Classic American Streamliners

Classic American Streamliners

Author: Mike Schafer

Publisher: MBI Publishing Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0760303770

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Richly illustrated with over 200 photos, this book tells the story of railroad streamliners, from their early days as short little articulated speedsters to their halcyon years as 20-car "cities on wheels"--Places that were going somewhere. And it also tells a story of a time of individuality, when streamliners reflected the personality of the regions they served.


Streamliners

Streamliners

Author: Mike Schafer

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780760313718

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"Streamliners tells the steamliner story and takes you aboard a wide range of steamliners, from UP's historic M-10000 to America's most talked about train, the California Zephyr, whose descendant was still making tracks across the continent as late as the 1990s"--Back cover.


Streamliners

Streamliners

Author: Brian Solomon

Publisher: MBI Publishing Company

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0760347476

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"An examination of the introduction of streamliners to American railroading, including the technology and styling trends"--


Union Pacific's Streamliners

Union Pacific's Streamliners

Author: Joe Welsh

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781616731151

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An authoritative, lavishly illustrated history of Union Pacific's revolutionary passenger services from 1934 to the end of the railroad's passenger operations in 1971.


Classic American Railroads

Classic American Railroads

Author: Mike Schafer

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 076031649X

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This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.


The Golden Age of Streamlining

The Golden Age of Streamlining

Author: Colin Alexander

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2021-09-15

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1445693356

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Colin Alexander looks at the interwar period, a high-water mark in industrial design as the benefits of streamlining were realised.


Pennsy Streamliners

Pennsy Streamliners

Author: Joe Welsh

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780890242933

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The most in-depth treatment of the Pennsy story you can find! Covers every detail a railfan could want, from passenger car rosters to interviews with former Pennsy employees. Includes rare color photos of passenger fleet exteriors.


American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated

American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated

Author: Mark Wegman

Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780760334751

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A lavishly illustrated look at the glory years of travel by rail, with over 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting three dozen of the nation’s most celebrated trains of the golden age.


Streamliner Memories

Streamliner Memories

Author: Mike Schafer

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780760306192

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Packed with period color photos throughout, this book covers the heyday of streamliner travel from 1930 to 1970. 80 color illustrations.


Streamliners

Streamliners

Author: Brian Solomon

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1627887741

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See the streamlined trains of the 1930s in all of their sleek glory. In the 1930s, streamlined styling was applied to everything from kitchen appliances to farm tractors as it captured the American imagination. Keen to regain passenger traffic lost to automobiles and expanding roadways, railroads hired industrial-design giants like Raymond Loewy, Otto Kuhler, Henry Dreyfuss, and Brooks Stevens to produce sleek, futuristic shrouds for locomotives. These streamlined locomotives and trains became the most iconic in American history. Even today, classic designs like stainless-steel Zephyrs, shrouded Hudsons, and EMD E-units remain the popular conception of what a locomotive "looks like." Streamliners : Locomotives and Trains in the Age of Speed and Style explores the historical and scientific context for the development of streamlined locomotives and trains, the designs that became standard-bearers of North American speed and luxury, and the contemporary popularity of the streamlined look in popular culture. Illustrated with rare historical photographs in both black and white and color, as well as period advertising, route maps, and patent design drawings, Streamliners elucidates the story of this fascinating design trend by following the various technologies and styling trends and how they changed the look of American railroading. Profiles of prominent designers and preserved streamliners in use today round out and complete this picture every railfan will want. Streamlining was the product of the last great era of American passenger trains, when elegantly styled, named trains connected cities across the continent on fast schedules. Streamliners thoroughly explores the connections between style, speed, and the rails.