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Whilst the LNER had their A4 streamliners, the rival LMS fitted streamlined casings to some of their locomotives. 46229, currently out of service, has been given a streamlined casing as a reminder of the LMS style.
Lincoln Zephyr (1937)
* Designer: John Tjaarda
* Displacement: 4380 cc
* Power: 110 CV
* Top-speed: 130 km/h
Henry Ford's sun Edsel, who was in charge of the company's LINCOLN division, was the first to introduce a marketable, mass-produced streamlined automobile: the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr.
Sweeping the market like a storm, the aerodynamic design suddenly turned into an international fashion trend.
Zeithaus Museum
Autostadt Wolfsburg
17 February 2014
Nikon D90/AF Nikkor 1:3.5-4.5 28-105 mm
Streamlined volcanic ejecta.
Locality: Coconino County, Arizona
Size: Specimen is 1.00 inch wide
Catalog: RBas 11
A SAL passenger train, probably the Silver Meteor led by one of the streamlined 4-6-2 class P steam locomotives, waits to depart the downtown St. Petersburg depot next to Webb's City in December of 1941. These locomotives hauled passenger trains between Wildwood, Florida and St. Petersburg. At Wildwood, northbound cars were combined with a Miami section to continue the journey to New York City, and southbound cars were retrieved to continue their journey to St. Petersburg. George W. Pettengill Jr. photo, C. K. Marsh Jr. collection
Streamlined LMS 'Duchess of Hamilton' 6229 on Display at National Railway Museum York.
Taken 25-05-09.
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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 :)
Carving of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad # 5800 streamlined steam locomotive and tender from the late 1930s.
Black = ebony wood
White = elephant ivory
The artist disliked this carving and this locomotive type because it too much resembled a diesel locomotive, which "has the personality of a tomato worm".
Artist: Ernest Warther
On public display at the Warther Museum, Dover, Ohio, USA.
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PictionID:41567211 - Title:Seversky XP-41 The Seversky XP-41 was a fighter aircraft built in the United States in 1939. A single prototype was modified from the last production Seversky P-35 by adding a new streamlined canopy, a Wright R-1830-19 engine with a two-speed supercharger, and revised landing gear. The XP-41 first flew in March 1939. The aircraft was developed in parallel with the P-43 Lancer, and work was stopped when the USAAC showed a preference for the latter. - Catalog:15_002940 - Filename:15_002940.TIF - Image from the Charles Daniels Photo Collection album "Seversky, Republic and P-47"----PLEASE TAG this image with any information you know about it, so that we can permanently store this data with the original image file in our Digital Asset Management System.----SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
The streamlined former S.S. Kresge store in downtown Baltimore. Built in 1938 at the corner of Park Avenue and West Lexington Street.
Composite photograph made up of 5 images. This locomotive is at the Baltimore and Ohio museum in Baltimore located at: 39.285365, -76.631914 on google maps.
This is what she looked like before streamlining
Seen during streamlining upgrade
Streamlined Ka942 steaming through the old mining town of Dobson on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. This locomotive is owned and operated by Main Line Steam Heritage Trust
Preserved London, Midland & Scottish Railway streamlined 'Coronation' class 4-6-2 steam locomotive 6229 'Duchess of Hamilton' and L.M.S. 3rd class brake corridor carraige 5897 are pictured on display in the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum, York.
This locomotive was renumbered 46229 by British Railways when the railways were Nationalised in 1947.
The evocative shape of the streamlined Typ C must have caused a sensation in 1937. Afterward, and especially in the post war period, the curves of this car found their way onto production cars. That's because this Auto Union was specially shaped for top speed on the Avus circuit near Berlin. At the time, it was the fastest track in the world.
In 1937, Avus was facing competition from the Norisring in Nuremberg. To garner more attention, the Avus' simple layout was extended to include a high speed 43° banked turn made from brick. This launched right onto the main straight, letting cars reach nearly 248.40 mph (400 kph).
The Internationales Avus Rennen main event was held and the organizers invited record-breaking cars from both Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz. Both companies developed their cars thoroughly and did multiple tests on Avus before the race. At the time, Avus was ultimate race track and also the most dangerous. Since there was no fence at the top of the curve, it got nicknamed the 'Wall of Death'. This didn't stop 18 brave drivers from entering the race and 300,000 to 400,000 people showed up for the fastest pre-war race ever run.
The race was split into three seven-lap sprints with grids of only six or eight cars. Four streamliners were included and evenly simple split between Mercedes and Auto Union. They raced alongside the regular-season Grand Prix cars. Naturally, the Streamliners had a distinct advantage on the two long straights at Avus but the GP cars had the edge on the joining curves. At the start, Caracciola in the Mercedes and Rosemeyer in the Auto Union had a great battle. This lasted until the last lap when they were side-by-side. In the end Caracciola won just 0.7 seconds in front of Rosemeyer.
