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The two streamlined engines seen here are a GG-1 electric loco and a 4-6-2 Pacific type steamer. The coaches are inspired by train sets 7715 / 7718 from the 4.5 Volt era in the early to mid 1980's.
The railroad that owns this train is the Lego-Land Central, and runs the train from World City to Heartlake City with stops at Classic Town, Paradisia Coast, Duplo-Ville, Ninjago City, (where the electric loco is replaced by a steamer or vise versa for the rest of the trip) Fabu-Land, Technic Town, Fort Legoredo and the Castle Realm. (with extensions into the Forest of Failed Themes and the Outer Dimension of Galidor at certain times of the year.)
Please see my photostream for more info on these engines and the train itself.
LDD file for the two engines and coaches: www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1476984331m.lxf
1930's Micheline streamlined railcar at the Citi du Train (National Railway Museum) in Mulhouse, France. These cars utilized a set of special flanged rubber tires with aluminum safety rings inside.(seen here). The concept was also trialed in America, see this interesting page on the Classic Streamliners website:https://www.classicstreamliners.com/rpc-budd-michelin.html
A very interesting film from the Micheline archives about their rubber-tired railcars can be found here: www.michelin.com/eng/innovation/fields-of-innovation/tire...
This wonderfully streamlined Art Deco jug in blue featuring hand painted stylised tulips arouns its girth is a bit of a mystery. All that is stamped on the base is "made in England" and its registered shape number 789535. It is thick porcelain, but has a lovely feel about it.
Private collection.
I was thinking about my dark green train Emerald Express train coaches way back in October and decided I should do a longer, updated version in a different color. I originally lined up these cars to be built later in 2015, but I eventually chose a different design to build In Real Life.
The model was recently re-discovered and modified to go with my 4-8-2 streamlined locomotive. speaking of which, the tender is supposed to say "Brick Railway Systems" in printed 1 x 1 tiles, while the cab is to say "6847".
LDD file: www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1461099376m.lxf
We had a trip out on the train to York in June 2011 and this set show the places we visited. This is the front end of the LMS Stanier Streamlined Coronation Pacific "Duchess of Hamilton" in the National Railway Museum.
Calcutta Tramways Company 549 L-type streamlined articulated tram leaving Esplanade on route 30 to Howrah Station on 20 October 1980.
Norfolk Southern operated Norfolk & Western J class modern streamlined 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive # 611, showing a view of it's eccentric crank located on the main driver while in the yard at Atlanta, Georgia, October 1989. The special feature of the side rods, bearings and eccentric crank are that they utilize roller bearings and the mechanical parts are made of light weight steel alloy.
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.
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.
© 2023 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
The whole streamlined train in one picture, including the 4-10-4 steam loco "Red Demon". The train also has one baggage car, three coaches, and one observation car with a wraparound rear window.
(More pictures of this train's individual cars and the steam locomotive are in my Flickr photo-stream.)
1941 Packard 180 Touring Sedan
The Packard 180 was introduced for the 1940 model year (18th series) by the Packard Motor Car Company to replace the discontinued V-12 as their top-of-the-line luxury model. The correct name of the model was Custom Super Eight One-Eighty. The car was derived from the Packard Super Eight One-Sixty with which it shared the complete running gear including the in-line eight-cylinder, 356-cubic-inch (5,830 cc) engine that developed 160 horsepower. It was advertised as the most powerful eight-cylinder engine offered by any automobile manufacturer in 1940. (By contrast, the Cadillac 346 cubic inch V-8 developed 150 hp).
Packards of all series (110, 120, 160, 180) shared similar body styling in 1940 (which some later said led to a "cheapening" of the once-exclusive luxury marque), using the same bodies with hoods and front fenders of different length to meet their respective chassis. Thus the 160 and 180 got identical bodies. However, the 180s featured finer interior detailing with the best fabrics, leather and carpeting available. Packard used a special woolen ceiling in these cars only which was sewn longitudinally. Packard built the partition in its Limousines in a way that there was no hint of it when the partition glass was lowered, allowing the owner to use the car by himself as a sedan (thus the designation "Sedan Limousine" by Packard).
