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3000hp streamlined EMD, loco CLF6 leads a short Genesee & Wyoming Australia Ore train, seen passing Chidda station in the northern suburb of Salisbury Downs on a hot February 24 evening. It is a challenge to get these 48 year old veterans now days, with only 3 currently in traffic and more often than not trailing more modern locomotives. But on this occasion, the streamliner is seen leading an 8 year old GE C44ACi.
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.
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Every now and then I take out my old Santa Fe Super Chief out of its storage boxes for some 9v exercise. I've always enjoyed the design of the set, but now for the first time after 12 years, I felt like it needed a little fresh cell therapy.
What better than a rainy sunday to tinker with it in LDD? And while I was on it, I added the long-overdue B-unit and placed them both in a desert landscape just for fun (and to compensate for the cold rain outside ;-).
Now, modifying such a famous classic model is allways risky, as it might come out worse than the original (hope it's not the case here ;-). Or one could go too far and end up rebuilding it from scratch, which might sometimes be easier and more accurate. But that's not what I wanted - I wanted it to still say "Lego 10020".
So I decided to act very carefully, just stretch the old F unit by 2 studs, smoothen the rough edges and eliminate open studs, while still preserving the characteristics and the playability of the original set. I did add some details here and there, though - it finally has exhaust stacks now, woohoo!
Ah, sweet nostalgia - here I go again, collecting old grey pieces…
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A nifty streamlined Central of Georgia trailer out back at the railway museum in Savannah, Georgia. 8-11-06
3801 is seen passing Sefton on its first mainline run since late 2023, headed for Wollongong as 6S60.
The Apple IPod Shuffle exemplifies minimalism in its tiny, elegant streamlined design. It weighs only .44 oz. (12.5 grams), and features 2 GB of storage ! I clip mine on my lapel when I'm out walking, and sometimes sing along (when I think no one is nearby...)
www.apple.com/ipod-shuffle/specs.html
I had to use my older Canon EOS 7D for this image, because my 60mm macro lens is an EF-S lens and cannot be used with the 5D Mark III full frame camera. Two of my collection of 6 lenses are EF-S lenses, but I don't intend to replace them, as I'm sure the 7D will still see regular use.
I set up a mini-studio on my desktop in front of the bay window, with a 12"x12" marble tile for the surface, a gold colored poster board for the background, a light on a stand with an umbrella to camera left, and the camera on a tripod. I messed around with various focus modes and f stops, and used the 2 second timer to eliminate camera shake since focus is so critical in a macro image. 75-100 shutter clicks later, I settled on my favorites!
The doors to the inside open, but there are no interior details. The yellow 1 x 4 bricks (actually supposed to be green) on the sides will have this print: www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3010pb119...
On Friday 10/9/2021, a late 6KA9 (extra SCT intermodal) is seen approaching Hender road, Cooke Plains (SA) with CLF4-csr003-EL60-sct003 in charge. Signal problems between Kaniva (Victoria) & Coomandook resulted in the train taking longer than expected
On 3rd July 1938 Gresley Streamlined A4 4-6-2 Pacific No 4468 Mallard hit 126 MPH at Stoke Bank Near Grantham Lincolnshire setting the 'World Steam Record' - which still stands to this day.
In July 2013 as part of its '75th Anniversary' the NRM arranged for all six surviving A4 Gresley Pacifics to be re-united for the first time at York. Presented around the Museum' 'Roundhouse Turntable' in various LNER and BR Liveries were:
Dwight D Eisenhower BR No 60008 and Dominion of Canada LNER No 4489 both which travelled from America and Canada and underwent restoration at the NRM to bring them back to their original liveries, Bittern LNER 4464, Mallard LNER 4468, Sir Nigel Gresley BR 60007 and Union of South Africa BR 60009.
On 13th July 2013, before the Museum opened to the public, I was one of 50 'Lucky People' on an early morning photo - shoot.
Pictured left in LNER Garter Blue is 4489 Dominion of Canada, top right from right to left are in BR Green 60009 Union of South Africa, then in LNER Garter Blue 4464 Bittern, 4468 Mallard and 4489 Dominion of Canada. Bottom right is the actual Dynamometer Coach (Attached to Mallard) that recorded its record breaking run.
It was some spectacle and a great lasting memory.