The second heat was much faster, with Brauchitsch and Fagioli in dueling streamliners. Fagioli retired with transmissions problems which left Von Brauchitsch and Mercedes the easy win. The other Mercedes-Benz Streamliner of Herman Lang suffered a tire failure at speed and Lang was lucky to keep the car straight enough to survive.
The third and final heat decided the overall victor with a combined group from the first two races. Four Streamliners were entered Brauchitsch, Caracciola and Lang in Mercedes against Rosemeyer in the Auto Union. He didn't stand a chance since his V16 was only running on 13 cylinders and he was well outnumbered. Eventually, Lang went on the win entire event. This would be the only time someone would score a victory using the full track, as it was deemed to dangerous to repeat in 1938.
By 1937, Auto Union had been actively making streamlined record cars for three years. Their first attempt was with a long-tail Typ A and later a striking Rekordwagen Typ Lucca Coupe was made. Auto Union might have considered using these designs in a a normal Grand Prix race, but this never happened. A streamlined Typ D did show up at Reims for the 1938 French GP but crashed heavily during practice. This car might have had a shorter tail than the record car pictured above.
Unfortunately, the only record of these cars exists in pictures. A replica of 1937 Avus car was made to exact specification for Audi Tradition.
Read more at www.supercars.net/cars/916.html#VjeXDFdHEUFvX5kO.99
Lincoln Zephyr (1937)
* Designer: John Tjaarda
* Displacement: 4380 cc
* Power: 110 CV
* Top-speed: 130 km/h
Henry Ford's sun Edsel, who was in charge of the company's LINCOLN division, was the first to introduce a marketable, mass-produced streamlined automobile: the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr.
Sweeping the market like a storm, the aerodynamic design suddenly turned into an international fashion trend.
Zeithaus Museum
Autostadt Wolfsburg
17 February 2014
Nikon D90/AF Nikkor 1:3.5-4.5 28-105 mm
London North Eatern Railway A4 class No.4468 'MALLARD' sits next to London Midland Scottish 6229 Coronation class 'Duchess of Hamilton' in the Grate Hall in the NRM photo took on the 30.11.12
I liked the straight on vantage of this sub-adult red-footed booby (Sula sula).
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
This Touring-bodied coupé is one of just over 100 Mille Miglias built. In November 1937 Autocar tested the model at Brooklands and it achieved 93.75mph over a flying quarter mile and 0-60 mph in 16.6 seconds.
Nine 6C-2300s were entered into the 1937 Mille Miglia with some success against Tipo B Berlinettas and a Delahaye ending an impressive fourth in a huge entry of cars. In this wet year the closed bodywork and streamlined shape must have been a boon to the drivers of these cars.
Streamlined Diesel Railcar No. 4.
In 1933 the GWR introduced the first of what was to become a very successful series of railcars, which survived in regular use into the 1960s, when they were replaced with the new British Rail "first generation" type diesel multiple units.
Vehicle no W4W, builder Park Royal, 1934.
Southern Railway operated N&W J-class 4-8-4 modern streamlined Northern steam locomotive # 611, view of bullet nose cone seen in the yard at Atlanta, Georgia, May 1983. You can see where the original headlight was replaced with a modern twin sealed beam headlight assembly. The locomotive is being cleaned and prepared for its next day assignment to a railfan excursion train.
A different side view of the streamlined steam locomotive that often brought the west coast section of the SAL Silver Meteor includes a nice look at the Seaboard Air Line Railway medallion near the cab. Note the fancy lettering of the original painted number 868. A crew member is in the cab of the engine, described as a Pacific class 4-6-2 manufactured by Richmond in 1913 and modified with the shroud in 1940. George W. Pettengill Jr. photo, courtesy C. K. Marsh Jr. collection
Beautiful streamlined islands and narrow gorges were carved by fast-flowing water pounding through a small, plateau region near the southeastern margin of the vast Vallis Marineris canyon system. Images captured on 7 December 2013 by ESA’s Mars Express show the central portion of Osuga Valles, which has a total length of 164 km. It is some 170 km south of Eos Chaos, which lies in the far eastern section of Valles Marineris.
Osuga Valles is an outflow channel that emanates from a region of chaotic terrain at the edge of Eos Chaos to the west. Such landscape is dominated by randomly oriented and heavily eroded blocks of terrain. Catastrophic flooding is thought to have created the heavily eroded Osuga Valles and the features within it. Streamlined islands in the valley indicate that the direction of flow was towards the northeast and sets of parallel, narrow grooves on the floor of the channel suggest that the water was fast flowing.
