#streamliners

[littlewestern]

EMD E5 9912A ("Silver Meteor") drawn by Charles Schultz for the Snoopy Railroad Trains Coloring Book from 1980.

#e5 #cb&q 9912a #silver meteor #cb&q #chicago burlington & quincy #charles schultz #snoopy #zephyrs #real train stuff #kinda #9912a #streamliners

[greatwesternway]

Streamlined

#streamliners #fluting!

[alightinthelantern]

Parlor-Observation car "Juno" on the Nebraska Zephyr, a daytime passenger train operated daily by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) between Chicago, Illinois and Lincoln, Nebraska. Beginning operation in 1947, the train was typical of streamlined trains of the postwar period in that its carbodies were built of stainless steel and featured an all-silver exterior, the trademark of the Budd Company, but it was also notable in that it continued the CB&Q's unusual tradition, which began in the 1930s, of articulated, unified trainsets, with all passenger cars in each consist sharing bogies (wheel-trucks) and permanently coupled together.

The Nebraska Zephyr operated once-daily in each direction, with Westbound #11 departing Chicago at 12:45 PM and arriving in Lincoln at 10:30 PM, while Eastbound #12 departed Lincoln at 11:00 AM and arrived in Chicago at 8:45 PM. The 551-mile (887 km) trip took 9 hours and 45 minutes, and its average speed was 56 miles per hour (90 km/h) including stops. Service utilized two trainsets which each operated one direction on day and the opposite direction the next. One trainset's cars bore the names of Roman female gods, and was nicknamed "the train of the goddesses" (Venus, Vesta, Minerva, Psyche, Ceres, Diana, and Juno), while the other trainset's cars were named for male Roman gods, and was nicknamed "the train of the gods" (Apollo, Mars, Neptune, Cupid, Vulcan, Mercury, and Jupiter). The trainsets were in fact built by the Budd Company back in 1936 as the second pair of Twin Zephyrs, for CB&Q service between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, making them some of the first stainless-steel trainsets built by Budd, and as such they initially bore the same style of locomotive as the other CB&Q Zephyrs from the 1930s, of a smooth, semicircular front curving seamlessly into the roofline at its top, but these locomotives were later replaced with the stainless-steel-bodied, shovel-nosed diesel locomotives of the 1950s which all the CB&Q's Zephyr trains later received.

Each of the Nebraska Zephyr's two trainsets consisted of several coaches and parlor cars, a coach-dinette, dining car, cocktail lounge, and parlor-observation car. The parlor-observation car on "the train of the gods" was named Jupiter, while its goddess counterpart was named Juno. The locomotives were named Pegasus (CB&Q #9904) and Zephyrus (CB&Q #9905). The trains were generously appointed and provided comfortable travel throughout the 1940s and '50s, and the high level of service was maintained until 1963, when the cocktail lounges were removed in favor of additional seating. In 1966 the dining cars were rebuilt as "cafeteria cars" with vending machines for additional cost-cutting. The aging trainsets were retired from service entirely in 1968, although CB&Q continued to operate the Nebraska Zephyr train with other rolling stock until 1971, when the newly-birthed Amtrak took over all remaining passenger rail service in the US.

#Nebraska Zephyr #CB&Q #Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad #trains #streamliners #1940s #1950s #vintage #US rail

[stone-cold-groove]

Tenth anniversary of the Pioneer Zephyr. First diesel streamline train in America - 1944.

#vintage illustration #railroads #travel by train #vintage travel #th pioneer zephyr #streamliners #burlington route

[automotiveamerican]

1934 Streamliner Looks Like Nothing Else, And It's The Only One Left - Jacob Oliva @Motor1.com

1934 Streamliner Looks Like Nothing Else, And It’s The Only One Left – Jacob Oliva @Motor1.com

Only six were built as promotional vehicles for the McQuay-Norris Company of Missouri. The 1934 McQuay-Norris Streamliner is a pretty unique car, but that’s not only because of its rather peculiar design. With only six units built from 1933 to 1934, you’d be hard-pressed to find something like it on the road – much more so with the fact that this is the only one currently in existence. Jeff…

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#1934 #Ford Flathead V8 #Jacob Oliva #Jeff Lane #Lane Motor Museum #McQuay-Norris Streamliner #motor1.com #Streamliners

[zoe-oneesama]

Well THIS looks familiar.

