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The Crusader was the Reading Company’s contribution to the high-speed steam-hauled prestige trains of the 1930s. Less well known than trains such as the Milwaukee Road’s Hiawatha and the LNER’s Coronation streamliners, the Crusader was launched in 1937, comprising a fixed formation of five stainless steel cars built by Budd Co., hauled by a stainless steel-shrouded streamlined Pacific class. The 5-car formation included observation cars at each end, a tavern dining car and a cocktail lounge. The service ran between the Reading Broad Street terminal in Philadelphia and the Central Railroad of New Jersey Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City - a journey of 90 miles. A ferry service connected with Manhattan. Diesel haulage replaced steam around 1950. In the final years of operation, Budd RDC railcars provided the much-depleted service. Two of the Budd streamlined coaches have survived in preservation.
En 2005, notre invité d’outre-mer était Manfred Braun. Membre de Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk (Association des métiers d’arts allemands), il participe à divers événements internationaux, à Frankfort, New York, Tokyo et Cologne, ou il remporte plusieurs mentions et prix. Vaisseaux et luminaires, de grès ou de porcelaine, une collection épurée, à la fois classique et contemporaine.
Considéré comme un des vingt plus beaux hameaux du Québec et ce, à seulement 45 minutes au sud-est de Montréal, Mystic a le grand plaisir d’accueillir une trentaine de céramistes chevronnés. Depuis 2004, CERAMYSTIC est fière de vous inviter à cet incontournable de la céramique québécoise. Notre jardin et notre galerie vous proposent une large brochette de créations récentes incluant sculptures, objets décoratifs et fonctionnels.
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CeraMystic 2005 welcomed German ceramist, Manfred Braun. A member of Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk, he has participated in a variety of international exhibits, in Frankfort, New York, Tokyo and Cologne where he was the recipient of special mentions and awards. Luminary objects and vessels, in stoneware or porcelain, pure, elegant, contemporary designs executed with remarkable craftsmanship.
In the picturesque hamlet of Mystic, 45 minutes south-east of Montreal, a wide array of utilitarian and decorative ceramics will be displayed in a peaceful garden setting. Now in its eighth edition (in 2011), this outdoor exhibition will be featuring the work of some 30 guest artists, from one-of-a-kind garden sculptures, to beautifully-crafted, traditional pottery and contemporary, streamlined porcelain…
The American Freedom Train's locomotive, Southern Pacific GS-4 class # 4449, a modern streamlined oil burning 4-8-4 Northern, is shown in a rear view with one of it's main rods down at the SCL-Amtrak (former ACL) station in Saint Petersburg, Florida, during December 1976. There was a mechanical problem with the main pin that is used to connect the main rod to the alligator crosshead and it needed to be repaired. A local machine shop in the area performed the mechanical work on the pin and shortly the problem was solved.
An all-new streamlined appearance, commonly called ponton, was offered by Packard, and the Series 22 Custom Super Eight replaced the Custom Super Clipper and was the top-level trim package sedan, limousine and convertible. The "free-flow" slab-sided appearance was shared with all Packards and senior trim levels could be distinguished with an egg-crate grille, and horizontal bars below the traditional "ox-yoke" grille that wrapped around to the front wheel opening. The overall appearance was distinctive, with Packard winning several awards for the design, including the "Fashion Car of the Year" from the New York Fashion Academy.
The "Winged Goddess" cormorant hood ornament was introduced, intended to evoke the popular appearance from Packards of the 1930s. The 2-door Club Sedan was joined with the first convertible offered since 1942, called the Victoria Convertible Model 2259, and was available with the Super and Custom Super trim packages. Custom Super trim packages could be identified by having two stainless steel body trim at the bottom edge of the body, while Super trim did not have them after 1949.
LMS streamlined Princess Coronation class 8P steam locomotive 6229 "Duchess of Hamilton" (British Railways 46229). York Railfest. Queens Diamond Jubilee Holiday Tuesday 05 June 2012.
The Princess Coronation class locomotives both streamlined and non-streamlined were the finest British steam locomotives ever built.
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B.
Camera: Canon EOS 550D.
