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Unusual manhole cover
North Park Avenue
Old Town Triangle
Chicago
“Rock Island ‘TA’ (for Twelve hundred hp instead of Eighteen hundred for an "E" unit) of 1937. One of my all time favorite locomotive color schemes.”
Dupe slide in collection of John Smatlak, photographer unknown.
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Life, October 16, 1944
Daliesque illustration.
I honestly did not get the imagery until I read the first sentence of the copywriting:
“What kind of locomotives do you think will pull tomorrow’s streamliners - steam, Diesel, or electric?”
And why is “Diesel” capitalized?
Exterior design by Raymond Loewy
Chicago
November 26, 1940
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
Source: Flickr / barrigerlibrary
Even the manhole covers look different in Greece
From The Trolley Dodger blog: “An Electroliner in Waukegan.”
Who can identify the car crossing the tracks in the background? That can help date the photo . . .
A sampling of many beautiful vintage North Shore Line posters featured in the latest posting of The Trolley Dodger blog.
“Burlington Zephyr postcard - this is the original 9900, later named the Pioneer Zephyr; it was the only one with the curved brow in the front window line, on the later Zephyrs the top window line was flat. Noting the viewing platform at left and the ramps laid across the tracks, it looks like it’s somewhere on one of its early (1934) exposition tours prior to entering regular service. The Pioneer Zephyr is on display today at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.”
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E5 9910A builder’s photo at LaGrange, Illinois in February 1940, photo by Electro-Motive Division, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 9910A was built in February 1940 ( c/n 967 ) , named “Silver Speed”, sold to Colorado & Southern on July 14, 1955 and renumbered 9951A, traded to EMD on October 31, 1967 and scrapped.
Source: Flickr / chuckzeiler
Flying Tiger Line
O’Hare Field
Chicago
June 1964
Photo by Mel Lawrence
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American passenger locomotive—1954 and 2017 by Moffat Road on Flickr.
"Styles change. As time moves on, it’s inevitable. Take these two locomotives designed for passenger service in America. Southern Pacific Electro-Motive Division E9 No. 6051 was built in 1954 for service on trains such as the Daylight and Lark, while Amtrak Siemens SC-44 ITDX No. 4621 was outshopped in 2017 for regional Amtrak service in the midwest. What happened? Why does functionality so trump esthetics between the two? Couldn’t we design and build a great-looking passenger locomotive today?
Siemens calls the SC-44 a 'Charger' locomotive. Car maker Dodge came out with the Charger in 1965, and they still produce an automobile that is now in it’s sixth, or is it seventh generation. The current Dodge Charger doesn’t look anything like the first, and it’s good design and looks make it popular today with a strong following of its own.
A passenger locomotive built today certainly doesn’t, or shouldn’t, look like the E9 of 1954. But why can’t we have a 'Charger' that looks nice too?"
Photos and comments by Mike Danneman
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Milwaukee Road Hiawatha at Canal Street north of Chicago Union Station
Chicago
1935
Photo by Mike Keim
HIAWATHA #2 The Milwaukee Road (CMStP&P) Early 1930s
Caption: “On her initial run from Chicago to Minneapolis she clocked a stretch north of Tomah, Wisconsin at slightly over 126 mph. Not bad for an old steamer (not bad for a modern Diesel). The driving wheels were 84 inches in diameter. The picture is a postcard from the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, 1933/1934.”
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“An interesting piece of concept artwork developed by Budd as the Burlington Zephyr was taking form- it is shown next to the English GWR streamlined railcar, and the Budd Michelin railcar.”
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