Differences in elevation within the feature, along with the presence and crosscutting relationships of channels carved onto the islands, suggest that Osuga Valles experienced several episodes of flooding. This perspective view, which is oriented with the direction of the water flow towards the top of the image, shows the details of the grooved valley floor and the channels carved into the islands more clearly.
Lincoln Zephyr (1937)
* Designer: John Tjaarda
* Displacement: 4380 cc
* Power: 110 CV
* Top-speed: 130 km/h
Henry Ford's sun Edsel, who was in charge of the company's LINCOLN division, was the first to introduce a marketable, mass-produced streamlined automobile: the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr.
Sweeping the market like a storm, the aerodynamic design suddenly turned into an international fashion trend.
Zeithaus Museum
Autostadt Wolfsburg
17 February 2014
Nikon D90/AF Nikkor 1:3.5-4.5 28-105 mm
As a two car test set, I wouldn't like to guess where this was taken. But the south main at Golders Green is possible. Test trains often went to Euston City,reversed and returned to Depot. But since I see no driver it could be Northfield's on the Picadilly Line? Car Nos 10000 & 11000
The evocative shape of the streamlined Typ C must have caused a sensation in 1937. Afterward, and especially in the post war period, the curves of this car found their way onto production cars. That's because this Auto Union was specially shaped for top speed on the Avus circuit near Berlin. At the time, it was the fastest track in the world.
In 1937, Avus was facing competition from the Norisring in Nuremberg. To garner more attention, the Avus' simple layout was extended to include a high speed 43° banked turn made from brick. This launched right onto the main straight, letting cars reach nearly 248.40 mph (400 kph).
The Internationales Avus Rennen main event was held and the organizers invited record-breaking cars from both Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz. Both companies developed their cars thoroughly and did multiple tests on Avus before the race. At the time, Avus was ultimate race track and also the most dangerous. Since there was no fence at the top of the curve, it got nicknamed the 'Wall of Death'. This didn't stop 18 brave drivers from entering the race and 300,000 to 400,000 people showed up for the fastest pre-war race ever run.
The race was split into three seven-lap sprints with grids of only six or eight cars. Four streamliners were included and evenly simple split between Mercedes and Auto Union. They raced alongside the regular-season Grand Prix cars. Naturally, the Streamliners had a distinct advantage on the two long straights at Avus but the GP cars had the edge on the joining curves. At the start, Caracciola in the Mercedes and Rosemeyer in the Auto Union had a great battle. This lasted until the last lap when they were side-by-side. In the end Caracciola won just 0.7 seconds in front of Rosemeyer.
The second heat was much faster, with Brauchitsch and Fagioli in dueling streamliners. Fagioli retired with transmissions problems which left Von Brauchitsch and Mercedes the easy win. The other Mercedes-Benz Streamliner of Herman Lang suffered a tire failure at speed and Lang was lucky to keep the car straight enough to survive.
The third and final heat decided the overall victor with a combined group from the first two races. Four Streamliners were entered Brauchitsch, Caracciola and Lang in Mercedes against Rosemeyer in the Auto Union. He didn't stand a chance since his V16 was only running on 13 cylinders and he was well outnumbered. Eventually, Lang went on the win entire event. This would be the only time someone would score a victory using the full track, as it was deemed to dangerous to repeat in 1938.
By 1937, Auto Union had been actively making streamlined record cars for three years. Their first attempt was with a long-tail Typ A and later a striking Rekordwagen Typ Lucca Coupe was made. Auto Union might have considered using these designs in a a normal Grand Prix race, but this never happened. A streamlined Typ D did show up at Reims for the 1938 French GP but crashed heavily during practice. This car might have had a shorter tail than the record car pictured above.
Unfortunately, the only record of these cars exists in pictures. A replica of 1937 Avus car was made to exact specification for Audi Tradition.
Read more at www.supercars.net/cars/916.html#VjeXDFdHEUFvX5kO.99
Copy of a 1940 publicity leaflet for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, highlighting the line’s investment in streamlined rolling stock. Taken from a feature article in Passenger Train Journal magazine.
Carving of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad # 5800 streamlined steam locomotive from the late 1930s.
Black = ebony wood
White = elephant ivory
The artist disliked this carving and this locomotive type because it too much resembled a diesel locomotive, which "has the personality of a tomato worm".
Artist: Ernest Warther
On public display at the Warther Museum, Dover, Ohio, USA.
This is my second in series of shots related to Busses of Leicester. I love the posters which often make the bus attractive and taking photos a pleasure. New attractive streamlined busses have been seen in Leicester since my last batch. A new bus station could be built in 2014 to replace the Haymarket Bus station.
An elegant and delicate speeder bike custom-built for the spaceman from the past. Lightweight and streamlined, it's perfect for nipping down to Mare Nectaris for a quick drink!