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
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SIDEV, info@sidev.com
Jacques Chagnon, jchagnon@assnat.qc.ca
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The tremendous elegant streamlined 1930's lines of the Gresley 'A4' Pacific can be appreciated in this side-on view of three consecutive classmates. 60009 'Union of South Africa', 60008 'Dwight D. Eisenhower' and 60010 'Dominion of Canada', all in later BR Brunswick green livery and lined up for public viewing at the National Railway Museum Shildon exhibition centre during the afternoon of 20th October 2012.
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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.
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.
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En 2005, notre invité d’outre-mer était Manfred Braun. Membre de Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk (Association des métiers d’arts allemands), il participe à divers événements internationaux, à Frankfort, New York, Tokyo et Cologne, ou il remporte plusieurs mentions et prix. Vaisseaux et luminaires, de grès ou de porcelaine, une collection épurée, à la fois classique et contemporaine.
Considéré comme un des vingt plus beaux hameaux du Québec et ce, à seulement 45 minutes au sud-est de Montréal, Mystic a le grand plaisir d’accueillir une trentaine de céramistes chevronnés. Depuis 2004, CERAMYSTIC est fière de vous inviter à cet incontournable de la céramique québécoise. Notre jardin et notre galerie vous proposent une large brochette de créations récentes incluant sculptures, objets décoratifs et fonctionnels.
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CeraMystic 2005 welcomed German ceramist, Manfred Braun. A member of Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk, he has participated in a variety of international exhibits, in Frankfort, New York, Tokyo and Cologne where he was the recipient of special mentions and awards. Luminary objects and vessels, in stoneware or porcelain, pure, elegant, contemporary designs executed with remarkable craftsmanship.
In the picturesque hamlet of Mystic, 45 minutes south-east of Montreal, a wide array of utilitarian and decorative ceramics will be displayed in a peaceful garden setting. Now in its eighth edition (in 2011), this outdoor exhibition will be featuring the work of some 30 guest artists, from one-of-a-kind garden sculptures, to beautifully-crafted, traditional pottery and contemporary, streamlined porcelain…
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.
Another 'Tricycle Gear' Machine
While James Oliver manufactured America's first chilled iron plow in 1853, John Deere developed America's first cast steel plow in 1838. In 1892, John Froelich combined a vertical gasoline (petrol) engine with the frame of a steam traction engine to create the first gas-powered tractor. In 1918, Deere and Company bought out Froelich's Waterloo Engine Company and started to produce the world's longest running line of tractors.
Because of the inline intake and exhaust stacks and the seven slot grille, I believe this unit is a 'styled' Model B. Although the first Model Bs appeared in 1934, they were somewhat ugly affairs until Henry Dreyfuss redesigned and streamlined them in 1939. In 1947, Deere changed the frame from cut beam to pressed steel. They continued in production until 1952, when Deere replaced them with the Model 50. This Model B was built between in the five-year period between 1947 and 1952.
Streamlined design at its best : For the next three years this trolley bus will be wearing the cream-and-crimson livery of the public transportation services of Salzburg. Not for the first time - this trolley bus has been there before.
Flying Scotsman and Streamlined 3801 (Class Leader of the C38 Class, 4-6-2 Pacific) In its day, 3801 was the fastest express passenger loco on the New South Wales. In 1970 3801 ran across Australia (Sydney to Perth 2600+ miles) and also completed the 1st unbroken run from Sydney to Melbourne (over 600 miles).
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[There are 8 images in this set] Pyramid Motors in Lynchburg, Virginia, an automobile dealership for Ford and Lincoln, came into being in 1937. Located on Federal Street, the building is described stylistically as Art Deco or Art Moderne. Built from plans of local architect Stanhope Johnson, Robert John Keller Jr., the structure has a brick foundation and brick walls with an asphalt roof. The building is a one-story, long streamlined structure with a yellow brick facade, accented in the upper part by horizontal bands of red and yellow brick. Three distinct areas characterize the dealership: (1) the semi-circular entrance featuring corbelled yellow brick with a red, circular metal canopy attached to the building by chains; (2) the showroom located to the left of the entry with red as the dominant color and with a wall of large windows through which the automobiles could tempt prospective customers; (3) and the service area to the right of the entrance, using yellow brick as the major color, and with banks of multiple-light steel windows divided by wide brick pilasters. A large chimney is above the service area. The structure presumably reflected the streamlined cars being sold, especially the Lincoln Zephyr. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln-Zephyr ). In 1948 the building was sold and housed the Turner Buick Corporation, which operated until 1975. It's had other uses since then and currently is used by Centra Health for its PACE program--Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
The building has an individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places, listed November 1, 2007 with ID #07001140. The pdf file of the nomination form is located at
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En 2005, notre invité d’outre-mer était Manfred Braun. Membre de Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk (Association des métiers d’arts allemands), il participe à divers événements internationaux, à Frankfort, New York, Tokyo et Cologne, ou il remporte plusieurs mentions et prix. Vaisseaux et luminaires, de grès ou de porcelaine, une collection épurée, à la fois classique et contemporaine.