In 1940, Packard made air conditioning an option. It was developed by the Henney Motor Company with whom Packard had a long lasting business connection and used on Henney bodied ambulances as early as 1938. It was the first time that A/C was available on a stock automobile.
In an exclusive agreement with Packard since 1937 until Henney's demise in 1954, Henney provided bodies for Packards's ambulances, hearses and flower cars, and they often provided special custom body work for passenger cars. The pre-WWII Henney models usually had 160-180 trim but were actually on the Packard 120A 156" wheelbase chassis with the smaller 288 cubic inch engine although there were also 160 and 180 versions available.
There were minor styling changes in the 1941 and 1942 models (19th and 20th series), the most notable of which was the moving of the headlights into the fenders. Also for the first time, running boards could be deleted with a rocker panel put in their place to cover the chassis, and two-tone paint schemes were available.
The final 180s rolled off the Packard assembly line in February, 1942, as World War II brought a halt to civilian automobile production.
I have always been interested in the streamlining of cars in the 40s and statues of tigers, leopards and jaguars in sculpture of the 30s...
Streamline Moderne
A related style named Streamline Moderne, or simply Streamline, developed soon after Art Deco. Streamline was influenced by the modern aerodynamic designs,[14] including those developing from the advancing technologies of aviation, ballistics, and other applications requiring high velocity. The shapes resulting from scientifically applied aerodynamic principles were adopted for Art Deco, applying streamlining techniques to other useful objects of everyday life, such as cars. The Chrysler Airflow design of 1933 was unsuccessful commercially,[26] but the beauty of the design, being functional rather than simply added ornamentation, provided the precedent for more conservatively designed pseudo-streamlined vehicles.
Streamlining quickly influenced American and European automobile design and changed the appearance from the rectangular "horseless carriages" into sleek vehicles with sweeping lines, symmetry, and V-shapes that seemed to add to their suggestiveness of speed and efficiency.[27] Nash Motors introduced the modern fully unitized body (monocoque) design for the low-price market during 1941[28] that featured fastback “Slipstream” models with high prow-like hoods, and art-deco "speed lines" for chrome grilles and parallel bar trim.[29] These aerodynamic-looking designs were applied by automakers and continued to be popular in the sellers' market after World War 2.[30] These "streamlined" forms began to be used for the design of mundane and static objects such as pencil sharpeners, refrigerators,[14] and gas pumps.[31]
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These are a few Streamlined and Semi-streamlined steam locomotives in HO scale. All are brass, except the two British LNER locomotives. Grand Trunk Western RR (GTW) U4B by Park Models for Nickel Plate Products.
Another LMS engine completed! Aside from lining yet again. But this was a nice challenge. Especially the front of the engine. Getting that iconic bathtub shape was not easy. But I think it paid off in the end. This is also my first complete engine to use 3XL drivers.
The New York Central K-5b Pacific Class 4-6-2 steam locomotive #4915 with Henry Dreyfuss' streamline design. Originally manufactured in 1926 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), no. 4915 and her sister no. 4917 were streamlined in 1936 to lead The New York Central’s most luxurious experience on rails.
This project is my first MOC and has taken about a year and a half to complete with many challenges arising in trying to obtain the beautiful "streamline moderne" styling. Perseverance paid off however and through 1/2 steps, 1/3 steps and even 1/6 steps I have ended with a final version that I hope you all will enjoy.
The model is 8-wide, built to 1:48 scale and is designed to fit all standard lego track geometry. The locomotive is powered by two Power Functions M motors.
Directions to the build can be found here:
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The LMS Princess Coronation Class 6229 Duchess of Hamilton was built in 1938 at Crewe as the tenth member of its class and the last in the second batch of five red streamliners.
In 1939 no. 6229 swapped identities with the first of the class 6220 Coronation and was sent to North America with a specially-constructed Coronation Scot train to appear at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
The locomotive was shipped back from the States in 1942 after the outbreak of the Second World War, and the identities of the locomotives were swapped back in 1943.
