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The wagon destroyed in the April fire had about 50% integrity, officials said, with original running boards and some metal hardware.

The chief jumped onto the truck’s running board to try to stop him, but was thrown to the ground, authorities said.

So were the 1930s trucks and automobiles, with their running boards and massive fenders, used for stations reachable by road.

For an instant, standing on the running board of the motorcade car, he entertained the vain hope that maybe it was just a firecracker or a blown tire.

As California historian Kevin Starr wrote, Culver used gimmicks and giveaways and stunts like kids’ boxcar races, raffles, parades, and, memorably, a polo game played from the running boards of Model Ts.