Considéré comme un des vingt plus beaux hameaux du Québec et ce, à seulement 45 minutes au sud-est de Montréal, Mystic a le grand plaisir d’accueillir une trentaine de céramistes chevronnés. Depuis 2004, CERAMYSTIC est fière de vous inviter à cet incontournable de la céramique québécoise. Notre jardin et notre galerie vous proposent une large brochette de créations récentes incluant sculptures, objets décoratifs et fonctionnels.
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CeraMystic 2005 welcomed German ceramist, Manfred Braun. A member of Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk, he has participated in a variety of international exhibits, in Frankfort, New York, Tokyo and Cologne where he was the recipient of special mentions and awards. Luminary objects and vessels, in stoneware or porcelain, pure, elegant, contemporary designs executed with remarkable craftsmanship.
In the picturesque hamlet of Mystic, 45 minutes south-east of Montreal, a wide array of utilitarian and decorative ceramics will be displayed in a peaceful garden setting. Now in its eighth edition (in 2011), this outdoor exhibition will be featuring the work of some 30 guest artists, from one-of-a-kind garden sculptures, to beautifully-crafted, traditional pottery and contemporary, streamlined porcelain…
Transferring vehicle ownership from one Area I Soldier to another is now a lot quicker and easier than it was only weeks ago thanks to an arrangement worked out by the U.S. Army and officials of the city of Dongducheon.
The streamlined arrangement cuts vehicle transfer to a virtually one-stop, same-day process under an agreement reached between the U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud and Area I and Dongducheon city officials.
Under the new agreement, a Dongducheon city vehicle registration official has been assigned to work in the Area I vehicle registration office in Maude Hall, Room 2440. That means that much of the vehicle paperwork process that previously required trips to Dongducheon City Hall can now be done right in Maude Hall.
“That day, on the spot, one-stop, you never have to come back,” said Eliott Bradley, who heads the U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud and Area I’s Directorate of Emergency Services. “So that saves, right there, five days.”
The Dongducheon official works at Maude Hall Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The agreement was signed Oct. 31 and took effect Nov. 1.
It applies not only to Soldiers but to all members of the Area I community – Defense Department civilians, dependents, authorized contractors and retirees, Bradley said.
Registering a vehicle for a member of the U.S. military community involves two sets of officials – those of the U.S. military itself, and local South Korean motor vehicle authorities.
In Area I until now, part of the ownership transfer process included actions that were only performed at Dongducheon City Hall. That added several days to the process of transferring ownership of a vehicle, said Bradley.
Now, ownership transfer, which includes transferring registration and plates and updating the vehicle decal, can be completed within a single day, Bradley said.
If a Soldier is nearing PCS and wants to sell a vehicle to another Soldier, for example, both would come to the vehicle registration office at Maude Hall with the necessary documents, among them driver’s license, insurance, and registration.
Once officials there ensure the documents are correctly filled out and otherwise in order, the Dongducheon official working there would print out new vehicle registration paperwork in the new owner’s name, Bradley said.
And the new owner would be issued an updated vehicle decal.
That’s days faster than before, mainly because Area I officials would have to travel to Dongducheon City Hall and – on Tuesdays or Thursdays only – drop off the required paperwork at the vehicle registration office.
“In the meantime the Soldiers would have to wait several days,” Bradley said.
Customers would have to make another trip to City Hall for the second phase to have license plates issued.
They would return to Maude Hall where an official decal would be put on the vehicle.