LNER Gresley streamlined 4-6-2 No. 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' is seen here approaching Lincoln Central on the Sleaford line. Brush Type 4 D1935 [named 'Roger Hosking MA 1925-2013'] is doing the honours providing train heat at the back of the train :)
The loco was working 1Z70 Lincoln Christmas Express excursion from Ealing Broadway, to coincide with the Lincoln Christmas Market - unusually, the loco was turned out in drab black finish, as she would have appeared during the Second World War. A colourful collection of coaches, including a Pullman kitchen car, was in the rake of 11. The tour had been held up on the way, and was running 40 minutes late on arrival!
Note the rather impressive crowd that had amassed on Pelham Bridge to view the arrival :)
LNER Gresley 4-6-2 No. 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' was built by the London & North Eastern Railway in 1937. The locomotive was named after the company's then Chief Mechanical Engineer. In 1935 the LNER introduced the streamlined A4 Class locomotives to improve the speed of their trains and compete with the increased competition from road transport. Initially introduced to haul the new Silver Jubilee express between London and Newcastle, the class was an instant success, with 2509 Silver Link, setting a new British speed record of 112 mph on the first press run! In 1936 this was bettered by Silver Fox, another A4 Class Locomotive, before in 1938 a further member of the class, number 4468 Mallard, set an all-time world speed record for steam traction of 126 mph.
During its working life Sir Nigel Gresley was mainly allocated to King's Cross depot, often known as 'Top Shed' and worked King's Cross to York, Leeds, Newcastle & Edinburgh expresses. In the 1960s the locomotive moved to Scotland and hauled the Edinburgh to Aberdeen trains until withdrawal in 1966.
Thirteen years earlier, in 1959 the locomotive had set a post-war world speed record of 112 mph when working a special train from Doncaster to London, and as such was ear marked for preservation. The A4 Preservation Society, now a registered Charity, the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust, successfully purchased Sir Nigel Gresley and moved the locomotive to Crewe for overhaul. 'Sir Nigel Gresley' has enjoyed periods of mainline activity since 1967. [Info courtesy of Steam Dreams]
See here for tour details:
www.railadvent.co.uk/events/steam-dreams-london-to-lincol...
and here for the timings: www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U64323/2022-12-02/...
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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Bulleid streamlined "West Country" class 7P5F 4-6-2 34039 "Boscastle" at Fareham with a Brighton to Salisbury (via Southampton Central) working - c.1958.
Built 1946 by the Southern Railway at Brighton Works, 34039 remained pretty much in original condition until January 1959 when it was rebuilt and its streamlined casing removed. Despite being almost a new locomotive after rebuilding, it survived in traffic only until May 1965.
© 2015 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 120 monochrome negative; photograph by the late James S Doubleday.
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Norfolk Southern operated N&W streamlined J-class 4-8-4 Northern coal burning steam locomotive# 611 with the details of the coupling between the tender and auxiliary water tender seen at Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 1989. Sometimes a view such as this is interesting for the detailed oriented model railroad fans.
This loco's color scheme was provided by my Meramec River Runner, which kinda mirrors the paint-job of the Empire State Express and the streamlined styling of the 20th Century Limited 4-6-4 Hudson's of the old New York Central. The model's workings were inspired by the two Dreyfuss Hudson locomotives by Anthony Sava, although no instructions were used to build it, I did it all from pictures and my own imagination. (Read: it's not an exact copy, and doesn't pretend to be one.)
This electric engine (number 9028) was originally designed as a un-streamlined freight workhorse for use in the mountains of the Western half of the North American continent on a electrified section of the Lego-Land Rail-Road mainline back in 1918. The engine uses a unusual 2+C-2-C+2 arrangement, which is code for two un-powered wheels then these are connected to six powered wheels connected to each other by steam-style driving rods. In the middle is a set of completely separate two un-powered wheels, and then six more powered drivers, lastly followed by two sets of non-powered wheels connected to the drivers by a pin.
After serving dutifully for around seven years as a freight loco, the engine was upgraded to a fully streamline-shrouded passenger unit after another of it's eight-strong class was destroyed in a accident with a stuck Shell tanker truck blocking a road crossing. The 9028 was also given a higher gear ratio in it's trucks, to allow for the higher speeds that the passenger schedule called for.
