How Sir Nigel Gresley Class A4 steam locomotives were built for speed
Sir Nigel Gresley’s Class A4 steam locomotives with their distinctive wedge-shaped front end made their first appearance 90 ...
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Industrial Designers and Streamliners
"Streamlined trains," wrote one historian, "stimulated public faith in a future fueled by technological innovation." Railroads paved the way for streamlining in the auto industry. Trucks ...
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20th Century Limited Streamliner Debuts
In June 1938, the New York Central introduced new locomotives and Pullman cars. Their breathtakingly bold streamlined design was the handiwork of an industrial designer whose work would become ...
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From Boston.; EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE--NEW STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN BOSTON AND NEW-YORK, ETC.
A locomotive attached to a freight train on the Boston and Worcester Railroad exploded this morning at Framingham, killing BENJAMIN WALLACE the engineer, and badly injuring DAVIS the fireman.