After getting lucky with a minifigure bag, I decided to make a suitable speeder for the little spaceman to ride. So I tried to craft something that was a little bit '50s sci-fi - possibly a little Fallout-esque - using spaceman colours.
BENS, a classic Streamlined Modern restaurant in Montreal, visited by many celebrities, is being sold and is in grave danger of being demolished. Sam Benatar, president of SIDEV, the developer, has declared, "It isn't worth anything." It is very ironic that there is now an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Streamlined Design, www.mmfa.qc.ca/en/expositions/exposition_43.html with carefully preserved examples of Streamlined Modern design but a beautiful public example of it is about to be destroyed. Surely, BENS is as important to preserve as the objects in the museum exhibit.
See artdecomontreal.com/pages/news.htm for full alert.
If you care, please send an email to these people in any language and forward this alert to anyone else who cares about good and historic design.
Josette Laurin, Josette.Laurin@mcc.gouv.qc.ca
Yves Laliberté, yves.laliberte@mcc.gouv.qc.ca
Caroline Dubuc, cdubuc@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Karim Boulos, karimboulos@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Benoit Labonté, benoitlabonte@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Melanie Faucher, melaniefaucher@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Catherine Sevigny, catherinesevigny@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Gerald Tremblay, geraldtremblay@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Lucienne Robillard, Robillard.L@parl.gc.ca
Beverley Oda, Oda.B@parl.gc.ca
SIDEV, info@sidev.com
Jacques Chagnon, jchagnon@assnat.qc.ca
Christine St-Pierre, ministre@mcccf.gouv.qc.ca
Piet Dickentman with streamlined bicycle
Last year in the Netherlands a lovely booklet about Piet Dickentman was published. Obviously the picture of Piet left was also in there.
(My copy comes from the archives of Olympia.)
The author believes that Piet Dickentman built this cloth faired bike in Amsterdam during World War I.
That sounds unlikely to me for several reasons.
For example, being in Amsterdam why would Dickentman place a (very professionally designed/made) advertising for a regional German German cigarette brand on it?
We also know that in the summer of 1914 Dickentman drove several demonstration races (literally: "Demonstrationswettbewerben") with 'torpedo' bikes in Germany. Races organized by bike manufacturers like Göricke, Brennabor and others.
Therefore: possibly this bike is in Amsterdam during World War I.
But I think that a) in this photo Dickentman is not posing in the Netherlands but in Germany, and b) his bike is a German factory bike and not an own construction.
Some additional evidence
Top right you can see a photo of the first of those demonstration races in April 1914, between Dutch world champion Piet Dickentman (Göricke) and European champion Arthur Stellbrink (Brennabor). Stellbrink wins.
Underneath a 'Bulgaria Sport' Cigarettes ad from a German newspaper .
And another thing: do not trust the internet blindly
Piet Dickentman did not dy in 1914 during that first demonstration race! Neither did the UCI forbid riding cloth faired bikes in 1914.
Quite a lot of sites about aerodynamic bikes are giving this noninformation.
Two things are confused here. The Rennbahnkatastrophe in Berlin in 1909, and the ban on recumbents etcetera by the UCI mid 1930.
Another streamlined bicycle in my photostream: 1913 Vélo-Torpille.
Göricke Streamlined Bicycle 1910s.
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Me in the cabin of the gloriously streamlined art-deco Duchess of Hamilton outside the National Railway Museum for Railfest.
Built in 1938 and one of thee Princess Coronation class, the train sports a streamlined design by Sir William Stanier and is the most powerful express passenger locomotive built in Britain.
The train was destreamlined in 1947 and only restored in 2009 after a sustained appeal.
Railfest 2012 was a nine-day celebration of all things train-related, held at the National Railway Museum in York during the period of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Famous locomotives such as Mallard, the Flying Scotsman and even the Hogwarts Express all lined up out on the tracks, with thousands of visitors taking the chance to admire them up close or even climb aboard.
Several trains were operating over the course of the festival, with steam puffing into the sky as they carried visitors up and down small stretches of track.
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world and houses a collection of more than three million items, from ticket machines and platform signs to bullet trains and steam locomotives.
The museum charts the rise of the railways in the 19th century, their use in the transportation of goods and people, their role in the Industrial Revolution and their overall effect on the world, especially England.
The current museum was founded in 1975 and is housed in a former steam engine shed, an old goods depot and numerous other buildings close to York station.
The main structure, the Great Hall, holds everything from a replica of Stephenson’s Rocket, the first steam train from 1829, to the Flying Scotsman, from the Mallard to a modern-day bullet train – one of a very select group of bullet trains outside of Japan.
There is also a workshop where visitors can see museum volunteers and engineers working on trains and the station hall, where trains sit on old platforms and you can step in and out of carriages.