It was around 1932, that the engine type was first given it's title as the "American Crocodile", or the "Alligator", by a senior Swedish railway official on vacation. The name was picked up by local, then national railroad press, and the name stuck from then on.
(In reality, the loco was screaming for new pantograph's due to the old one's breaking, so I gave it some based on set 10277's leaked pictures. Also, this uses eight Big Ben Bricks medium drivers + four blind drivers for the driving wheels where the gears are. I swapped in the new steamer wheels because the regular wheels are getting scarce, and I need to conserve them as much as I can. I ordered the few parts I don't already have to complete this version of the engine today, so they should be here soon... maybe a week or two for the wheels.)
Sir Nigel Gresleys A4 pacific streamlined class locomotives were first used on the world's longest, for the time, non-stop London to Scotland journey. The train was named 'The Silver Jubilee' and thus required matching named engines such as this 'Silverlink'. Resplendent in polished aluminium and grey/blue with black livery and a matching rake of coaches these trains took Britains public by storm in the 30s, however they weren't the first as the LMS Royal Scot took that acalade by 3 days.
My MOC is based on a 7 wide design with working connecting rods and piston gear. I've used SNOT and a reversed building technique around the front area but have cheated with use of custom made parts for the chimney. The wheels are by BigBenbricks and have been painted using Posca paint pens to match the livery. All markings are hand painted on. Hope you enjoy the visuals ;-)
The avant-garde, streamlined design of the Tatra 87 looks rather like an insect, not least because of the large rear fin. The three headlights are also typical of the Tatra design. The low drag coefficient (Cd) of 0.36 enabled the car with its air-cooled three-litre, V8 engine to attain a speed of 150 km/h. However, at that speed driving the car became dangerous - the heavy rear engine made the tail hard to handle.
The Austrian engineer Hans Ledwinka joined the Czech company Tatra in 1921 as technical director. He invented the 'backbone chassis' and developed aerodynamic designs for motorcars. The design of this particular Tatra dates back to the pre-war years. Ledwinka was a close colleague of Ferdinand Porsche, but when the Volkswagen Beetle was introduced, Tatra claimed that Porsche had copied their design. The court case was interrupted by the war, but Volkswagen later admitted Tatra's influence.
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. It is the only penguin found in the Old World. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh an average of 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. The species has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask. The body's upper parts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band.
The African penguin is a pursuit diver and feeds primarily on fish and squid. Once extremely numerous, the African penguin is now the rarest species of penguin, classified as critically endangered, with its population declining rapidly due to a combination of several threats, such as habitat loss, overfishing and climate change. It is a charismatic species and is popular with tourists. Other vernacular names of the species include black-footed penguin and jackass penguin, due to the species' loud, donkey-like noise[3] (although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound). They can be found along the coast of South Africa and Namibia.
Taxonomy
The English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a description of the African penguin in the second volume of his A Natural History of Uncommon Birds in 1747. He used the English name "The Black-Footed Penguins". Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on two preserved specimens that had been brought to London. He suspected that they had been collected near the Cape of Good Hope.[4] In 1758, when the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the tenth edition, he placed the African penguin with the wandering albatross in the genus Diomedea. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Diomedea demersa and cited Edwards' work.[5] The African penguin is now placed with the banded penguins in the genus Spheniscus that was introduced in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson.[6][7] The genus name Spheniscus is from Ancient Greek word σφήν (sphēn) meaning "wedge" and is a reference to the animal's thin, wedge-shaped flippers. The specific epithet demersus is Latin meaning "plunging" (from demergere meaning "to sink").[8]
Banded penguins are found mainly in the temperate Southern Hemisphere, with the Humboldt penguin and Magellanic penguin found in southern South America and the Galápagos penguin found in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. All are similar in shape, colour and behaviour.
