Say, can I get that train pamphlet in a framed poster? That's not something you're likely to wonder about any of the marketing coming out of today's rail travel industry. I found this gorgeous vintage pamphlet design by Union Pacific Railroad and it sent me on a cyber hunt for more memorabilia from
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...
Streamlining was associated with prosperity and an exciting future. Many engineers tried to incorporate aerodynamics into the shape of cars in the 1920s,
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1948 Buick Streamliner Nifty.
It's hard to grasp now how much the introduction of railroads and railway services during the late 18th century and early 19th century forever changed the
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It's hard to grasp now how much the introduction of railroads and railway services during the late 18th century and early 19th century forever changed the
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Say, can I get that train pamphlet in a framed poster? That’s not something you’re likely to wonder about any of the marketing coming out of today’s rail travel industry. I found this gorgeous vintage pamphlet design by Union Pacific Railroad and it sent me on a cyber hunt for more memorabilia from a glittering era in train travel between the 1930s to the…
E-4 Streamliners in Chicago circa 1945. via reddit
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The Cincinnatian was the B&O's exotic streamliner serving Baltimore and Cincinnati debuting in 1947. It later served Detroit and was canceled in 1971.
A lot of people have been talking about best looking diesels and electrics already. Now it's time for the most elaborate steam engines: the streamliners. They represent some of the most elegant, colorful, creative, or downright mind boggling...
New York Central Railroad first introduced the streamline passenger train, the Mercury, in 1936. Designed by industrial designer, Henry Dreyfuss, the
1946. The previous versions that I posted of this illustration had a large water stain on them, so when I found this clean copy of the ad, it seemed worthwhile to scan and repost it.
Long before there were bullet trains and high-speed light rail systems, people experimented with creating super-streamlined trains that could whisk people across the country in Googie splendor. In some alternate universe, these streamlined trains of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s are still in service.
During the 1930’s, as passenger railroads were struggling to stay alive in the middle of the Great Depression, several companies revealed sleek looking
C.M.St.P.&P. #152 F Class 4-6-2 early 1950's Engine Terminal - Milwaukee, WI Gary Duckert Collection
It's hard to grasp now how much the introduction of railroads and railway services during the late 18th century and early 19th century forever changed the
The first of Bertone's series of Berlina Aerodinamica Technica ('BAT') cars of the early 1950s, this remarkable car was designed by Franco Scaglione, Nuccio Bertone and Carlo Abarth for the 1952 Turin Motor Show, where it appeared on the Fiat stand due to its Fiat-derived mechanical components. The car ended up in the Packard styling studio in the USA, where it was used as a design study before being presented to Fortune magazine editor Richard Austin Smith, who kept it until his death. Found in a barn 50 years after its first appearance, it had covered only 32,000km and has been sensitively restored. Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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Кажется американский streamlined (обтекаемый, модернизированный) design 30-х 40-х годов был одним из самых романтичных направлений в дизайне...
It's hard to grasp now how much the introduction of railroads and railway services during the late 18th century and early 19th century forever changed the
Norfolk & Western streamlined Powhatan Arrow observation car # 581 is seen with it's train near Singer, Virginia 8-12-1949. The six car Powhatan Arrow is being hauled by a N&W J class streamlined 4-8-4 northern steam locomotive. Note the old style tail end marker lamps being used on the observation car. The observation car has a Powhatan Arrow tail sign located on it's rear door. In my opinion this photograph appears to be a staged event with the train either stopped or moving very slowly as indicated by the lack of smoke from the locomotive and the direction of the steam escaping from the observation car's train-line. Also there are not any people sitting in the rear of the observation car to indicate this is a revenue train trip. Photo courtesy of Sylvain Assez's railroad photo collection. Sylvain is an active French railway locomotive engineer. This photo was most likely taken by the N&W for advertisement. Photographer unknown. The name of the photographer that took this photo is unknown. Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
Raymond Loewy was an industrial designer that designed and refurbished the designs of many famous products across various fields. These include designs for Coca-Cola vending machines, the Greyhound bus, Lucky Strike packaging, several locomotives and cars like Studebaker and Avanti. It updates objects that it touches into a newer, more modern form. For example, it would turn a candle into a lamp or a landline telephone into a cellphone. It also can keep it the same object, such as turning a 1980
View of a streamlined Art Deco-style Labatt's beer delivery truck, 1930s.
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
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Long before there were bullet trains and high-speed light rail systems, people experimented with creating super-streamlined trains that could whisk people across the country in Googie splendor. In some alternate universe, these streamlined trains of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s are still in service.
DIESELPUNK-Streamline Steam Australia produced one of the classiest streamliners in their S class locos. Quote:-“In November 1937, iconic Victorian Railways Commissioner Harold Clapp, introduced one...