6229 was painted wartime black livery in November 1944. Her streamlined casing was removed for maintenance-efficiency reasons in December 1947 and she was then given the LMS 1946 black livery.
In 1948 she passed into BR ownership. BR added 40000 to her number to become 46229 on 15 April 1948.
46229 was saved from the scrap yard along with classmate 6233 Duchess of Sutherland as a result of Sir Billy Butlin's efforts to place these locomotives as children's playground exhibits at his holiday camps. Duchess of Hamilton survived at Minehead Holiday Camp and it returned to steam on the main line under the auspices of the Friends of the National Railway Museum.
Credit and thanks to Wikipedia for the Duchess of Hamilton information.
With its distinctive plywood-skinned oval section streamlined fuselage, the Albatros D.V entered service in May 1917, but from October 1917 was supplemented in large-scale production by the strengthened Albatros D.Va with different upper wing and aileron control system. One D.V, D2859, was flown by ‘The Red Baron’, Manfred von Richthofen.
At its operational peak in May 1918, over 1,000 often brightly-coloured Albatross D.V/D.Va fighter aircraft were serving on the Western Front as well as in Italy and Palestine. This was an attempt to overcome the Allies by quantity rather than capability, since the outclassed Albatross Jagdstaffel units suffered heavy losses in combat in the German’s Spring offensive of 1918 and as a result of structural failure of the lower wing, leading in 1918 to a prohibition of prolonged diving in the type. Despite this, the type remained in production until the November 1918 Armistice, with over 3,000 produced, of which only two survive, in the U.S.A and Australia.
Actually painted as a D.V aircraft from a batch of 400 ordered in May 1917, this flying replica was built by New Zealand Company The Vintage Aviator Ltd (TVAL) in 2011, and uses an original contemporary Mercedes D.III engine from RAF Museum stocks. It represents an aircraft flown on the Western Front by Jasta 61in 1918. Flown a number of times in New Zealand and the UK in 2012, it arrived at Hendon in October 2012.
Today's VIS image shows part of Athabasca Valles. Multiple streamlined islands are seen in this image. The teardrop shaped features were formed by liquid flow deflected around features such as craters and hills. The 'tail' of the island points downstream. The source of the fluid was likely an outburst of groundwater, perhaps related to the Elysium volcanic complex located to the northwest of this image.
Arising from Cerberus Fossae, the formation mode of this channel is still being debated. While the channel features are similar to water flow, other features are similar to lava flows, and yet other features have an appearance of slabs of material that floated on an underlying fluid. It is thought that Athabasca Valles is the youngest outflow channel system on Mars. Athabasca Valles is just one of the complex channel formations in the Elysium Planitia region.
This martian scene spans 18 x 66 kilometers (11 x 41 miles). To see where on Mars this area lies, and to download high-resolution versions of the image go to themis.asu.edu/zoom-20220808a
See the Red Planet Report at redplanet.asu.edu for updates on Mars research and exploration. For more about Mars geology, check out the Mars-ePedia: marsed.asu.edu/marsepedia
For the latest THEMIS Mars images as received by mission scientists, see themis.asu.edu/livefrommars. To learn more about the THEMIS camera and its Mars images, see themis.asu.edu
This image is in the public domain and may be republished free of charge. If used, please credit it as NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University.
Running practically on even time, fully-streamlined LNER Gresley A4 No.4464 'Bittern' drifts past the fields north of Langford with the first leg of Steam Dreams' 'Cathedral Express to Scotland' from Kings Cross to Perth on the 14th June 2013. BR Green-liveried classmate No.60009 'Union of South Africa' was due to take over at York for the leg to Scotland and the Fife.
A closer look at 4464 'Bittern' as she stands at Newcastle waiting to head south whilst working 1z64 Newcastle - Bristol Temple Meads as far as York
At first sight this streamlined trailer looks like a 1950s caravan, but it is not a vintage one, it is total new.