Penguin colony at Betty's Bay
Description
African penguin diving in Siam Center, Bangkok, Thailand
African penguin skeleton at the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
African penguins grow to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall and weigh between 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb).[9] The beak length of the African penguin varies, usually growing between 4.8–6.5 cm (1.9–2.6 in).[10] They have a black stripe and black spots on the chest, the pattern of which is unique to each penguin, like human fingerprints. The sweat glands above the eyes cool the birds' blood and as the temperature rises, increased blood flow causes the glands to get pinker.[11] This species exhibits slight sexual dimorphism; the males are slightly larger than the females and have longer beaks.[12] Juveniles do not possess the bold, delineated markings of the adult, but instead have dark upperparts that vary from greyish-blue to brown; the pale underparts lack both spots and the band. The beak is more pointed than that of the Humboldt penguin. The African penguin's colouring is a form of protective colouration known as countershading. The white undersides of the birds are difficult to spot by predators under the water and the penguins' black backs blend in with the water when viewed from above. African penguins possess supraorbital salt glands located above the eyes that allow them to excrete excess salt from ingesting seawater, an adaptation that helps maintain osmotic balance while foraging at sea.[13]
African penguins resemble and are related to the Humboldt, Magellanic and Galápagos penguins.[14] African penguins have a very recognisable appearance, with a thick band of black that is in the shape of an upside-down horseshoe. They have black feet and black spots that vary in size and shape between individuals. Magellanic penguins share a similar bar marking that often confuses the two; the Magellanic has a double bar on the throat and chest, whereas the African has a single bar. These penguins are sometimes called "jackass penguins", which comes from the loud braying noises they make.
Distribution and habitat
The African penguin is found on the southern and southwestern coast of Africa, living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[15] It is the only penguin species that breeds in Africa, and its presence gave name to the Penguin Islands.
Two adults with chicks at the Boulders Beach colony in South Africa
Two colonies were established by penguins in the 1980s on the mainland near Cape Town, namely Boulders Beach near Simon's Town and Stony Point in Betty's Bay. Mainland colonies likely became possible only in recent times due to the reduction of predator numbers, although the Betty's Bay colony has been attacked by leopards.[16][17] The only other mainland colony is in Namibia, but it is not known when it was established.
Boulders Beach is a tourist attraction due to the beach, swimming, and the penguins themselves.[18][19] The penguins will allow people to approach them as close as a meter.
Breeding populations of African penguins are being kept in numerous zoos worldwide. No colonies are known outside the southwestern coast of Africa, although vagrants (mostly juveniles) may occasionally be sighted beyond the normal range.
Population
Roughly 4 million African penguins existed at the beginning of the 19th century. Of the 1.5 million African penguins estimated in 1910, only some 10% remained at the end of the 20th century. African penguin populations, which breed in Namibia and South Africa, have declined by 95% since pre-industrial times.[20]
Today, breeding is largely restricted to 24 islands from Namibia to Algoa Bay, South Africa,[21] with the Boulders Beach colony being an exception to this rule. The total population fell to approximately 150,000–180,000 in 2000.[22][23] Of those, 56,000 belonged to the Dassen Island colony and 14,000 to the Robben Island colony.[24] The colony at Dyer Island in South Africa fell from 46,000 in the early 1970s to 3,000 in 2008.[25]
In 2008, 5,000 breeding pairs were estimated to live in Namibia.
In 2010, the total African penguin population was estimated at 55,000. At the rate of decline seen from 2000 to 2010, the African penguin was expected to be extinct in the wild by 2026.[26]
In 2012, about 18,700 breeding pairs were estimated to live in South Africa, with the majority on St. Croix Island in Algoa Bay.
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The Vélo-Torpille (= torpedo-shaped bicycle) and its designer, the French engineer Étienne Bunau-Varilla (1890-1961). (Apparently he had a 'breveté S.G.D.G.', as you can read on the skin of the vélo-torpille)
This vélo-torpille was one of the first streamlined bicycles ever. The air resistance can be over 90 per cent of the total retarding force on a bicycle. The skin of the vélo-torpille, made of celluloid on a wooden frame, reduced that force substantially. It weighted 17 kilo.
The bicycle was special designed to get and hold the cycling Hour Record (= the longest distance which an individual can cycle in one hour).
In those days, the first years of the 20th century, that record was primary a fight between the Frenchman Marcel Berthet and the Swiss Oscar Egg. Six times the record changed from Berthet to Egg and back.
In 1913 Marcel Berthet was holding the UCI hour record (Union Cycliste Internationale) on the classic race bicycle with 43.77 km/h, when he reached an average speed of 52.3 km/h in his new vélo-torpille. He also established records on the 1, 5 and 10 km with this machine.
But the UCI decided to not recognize these records and to ban streamlining from regular racing. So in 1914 Egg rode a time which Berthet could not beat again: 44.247km/h.