Episode 52 Part 1 First < Previous > Next Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5 Ep 41, Ep 42, Ep 43, Ep 44 Ep 45, Ep 46, Ep 47, Ep 48, Intermission, Ep 49, Ep 50, Ep 51

Bonus:

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#originally I wanted everyone to be wearing clothes inspired by ANY of the heroes #Sabrina as Pegasus or Marc as Caprikid that sorta thing #but keeping track of all the specific shades of gray over so many characters would've been an absolute headache #chat noir and marigold use the same 'gray' colors so this was more streamlined #scarlet lady #scarlet lady au #scarlet lady comic #heroes' day part 1 #catalyst #episode 52 part 1 #sl fashion #also yeah Juleka's is based off Maotif not Chat Noir but they use the same 'gray' so it's a sneaky little thing for me

[briansolomonauthor]

Nine Years Ago—Confluence of Celebrity Locomotives!

At the end of May 2014, fellow photographer Pat Yough and I took Amtrak to Salisbury, North Carolina to partake in the epic gathering of celebrity locomotives described as ‘Streamliners at Spencer.’ This was an extremely well organized and enjoyable event. Many of our fellow photographers were on site. Over the coming days, I exposed numerous photos of beautiful locomotives. Our first full…

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#Spencer Shops #Streamliners #Canon EOS 7D

[germanpostwarmodern]

Thomas Jefferson High School (1935) in Los Angeles, CA, USA, by Stiles Oliver Clements. Photo by Julius Shulman.

#1930s #streamline moderne #modernism #modernist #architecture #usa #architektur #los angeles #stiles oliver clements #julius shulman

[peaceandlove26]

i wish bi girls were real

this is a redraw of this, which. i dont remember how old this drawing is… three years-ish? i know some people still like it (it’s recommended to me all the time on pinterest) but i feel i’ve grown a lot since this, and i do wish my old crusty art wouldn’t show up so often lol

#there are obviously nice things sacrified here for a more streamlined design #like i wouldve liked to keep her white markings and big ears but it just wasnt meant to be! in this simple style #i’ll be redrawing another old thing and using my more swirly detailed style to preserve more of the old charm #mlp #my little pony #twilight sparkle

[littlewestern]

The Way of The Zephyrs 1934-1971. by Terry Spirek

Via Flickr:

The era of the silver steeds that pulled the Burlington's commuter and cross country passenger train known as the Zephyrs.

#pioneer zephyr #cb&q #cb&q 9900 #chicago burlington & quincy #zephyrs #streamliners #vehicles with signs #real train stuff

[trb752]

Poster designed by Leslie Ragan, c1940

#art deco #art deco design #art deco style #streamline moderne #trains #posters

[alightinthelantern]

PRR T1 class Duplex, prototypes

#PRR T1 #T1 Class #T1 Duplex #trains #streamliners #1940s

[stone-cold-groove]

Union Pacific Railroad’s “City of Los Angeles” streamliner.

#vintage advertising #vintage ill #railroad #vintage travel #union pacific #union pacific railroad #streamliners #city of los angeles

[cryptocism]

new digs... 2!!!

from chapter 18 of frequency

#my art #dc #thad thawne #thaddeus thawne #inertia #frequency fic #too many thads au #may tool around w this some more #particularly the lil belt bag design #i think he would be drawn to the practicality of pockets #and the absolute impracticality of a cool hood #in a perfect world id figure out how to streamline the design better #bc my animation brain looks at this and goes HELL HELL HELL #but im giving it a pass by comparing it to some other modern comic costume designs which are arguably more complex idk #anyway look at my boy hes finally got an outfit

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

spontaneously starts scribbling him Differently Every Time

#CONSISTENCY IS DEAD AND I STRANGLED HER #a very long time ago. im just whaling on a corpse at this point #consistency may be dead but she's also my wife. is that anything #anyway HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY #howdy brain Activated Tonight #i dont know how to draw him! it might seem like i do! i dont! hes fuckin Shaped in such a Way! #the last one was actually the first #i will never be able to replicate it. its what i Want #scribble salad #welcome home #howdy pillar #shakes him shakes him SHAKES HIM #his hair is a bitch to get even remotely right... #ill pin it down tho! ill streamline it! eventually! #every time i look at him my brain essentially goes 'he can get fluffier.... the Volume....'

[briansolomonauthor]

Streamliners-8 Years Ago.

In May 2014, I spent several days photographing the Streamliners at Spencer event in North Carolina. Photographer Pat Yough and I had traveled on Amtrak to the event In addition to this being a significant gathering of historic locomotives, largely Electro-Motive E and F units, it was also a major gathering of railroad photographers and I had the opportunity to visit with many old…

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#EMD #Spencer #Spencer Shops #Streamliners