The PRR 4-4-4-4 T1 was one of the last steam locomotives. Perhaps the fastest of all steam engines, design and maintenance issues combined with the efficiency of diesel engines brought a quick end …

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I have SO many fond memories of visiting this place and riding the train!

Thirty yards or so down the track, the respective engineers would throw their trains’ throttles wide open, and the crews would jump to safety. Physics

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The new LMS streamlined locomotive, Duchess of Gloucester, leaves Euston Station in London on her first long distance journey, 8th June 1938. She is transporting fifteen German railway experts to a...

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Streamlining the old steam locomotives was done for several reasons, as backups for the diesels that weren't trusted as much as the steam engines, and because it was cheaper to facelift old engines than by new diesels, and they felt the streamlined engines would be good for 2-10 % more weight load. The fact that they are beautiful helps too. In 1934 the New York Central went with the expertise of industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, who had only worked in design since 1929. Dreyfuss designed the streamlined, Hudson-type steam locomotives built by Alco for New York Central's famous 20th Century Limited passenger trains as well as airplanes and buses. You might also be a fan of his designs that became the Princess™ phone, the Perisphere at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair and the Strategy Rooms at the Pentagon. However, Dreyfuss is best known among 2-cylinder enthusiasts for his design of the 1939 Model A and B John Deere tractors. http://www.farmcollector.com/company-history/tractor-design-raymond-loewy-henry-dreyfuss.aspx above, the streamlined Art Deco styled shell of the locomotive was designed by Raymond Loewy. In 1937, Pennsylvania Railroad officials decided to build a new passenger locomotive to replace its aging K4s locomotive. The PRR S1 experimental steam locomotive (nicknamed "The Big Engine") was the largest rigid frame passenger locomotive ever built. The S1 was the only locomotive ever built to use a 6-4-4-6 wheel arrangement. Also, the S1 class was a duplex locomotive, meaning that it had two pairs of cylinders, each driving two pairs of driving wheels. Unlike similar-looking articulated locomotive designs, the driven wheelbase of the S1 was rigid. Crews liked the S1, partly because of its very smooth ride. The great mass and inertia of the locomotive soaked up the bumps and the surging often experienced with duplex locomotives. 6100 was taken out of service in 1944 (after only four years of service) and scrapped in 1949. The final construction cost for the S1 was $669,780.00 The S1 was completed January 31, 1939 and was assigned locomotive number 6100. It was the largest express passenger locomotive ever constructed, the cast steel locomotive bed plate made by General Steel Castings was the largest single-piece casting ever made for a locomotive application and was so heavy the six-wheel leading and trailing trucks were added. It so large that it could not negotiate the track clearances on most of the lines of the PRR system. In its brief service life it was restricted to the main line between Chicago, Illinois and Crestline, Ohio To really appreciate how long this locomotive was, you must first have a frame of reference. Consider the Big Boy. The Big Boy was generally considered to be the "largest" steam locomotive ever. It was over 132 feet long. Unlike the Big Boy, the S-1 was not an articulated locomotive, yet, it was a whopping 140 feet long! The S1 was displayed at the New York World's Fair of 1939, to reach the World's Fair, the S1 took a circuitous route over the Long Island Rail Road. Many obstacles had to be temporarily removed and other obstacles were passed at a slow crawl to reach the fairgrounds. Here it is at the 1939 Worlds Fair with the Boy Scouts giving it a look At the World's Fair the S1 was a dynamic display; the drive wheels operated under the locomotive's own steam power. This was done by placing the S1 on a platform that had rollers under the drive wheels. By using this type of display, visitors could see the duplex drive in use. http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/sunday-streamline-14-the-big I just posted about the Mercury, above: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-new-york-central-mercury.html all the above found on http://www.pinterest.com/JohnLasschuit/old-steam-trains/?z=1 In 1941, Otto Kuhler streamlined a 1923 Alco Pacific locomotive for the Southern Railway for use on its Tennessean train, which (in conjunction with the Pennsylvania and Norfolk & Western) connected New York with Memphis. One of the Southern Railway’s bright green Pacific locomotives is displayed in the Smithsonian Museum, and the Tennessean locomotive combines this color scheme with the bullet-style of the B&O Royal Blue. very faintly on the stripe down the side you can make out the words Frisco Lines above, an example of the Union Pacific city streamliners.. full write up at http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/sunday-streamline-16-union huge all about the West Burlington Aeolus http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/sunday-streamline-19-west The Crusader covered the ninety miles between Jersey City and Philadelphia in a flat 90 minutes for an average speed of 60-mph. Because the Crusader was double ended it did not require turning at terminals. The Reading simply turned the power and reversed the seats in the cars for the return trip to Philadelphia. the Crusader http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/sunday-streamline-42-the below: The Empire State Express info about it at http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/sunday-streamline-29-dreyfuss A design by Dreyfuss Following the success of streamline Mercury trains*, the New York Central decided to launch all-new trainsets on its Chicago line. In 1938, industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss was commissioned by the New York Central to design streamlined train sets in Art Deco style His design was probably the most famous American passenger train of all time. The 20th Century Limited was built for style and stardom (the train conveyed the New York lifestyle) and it tailored perfectly to young executives and “new money.” So popular was the train that the Central often had to run two trains, one in each direction. http://streamlinermemories.info/?p=325 Found on http://www.lov2xlr8.no/ Dreyfuss then worked on John Deere tractors https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/02/john-deere-model-b-and-farmall-model-h.html

Title: [Brakeman, Water Car X1059, Texas & Pacific Railway Company] Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984 Date: ca. 1946 Series: Series 6: Negatives and Color Transparencies; Negative Series: 2869 Part of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection Place: Marshall, Harrison County, Texas Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 12.6 x 10.1 cm File: ag1982_0234_2869_180_texaspacificrailway_sm_opt.jpg Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact [email protected]. For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ryr/id/2752/ View the Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection

As early as 1925 the London & North Eastern Railway were cannily marketing both the locomotive Flying Scotsman (4472) and the named train service - it certainly probably was a contender for the confident assumption that it was the most famous train in the world. The cover artwork is very potent - worked up by Harry Gawthorn, a well-known commercial artist who also did many posters for the company.

In 2000, the Museum embarked on an ambitious plan to recreate the iconic diesel-electric locomotive that once adorned Santa Fe’s great fleet of Chief streamliners. While the railroad used several different models of locomotives to pull these trains, the General Motors Electro-Motive-Division F-7s we

1939: Streamlined New York Central 'Hudson' locomotive at the World's Fair in NYC, famous Trylon and Perisphere structures in the background, from Jay Kirsch

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Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 will hit the main line for the first time in more than a year on Thursday.

Title varies: 1868-94, Manual of the railroads of the United States; 1895-1917, Poor's manual of the railroads of the United States

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