Another streamlined bicycle in my photostream: Göricke.
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Summer of ‘57
I’m comfortably ensconced in a deluxe seat in Southern stainless steel streamlined coach 903, “Pulaski.” It’s July 5, 1957, and my father, mother and sister are en route to Philadelphia, where my uncle and aunt will meet us for a month-long vacation in the City of Brotherly Love. Not quite ten years old, this summer will be incredibly special. I press my nose against the glass to see where we might be, not knowing this trip will introduce me to the hoagie sandwich; the Valley Forge battlefield; Atlantic City; the incredible wonders of Manhattan; B&O blue and gray F-units with brass Capitol dome logos on their noses, RDC cars and the passenger trains of the Royal Blue Line; Baldwin 4-10-2 three cylinder compound demonstrator No. 60000 at the Franklin Institute, and the adrenalin rush of watching Pennsy GG1s run full out by the suburban passenger shelter at Folcroft, Pennsylvania. We’ll be carried home on train 41, the “Pelican,” and arrive behind N&W class J 604. And as long as I have memory, I’ll relish standing under the umbrella shed at Bristol after we arrive that morning, listening to her cross compound air pumps, smelling the aroma of steam and valve oil, and taking in the enormity of the finest steam passenger locomotive ever built---anywhere. What a summer this will be!
But now, we’re stopped at some unknown rural location. I see no community, and no depot. The friendly conductor tells me this is Vicker, Virginia, and as it is with all Bristol-Monroe through passenger trains, the engine is taking coal to get us to Monroe, VA, where Southern E-units will take over for the last leg to Washington. This is train 46, the Memphis-New York “Tennessean,” one of six (three each way) daily inter-road Southern Railway passenger trains handled by the N&W between Bristol, VA and Monroe, just north of Lynchburg.
The brakes release, and imperceptibly we get underway again. Even nine cars back you can hear the bark of the big class J up front---611. Slowly the sun of the day is gone and the evening turns overcast---then dark---and then the Heavens open up and the rain falls—in buckets. The 611 isn’t fazed. Her veteran Radford Division engineer clamps down tighter on his Harvester-brand cigar, widens on her and pulls the reverser back toward center just a bit. As we twist and turn on the 1.3 percent grade toward Christiansburg, we pick up speed---quickly. Hanging on the 611’s head pin are three old Pennsy express boxes, two baggage cars of storage mail, the RPO, a baggage-dorm/coach, four coaches, a Southern diner, and the Memphis-New York 14 roomette, 4 double bedroom Pullman.
The rain intensifies as the J’s booming baritone Hancock chime whistle clears the grade crossing below the golf course below Christiansburg. You can hear the sharp crack of the engine’s exhaust echo off the hills and hollows through the coach window. I can only imagine what it’s like to be there in the cab at this moment. We’re still 15 minutes late owing to a 45-minute late arrival off the Southern at Bristol, but this marvelous 5200 horsepower marvel of Virginia ingenuity and craftsmanship has shaved 30 minutes en route---and the engine crew apparently still believes it can get to Roanoke on time. Don’t bet against ‘em.
In five more months, the Js will be replaced on the Bristol trains by Southern diesels running through. And a few months after that, leased RF&P and ACL E-units--available during the summer lull in the East Coast passenger trade to Florida--will replace the Js on the Cincinnati-Norfolk trains. Things are changing quickly, and this will never be happen again in my lifetime. Or…will it?
Ron Flanary
NOTE: The image was taken on July 5, 2015, with some details altered using Photoshop to come closer to the look and feel of July 5, 1957. The story is all true, except for some minor details I can’t recall (the number of the coach we were riding, and the actual number of the J on eastbound number 46 that day).
The Speed series of 50 cigarette cards issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills in 1938 provide a fascinating vignette of the Streamlined Age just before the world descended into total war. One card featured the high-speed coaches built by Mercedes-Benz to link cities on Germany’s showpiece autobahn network.
The streamlined diesel-powered vehicles seated 30 passengers and travelled at speeds of over 70 mph.
No other country could match Germany for high-speed road networks until well into the postwar years. The United States did not launch its Interstate Highway programme until 1956, the United Kingdom was even slower to follow suit with its motorways.