The new arrangement has also simplified some parts of the process of registering a newly arrived vehicle in Korea, Bradley said.
Having the Dongducheon official working out of Maude Hall speeds the process of getting that paperwork okayed, and the customer can then go, typically same day, to City Hall to be issued permanent plates.
But Area I officials are currently exploring steps that could eventually further streamline the process for registration of vehicles newly arrived in Korea, as well as for vehicles purchased from off-post dealers, Bradley said.
Capt. Nathan Bethea found transferring vehicle ownership much easier than it might have been for a process that involves two sets of authorities, one of them a foreign government.
Bethea went to Maude Hall Nov. 14 to take ownership of a gold-colored 1998 Daewoo Matiz he bought from a fellow-officer who was nearing PCS and had advertised it for sale.
They presented all the required paperwork and were in and out in about 45 minutes, said Bethea, assistant S-3 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, part of the 2nd Infantry Division.
“All in all I felt the process was pretty easy,” he said. “Given that I’m dealing with a foreign country I found that it went a lot easier than it could have gone.
“For the simple fact that it eliminates us having to go down to a Korean government building, which I think might be intimidating just because of the language barrier and so on,” said Bethea. “Having it here made it much easier,” he said. “It’s no harder than registering a vehicle in the United States.”
Maude Hall’s vehicle registration office is also the place to register vehicles purchased from off-post Korean dealers.
Those wanting further details about vehicle registration and related matters can call the Vehicle Registration Office at 730-4494.
Another 'Tricycle Gear' Machine
While James Oliver manufactured America's first chilled iron plow in 1853, John Deere developed America's first cast steel plow in 1838. In 1892, John Froelich combined a vertical gasoline (petrol) engine with the frame of a steam traction engine to create the first gas-powered tractor. In 1918, Deere and Company bought out Froelich's Waterloo Engine Company and started to produce the world's longest running line of tractors.
Because of the inline intake and exhaust stacks and the seven slot grille, I believe this unit is a 'styled' Model B. Although the first Model Bs appeared in 1934, they were somewhat ugly affairs until Henry Dreyfuss redesigned and streamlined them in 1939. In 1947, Deere changed the frame from cut beam to pressed steel. They continued in production until 1952, when Deere replaced them with the Model 50. This Model B was built between in the five-year period between 1947 and 1952.
Norfolk Southern Office Car Special #951, led by a vintage 1952 streamlined EMD F9(A) diesel locomotive, passes through Lynchburg, crossing Rutherford Street near the stadium at around 12:45 PM Wednesday afternoon, May 1, 2019, en route with VIP's from Norfolk, Va., to Bluefield, WV. About two hours prior, the train hit a vehicle caught between the gates and stopped on the track in Appomattox. Sadly, the driver of the vehicle did not survive.
Recent shift to AMC enables streamlined logistics services
By Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Troth
jefferey.l.troth.mil@mail.mil
CAMP CASEY, SOUTH KOREA – The logisticians who look after Warrior Country’s transportation, maintenance and supply needs are now able to provide even more robust services thanks to a recent change that gives them broader, faster reach into the Army’s overall logistics network.
The U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud and Area I’s Directorate of Logistics ran the Central Issue Facility at Camp Hovey and the transportation motor pools that provide buses and vehicle maintenance in Warrior Country.
They did that as part of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, of which USAG Red Cloud and Area I is a part.
But, effective Oct. 1, all Army DOL assets shifted from IMCOM to the U.S. Army Materiel Command. AMC is a global command that supports Army logistics worldwide.
The shift plugs in the DOL to AMC’s global logistics network.
And in Warrior Country, DOL is now part of the 403rd Army Field Support Brigade Area I, said DOL director Dennis Williams.
For Warrior Country customers, that’ll mean that when one of the 403rd AFSB’s facilities in Warrior Country runs low on an item – helmets or vehicle parts – for example, they can be shipped from another facility that does have them, even one in, say, Japan, Williams said.
The transition will not pose any confusion or inconvenience for DOL customers, he said.
“For Area I it will be transparent,” he said. “The services we did yesterday are the same services that we’ll do today and tomorrow.”
The Area I DOL marked the shift to AMC with a low-key patch-and-pin ceremony Oct. 3 at Camp Casey’s Carey Fitness Center.
