RAIL GUIDE MECHANISM (1934). HE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY IN THE EARLY 1930'S TO INTEREST CANADIAN & AMERICAN MFRS. IN BOTH DEVICES. IN 1934 HE TRANSFERRED 8/10TH OF HIS RIGHTS TO BOTH PATENTS TO HIS SONS, LACHLAN & DEITH ABBOT MACKINNON (DONOR), BOTH OF OTTAWA.

Function

A MODEL TRUCK ADAPTED TO HAVE MECHANISMS ON THE FRONT & BACK AXLES TO ALLOW IT TO TRAVEL ON RAILS, USED TO DEOMONSTRATE THIS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

Technical

REPRESENTS AN INDIVICUAL CANADIAN'S ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP & MARKET AN INNOVATION IN RAIL & MOTOR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY. THIS EFFORT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL BUT LATER A RAIL AUTOMOBILE WAS DEVELOPED BY MODIFYING A 1958 PONTIAC SAFARI CHIEFTAIN STATION WAGON; A HY-RAIL MECHANISM WAS ADDED BY FAIRMONT RAILWAY MOTORS & THE CAR WAS USED FOR RAIL INSPECTIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

TRUCK PAINTED ORANGE ENAMEL/ RAIL ADAPTER MECHANISM PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL/ RED PAINTED WHEELS/ WHITE? TIRES/ BLACK PAINTED & PLATED RAILS

Decoration

N/A