See also: www.retrosellers.com/features405.htm
A1 Motorway, near Amersfoort, July 24, 2012.
Building guide for my own Lego creation - 139 parts, size 24.6 x 3.2 x 3.8 in studs.
The model is available here: www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=815496.
The inspiration was the American steam locomotive 4-6-2 2906, but I believe that you will see another steam engine in my model :)
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.
Note the lack of a running board, and this convex boot lid. It appeared with the renewed 402 B, and it covers the spare wheel.
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.
© 2023 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
Just a fun little poster for the New York Central streamlined Hudson I'm working on. I've reworked the entire engine except for the tender since I last showed it. It is also now two studs shorter in length, and is going to have BBB Xtra-small wheels for the leading and trailing bogies. (the wheels you see in the picture are just stand-in's) New pistons and a redesigned fin were added on as well. It's a digital only MOC right now, but the loco will be built in real life soon. (engine inspired by Anthony Sava and his models)
Thoughts?
East and West Coast rivals are pictured on display in the National Railway Museum in York. On the right in the blue livery is the fastest steam locomotive in the World; London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 A4 Class 4468 'Mallard' which worked the East Coast Main Line between London & Scotland whilst on the left in red is streamlined 'Coronation' class 4-6-2 steam locomotive 6229 'Duchess of Hamilton' which operated for the rival London, Midland & Scottish Railway between London & Scotland via the West Coast Main Line.
This was taken on a bike, going reasonably fast. One hand on the handlebars, one hand holding the camera. Thank God for autofocus and wide angle lenses!
Bugatti 1934 streamlined railcar at the Citi du Train (National Railway Museum) in Mulhouse, France. Famed for their speed records (one reached 196 km/h in 1937) a total of 88 were built in a variety of configurations, this being one of the luxury "Presidential" type. The car has a total of 16 wheels (see photo later in this group). This is the only Bugatti railcar preserved, having been converted to an inspection vehicle after retirement in 1958, and used in its new role until 1970.
More on the history of the Bugatti railcars can be found here: retours.eu/en/23-autorail-bugatti/#
April 2009 in Tulare, CA at the California Antique Farm Equipment Show.
A relatively rare John Deere model 'AOS' streamlined orchard tractor. Specially equipped with low seating and air intake, muffler and other items tucked in to prevent snagging and tearing tree branches during operation within groves and orchards.
Gallaher's Cigarettes "Trains of the World" (set of 48 issued in 1937)
No27 Streamlined Locomotive ~ Canadian National Railways
This Art Deco-styled 4-6-4 steam loco is to be numbered 5447 and is sort-of modeled after a real, long-scrapped New York Central engine. The tender really should say the railroad's full name instead of its initials, but I don't want to shell out the money for all those 1 x 1 tiles, so I'm using fewer 2x2 tiles instead to spell out NYC, as it's much cheaper that way!
You may have also noticed I've also placed older 9v-era couplers on the loco and tender, as my dad has the 20-year old Santa Fe Super Chief car that (I'm hoping!) he'll let me eventually display with my loco at Gateway LUG shows. If that doesn't work out, I'll build a bunch of coal hoppers and have it placed about to demolish my Iron Giant, like in the animated film!
Note: As some of you might be able to guess, this loco was inspired by pictures of Anthony Sava's original streamlined Hudson locomotive from 2007... no instructions were used to build this engine. See it here: www.flickr.com/photos/savatheaggie/1338258406/in/album-72...
Jalan Asia Africa | Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel 04/036/2011 08h42
Not our hotel but an art deco landmark of the city of Bandung.
Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel
The Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel is a historic luxury four stars hotel located on Asia Afrika Street, Bandung, Indonesia. It was built in 1939 replacing the 19th century Homann Hotel. Designed by the Dutch architect Albert Aalbers, the hotel features art deco exterior and interior, and historic furniture. It is an architectural heritage and a fine example of art deco colonial architecture of the East Indies.