There, DOL’s Soldiers traded in their seven-sided IMCOM patch for the shield-shaped AMC patch, while civilians received an AMC lapel pin.
“On behalf of the Army Materiel Command I want to welcome you to the new AMC family,” Col. Michael Lopez, commander of the 403rd AFSB, said during the ceremony.
For the more than 300 DOL Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians and Korean civilians in Warrior Country, the 403rd AFSB is now their higher headquarters. But, they’re not alone. On Oct. 1, the 403rd also took command and control of all DOLs in Korea, Japan and Okinawa.
The changeover process was set in motion in March 2005 when the leadership of IMCOM and AMC decided to develop a logistics partnership to improve support to the Army and the Army’s transformation plan.
Streamlined comfort that adapts to your every move. Lightweight temples coated
in elastomer for perfect hold in any circumstance.
That’s Reflex.
Hinges that allow for increased compactness.
So you can store your eye-wear even more quickly and easily.
That’s Reflex Fold.
We passed this beauty just up the street from McDonald's Maloney House. Note Beaver Dam Lake in the background. Also spotted around the lake were other vintage modern homes as well as new construction in a midcentury Usonian style. If we ever win the lottery, we now know where we'll look for a summer house.
Nameplate of preserved London, Midland & Scottish Railway streamlined 'Coronation' class 4-6-2 steam locomotive 6229 'Duchess of Hamilton' is 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.
Another revolutionary design - the 'Flying Banana' railcar. This is the streamlined GWR diesel unit from 1934, bodywork designed by Park Royal and power units and underframes built at AEC. These were designed to operate on the Birmingham to Cardiff services, becoming the first long distance diesel operated services in the UK, and in effect they were the forerunners to all diesel multiple units that followed in this country.
Even though the Dutchess looked impressive with the streamlined casing in reality it was totally usless.
Unlike the LNER A4's the casing was placed over the existing running plates making it much heavier than needed.
As it was so heavy it lost any advantage for speed and all the casings were stripped off by 1948.
I must admire the NRM for taking this bold step but plese dont suggest they recreate a GWR streamliner
LMS streamlined Princess Coronation class 8P steam locomotive 6229 "Duchess of Hamilton" (British Railways 46229). York Railfest. Queens Diamond Jubilee Holiday Tuesday 05 June 2012.
The Princess Coronation class locomotives both streamlined and non-streamlined were the finest British steam locomotives ever built.
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B.
Camera: Canon EOS 550D.
The streamlined Duchess on close inspection must be 6220 CORONATION as there's a crown above the nameplate. The bus on the right is a Blackpool Corporation Transport Burlingham bodied Leyland TD4 ?
A4 No.60009 Union of South Africa powers up the East Coast Main Line with the Christmas White Rose railtour (1Z45) from Cambridge to York 1.12.2012
Blowing the Whistle 600009 heads towards Lolham Bridges crossing
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Two different yard jobs blur past my location at a whopping 10 MPH. One shoving back into the yard, and another pulling a cut of cars out. Meanwhile storm clouds seem to threaten the area, but produce no results.
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Packard Acquarius
“Aquarius” is an extension of Hetfield’s blending of 1930s French Art Deco and American aesthetics first developed in “The Black Pearl.” Referencing the design of European streamlined cars, “Aquarius” has billowing fenders and a pronounced rear fin, while the removable hard top and peaked, DuVall-style windshield simultaneously emulate the style of American hot rods of the 1950s. To accentuate the car’s aggressive look, pointed accents inspired by the hooked ends of a medieval battle axe were added to the grille, side exhaust pipes, and rear window trim.
COLLECTION OF THE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM
GIFT OF THE HETFIELD FAMILY
Following a good Saturday morning perusing the Stoddard L.A. Porsche Literature and Toy Meet, we hit the buses again for the day's first stop at the Petersen Automotive Museum in L.A.
Before our vault tour in the basement (no photos allowed), I had 30 minutes to visit all three above-ground levels of the museum. If these pics look a little rushed, they were. I clicked about 130 shots.
When I visted Petersen in 2018 with Kristina, we spent about an hour on each floor. But the exhibits were much stronger then - three major ones - Porsche, Ferrari, and vintage motorcycles and scooters. All were awesome.