Ironically, after a postwar Germany began to recover and rebuild, scheduled high-speed coach services did not return until the 21st century. In common with other European Union member countries, the state-owned Deutsches Bundesbahn and its DB successor enjoyed protected status against road competition in both freight and passenger operations. The transport market only began to be freed up in the 21st century.
Streamlined and updated, dealership row is undergoing some changes.
Don't tell anyone, but the sales lot and staff, has shrunk considerably, and these former competitors are now part of the same automotive group.
Baynard Motors
Keys Blvd.
Mystic Beach
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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This Classic Space-based version of a generic diesel switcher loco is streamlined to match the other locomotives on the Lunar Railroad with a shark-nose at the front for the CS logo.
Another one of the Vélo-Torpille (= torpedo-shaped bicycle) and its designer, the French engineer Étienne Bunau-Varilla (1890-1961).
Photo pulled out (not by me) from an unknown book.
This vélo-torpille was one of the first streamlined bicycles ever. The air resistance can be over 90 per cent of the total retarding force on a bicycle. The skin of the vélo-torpille, made of celluloid on a wooden frame, reduced that force substantially. It weighted 17 kilo.
The bicycle was special designed to get and hold the cycling Hour Record (= the longest distance which an individual can cycle in one hour).
In those days, the first years of the 20th century, that record was primary a fight between the Frenchman Marcel Berthet and the Swiss Oscar Egg. Six times the record changed from Berthet to Egg and back.
In 1913 Marcel Berthet was holding the UCI hour record (Union Cycliste Internationale) on the classic race bicycle with 43.77 km/h, when he reached an average speed of 52.3 km/h in his new vélo-torpille. He also established records on the 1, 5 and 10 km with this machine.
But the UCI decided to not recognize these records and to ban streamlining from regular racing. So in 1914 Egg rode a time which Berthet could not beat again: 44.247km/h.
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A Summer day in Holland: mass tourism by bus at Schiphol Airport, 1935.
In the 1920s theories about aerodynamics began to develop. On both sides of the Atlantic designers started to experiment with streamlined shapes for vehicles. Besides exclusive cars buses and coaches became a welcome subject. They apply to see and to be seen.
Better aerodynamic results were not only created by sloping front parts and windscreens, also suggestive painting contributed to that idea.
Source: Filarski, Ruud, The Rise and Decline of Transport Systems, changes in historical context, Ministry of Transport and Public Works/Rijkswaterstaat, Rotterdam, 2004.
Original photographer and date unknown.
Amsterdam, Aug. 14, 2019.
© 2004/2019 Rijkswaterstaat/Sander Toonen, Rotterdam/Halfweg / All Rights Reserved
Well it's not a F-unit streamliner by any means, but if you look closely this former EMD demonstrator GP59 was still rocking it's unique streamlined cab as it leaves Attalla with local A54 on Black Friday in 2012. This was a reliable weekday catch back in those days, and they're heading for the AG branch to Gadsden with interchange traffic for shortline Alabama & Tennessee River Railway.
SSR vintage locomotives, GM 10 and GM 27, running as train D273s are seen working through Callington, 54 km to the South of Adelaide, South Australia, on Friday 16th of February 2024.
The twin GMs worked the AK82 Inspection Train the day before to the Islington Railway Workshops, six kilometres north of Adelaide, and returned to Victoria light engine this morning.
I bought this little engine on Ebay this evening. (seller's photos) I really like the running characteristics of the Broadway Limited "Hybrid" models, so for the price I couldn't pass it up.
The BLI imported models are brass and die cast construction, the boiler and tender structures are fabricated sheet brass, while the frame of, both, the engine and tender is die cast metal. They come factory painted and equipped with a can motor with flywheel drive, sound, smoke and complete lighting and run on DC and DCC systems. They are excellent models for the cost.
Scale: HO
Category: Steam
Type: STREAMLINED
Road: New York Central (NYC)
Whyte: 4-6-4
Description: DREYFUSS HUDSON J-3A
Importer: BLI (Hybrid Series)
Catalog: 1146
Year(s): 2014
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter.
Statistics
Length: 57-69cm
Wingspan: 90cm
Weight: 1.3-1.7kg
Average lifespan: 7 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021).
When to see
January to December
A streamlined version of the previous network shows the connections among categories, subjects and types of sources.