After the opening of the Great Post Road in 1810, many colonial cash-crop plantations were established in the Preanger area. During the 19th to early 20th century Bandung has become a popular business, shopping and leisure destination for wealthy plantation owners, in particular in the weekends. As a result the hotel business was blooming in the city. The predecessor of the present hotel, the Homann Hotel was built in 1871–72, owned and managed by the Homann family. It was famous for its delicious Mrs. Homann's Rijsttafel. This first small building was designed in Gothic-Romantic style. In 1939, the hotel was rebuilt in a curved streamlined art deco style, designed by the architect Albert Aalbers. To emphasize its grandeur and luxury the name "Savoy" was added in the 1940s, which remained unchanged until the 1980s. Some of its celebrity guests during the Dutch East Indies era were Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford.
During the World War II Japanese occupation (1942–45), the hotel functioned as luxurious barracks for Japanese soldiers. In 1955, when the first Asian–African Conference was held in Bandung, Savoy Homann hosted VVIP guests and became a part of the Historical Walk. Some of the guests were Soekarno, Ho Chi Minh, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, U Nu, Zhou Enlai, Gamal Abdul Nasser, and Tito.
In the 1990s the hotel was renovated and a new wing was added. Today the hotel was bought under the management of Bidakara Group, thus the name changed to Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel.
[ Source and more information: Wikipedia - Savoy Hormann Bidakara Hotel ]
This final WIP picture is just to show how everything looks on my New York Central streamlined 4-6-4 before I receive my two orders from the 13th. (This should happen next week I hope)
Thoughts?
American Freedom Train steam locomotive # X4449, Southern Pacific semi-streamlined oil burning GS-4 class LIMA built 4-8-4 Northern, is seen at the Uceta Railroad Yard & Shop Complex on a foggy night in Tampa, Florida, 1976. The locomotive recently arrived in the yard with it's display train and will shortly continue on is display tour. The train is operating on Seaboard Coast Line rails throughout most of Florida.
Yas Island Yacht Club’s streamlined curvilinear form was conceived as an iconic landmark on the brand new Yas Marina and F1 Track and makes an emphatic contribution to the leisure and hospitality facilities already within the precinct.
The complex incorporates various 5-star club uses within high quality contemporary interiors including restaurants, bars, lounges, function rooms, outdoor deck areas and associated administration, retail and car parking components.
A composition of dynamic and fluid forms link the buildings to the nautical theme, the heritage of the locale and the new F1 character of Yas Island. Yas Island Yacht Club is designed to excite, inspire and strengthen the concept that is Yas.
Distinguished by its sparkling white exterior shells against the backdrop of the Yas Marina and F1 Track, the sculpted forms of the two main buildings are reflected in a series of surrounding water features set into a lush garden landscape. A matrix of crystal LED façade lights integrated into the exterior shells enable their transformation into giant pixelated viewing screens against the night sky.
In 1939, as part of the New York World's Fair, the London Midland & Scottish Railway undertook the mammoth task of releasing one of their streamlined locomotives and matching train sets and shipping them across the Atlantic for display as part of the Transportation exhibits in New York. This was not the first time the LMSR had shown such panache as in 1933 they had sent the Royal Scot train to the United States on a tour.
The locomotive seen 'here' and that was displayed at the Fair following a journey around the US was badged up as 6220 'Coronation' and carried the streamlined crimson livery; it was in fact locomotive 6229 Duchess of Hamilton disguised and the original 6220, one of the first five of the larger class, originally carried the streamlined 'Caledonian Blue' livery. The whole Fair was overshadowed by the outbreak of war in 1939 and the train was effectively stranded in the US. The locomotive returned to the UK in 1942 and regained its original identity the following year. The carriages had to wait until 1946 until being repatriated.
The leaflet opens to describe the importance of the LMS and its services along with descriptions of the territory it served. There was a similar leaflet, printed in red, that was issued during the Exhibition in New York City.
Building guide for my own Lego creation - 139 parts, size 24.6 x 3.2 x 3.8 in studs.
The model is available here: www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=815496.
The inspiration was the American steam locomotive 4-6-2 2906, but I believe that you will see another steam engine in my model :)