General Motors EMD ad
featuring Milwaukee road diesel-electric loco
1945
via x-ray delta one @ Flickr
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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Friday, June 28, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
East and West
Norddeutscher Lloyd Far East Express and Transatlantic Service, 1930s
Across the ocean in 4½ days!
World's fastest service
Friday, June 21, 2013
Across the Channel
The almost annual guide, one of a series issued by the Southern
Railway of England covering many continental destinations, to Normandy
& Brittany in France. This rather abstract cover is by P Irwin
Brown - Pieter Irwin Brown, the Dutch artist.
Image and text: mikeyashworth @ Flickr
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Streamlined and Diesel-Powered
Burlington Zephyr luggage label
The Zephyr was a diesel-powered articulated train, built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The train featured extensive use of stainless steel, and was meant as a promotional tool to advertise passenger rail service in the United States. The construction included innovations such as shotwelding (a specialized type of spot welding) to join the stainless steel, and articulation to reduce its weight.
On May 26, 1934, it set a speed record for travel between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, when it made a 1,015-mile (1,633 km) non-stop "Dawn-to-Dusk" dash in 13 hours 5 minutes at an average speed of 77 mph (124 km/h). For one section of the run it reached a speed of 112.5 mph (181 km/h), just short of the then US land speed record of 115 mph (185 km/h). The historic dash inspired a 1934 film and the train's nickname, "The Silver Streak".
On May 26, 1934, it set a speed record for travel between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, when it made a 1,015-mile (1,633 km) non-stop "Dawn-to-Dusk" dash in 13 hours 5 minutes at an average speed of 77 mph (124 km/h). For one section of the run it reached a speed of 112.5 mph (181 km/h), just short of the then US land speed record of 115 mph (185 km/h). The historic dash inspired a 1934 film and the train's nickname, "The Silver Streak".
Info: Wikipedia
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Open for Business
Built by Vega, the Lockheed Ventura was a replacement for the Hudson bomber
Image scanned and restored by Paul Malon @ Flickr
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
Engineer Strong
The Stenberg brothers
A poster for The Project of Engineer Strong*
1929
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* The Project of Engineer Strong is the Russian title for Not for Publication (1927), directed by Ralph Ince
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Sea Cruises
Xanti Schawinsky
A poster for Cosulich Società Triestina di Navigazione,
a part of Flotte Riunite (Italia Line)
1934
via Oldimages @ Flickr
Friday, May 24, 2013
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