Steamtown former Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 Hib class, MLW built 1930, non-streamlined Hudson steam locomotive # 2816, is seen while on display at Scranton, Pennsylvania, October 1996. The boiler jacket on the locomotive is rusting away, hower, eventually the locomotive was sold and was put into operation. The locomotive was purchased by CP in 1998 and sent to the BC Rail steam shops for a complete overhaul, including some updates, costing 2 millon dollars. The 2816 made its first test run on BC rails in 2001. This locomotive originally burned coal, however, it was converted to burn oil during the rebuilding and overhaul.
This (newly remodeled to 7-studs wide) New York Central Dreyfuss-style streamlined 4-6-4 is numbered 5448 and is modeled after a real, long-scrapped J-3a Hudson steam engine. The MOC was first built in 6-wide by me in 2024, and as some of you might be able to guess, this loco was inspired by pictures of Anthony Sava's original streamlined 6-wide Hudson locomotive from 2007... although no instructions were used to build this engine. See his original loco here: www.flickr.com/photos/savatheaggie/1338258406/in/album-72...
The loco also has matching streamlined passenger cars, but those are all from 2024 and have not been changed since then, so they aren't being shown off again.
Czech Tatra 603 at rest. This is a 1959 car, and has a 2.5L air-cooled, rear-mounted V8 engine to power its six-seat streamlined body.
Taken during SALT 8, the UK's only rally for Cold War Classics, held June 6-8 2014.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: Nikkor 28-80mm
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
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The modern looking streamlined Peugeot 402 series was presented at the 1935 Paris Motor Show. In the early 1930s revolutionary aerodynamic theories were applied for the first time to mass produced cars. Avant-garde cars like 1934 Tatra 77 and the 1934 Chrysler Airflow gained a lot of positive attention. The 402 was Peugeot's answer to its direct competitor the streamlined 1934 Citroën TA.
The 402 was developed by the Département Études Carrosseries, under supervision of Henri Thomas.
The Peugeot 02-series was also called Fuseau-Sochaux.
The 402 series replaced the predecessors 401 and 601 (from 1934-1935).
Many body variants were available.
The 402 B with an increased engine, followed in Summer 1938.
The sober dashboard was easy to convert into a RHD version.
Besides several Art Deco details, the headlamps placed behind the grille were very remarkable.
See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402
2142 cc L4 petrol engine.
Performance: 60 bhp.
C. 1200 kg.
Production Peugeot 402 series: Sept. 1935-July 1942.
Production Peugeot 402 B Berline this version: Oct. 1938-June 1940.
Original first reg. number: June 30, 1936 (according to RDW, but that's not correct).
New Dutch pseudo-historical reg. number: April 20, 2009.
With current owner since June 22, 2024.
Seen in car museum Visscher Classique. It's a new car museum originated from a large car collection of director Henk Visscher, mixed with a lot of passion and ambition.
The collection focuses on the French brands that fall under the Stellantis group (formerly PSA).
More info: visscherclassique.nl/museum/
Buren, Visscher Classique Car Museum, Schuilheuvelstraat, Aug. 5, 2023.
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The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter.
Statistics
Length: 57-69cm
Wingspan: 90cm
Weight: 1.3-1.7kg
Average lifespan: 7 years
Conservation status
Classified in the UK as Green under the Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021).
When to see
January to December
One of Singapore’s oldest residential estates, Tiong Bahru has become synonymous with trendy cafes and independent shops.
Architect: Alfred G Church 1936-1941 streamlined moderne
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Manhattan . New york city 2017. shot..... … 5.9 / 6
Day of departure from Japan, August 16, 2017.
The day I came back to Japan, 21 August 2017.
(4 nights 6 days.)
(Today's picture. That's unannounced.)
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My Novel >> Unforgettable'
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U2 - No Line On The Horizon Live in Dublin
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There are two reasons why a person faces the sea.
One, to enjoy a slice of shine in the sea like children bubbling over in the beach.
The other, to brush the dust of memory like an old man who misses old days, staring at the shine
quietly.
Those lead to only one meaning though they do not seem to overlap. It’s a rebirth.
I face myself to change tomorrow, a vague day into something certain.
That is the meaning of a rebirth.
I had a very sweet girlfriend when I was 18.
After she left, I knew the meaning of gentleness for the first time and also a true pain of loss. After
she left, how many times did I depend too much on her, doubt her, envy her and keep on telling lies
until I realized it is love?
I wonder whether a nobody like me could have given something to her who was struggling in the
daily life in those days. Giving something is arrogant conceit. It is nothing but self-satisfaction.
I had been thinking about such a thing.
However, I guess what she saw in me was because I had nothing. That‘s why she tried to see
something in me. Perhaps she found a slight possibility in me, a guy filled with ambiguous, unstable
tomorrow. But I wasted days depending too much on her gentleness.
Now I finally can convey how I felt in those days when we met.
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Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)
2018. Spring. It's expected to open it. That's Japanese.
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2018. spring.
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This must be the place I waited years to leave.
place. Tokyo Big Site.
Sponsoring. Design festa.
2019.
Date unknown.
DIC Kawamura Memorial Art Museum attached gallery.
place. Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture.
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From that day, forever ...
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タイトル。
白線。黄色い二つ。黒い夜。
次の小説のイメージ。
Still would stand all time.(unforgettable'2)
（いつまでもなくならないだろう）
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（日本を出発した日。２０１７年８月１６日。）
（日本へ帰ってきた日。２０１７年８月２１日。）
（４泊６日。）
(今日の写真。それは未発表です。)
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2014年11月、たった1機種で世界を塗り替えた携帯電話の広告を請け負った選考者の目に留まり、秘密保持同意書を結ぶ。
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3.流線形の軌跡。
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My Novel Unforgettable' (This book is Dedicated to the future artist.)
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（いつまでもなくならないだろう）
２０１８年。春。公開予定。それは日本語です。
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２０１８年。春。
テーマ。
This must be the place I waited years to leave .
場所。東京ビッグサイト。
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２０１９年。
日時未定。
DIC川村記念美術館付属ギャラリー。
場所。千葉県佐倉市。
テーマ。
あの日から、ずっと…
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Tatra T87 (1936-50) Engine 2969cc V8 OHC Production 3056
TATRA ALBUM
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Designed by Hans Ledwinka and Erich Übelacker, and based on the earlier Tatra T77. The body design was based on proposals submitted by Paul Jaray of Hungarian descent, who designed the famous German Graf Zeppelin dirigibles. A fin in the sloping rear of the Tatra helps to divide the air pressure on both sides of the car, a technique used in later aircraft, giving the car a drag coefficent of 0.36, (measured in the VW wind tunnel in 1979).Small sets of windows in the dividers between the passenger, luggage space and engine compartments, plus louvres providing air for the air-cooled engine, allowed limited rear visibility. Its entire rear segment could be opened, to service the engine.
Its V8 OHC air cooled engine, priduced 85bhp, which thanks to its aerodybamics gave the car a top speed of around 100mph.
From 1950-53 the car was updated with a more modern 2.5-litre V8 T603 engine.
The T87 was an expensive car sold as a five seater limousine and was priced at 25000 Sfr. the equivelent today of around $ 125,000 US.
Famous owners have included:
Hans Ledwinka its designer who took one as a retiremeny present, that car is now on display in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
Ernest Heinkel - German aircraft designer, whoes company produced the first turbojet
Felix Wankel - German engineer and creator of the Wankel engine.
Erwin Rommel - German Field Marshal
Andrey Yeryomenko - Soviet Field Marshal
John Steinbeck - American writer - The Grapes of Wrath
King Farouk 1 of Egypt
Jay Leno - American stand-up comedian and television host
Norman Foster - British architect
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Shot 04:06:2014 in Malaga Motor Museum REF: 102-122
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A bought this stream-liner today, a bit scarce, only 100 were made by Daeki (Korea) for NPP in 1984. (Photos 1 and 2 are from Brasstrains website)
The skin of the velo torpille made the bike about 6.5 kilometers per hour faster. But at the same time this bicycle was very unstable in cross winds.
The press release can also be from 1914. Because in 1913 Marcel Berthel drove - I thought - no speeds above 60 miles per hour.
This Dutch newspaper photo was ever sent to me. But unfortunately I do not remember by whom.
Behalve 'Torpedo-fiets' zie ik (rond 1908) ook wel 'Torpedovisch' staan. Wedstrijden tussen een gewone fietser en zo'n torpedo worden steevast gewonnen door de torpedo. Maar veel sneller dan de gewone fietser gaat de torpedo niet.
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