The Golden Age of Rail
Latest Articles on Streamlined Steam
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The first streamlined steam
In 1934 the New York Central shops in West Albany, New York created the first…
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The First steam built streamlined
The Milwaukee Road ordered four steam locomotives from ALCO in 1935 to pull their new…
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A Gallery of Streamlined Steam
The Hiawatha trains
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, better known as the Milwaukee Road, made a bold move in the 1930s when they launched the Hiawatha service. These trains, renowned for their sleek, streamlined design, promised…
Diesel-Electric, Gasoline-electric & Gas Turbine Streamliners
Even as the first steam locomotives were being streamlined, railroads were already looking for something else to power their trains. The very first streamliner was Union Pacific’s M-10000. It was among just a few gasoline powered train sets. It’s a gasoline-electric because the gasoline engine turned traction motors which created the electricity that actually powered the train.
While railroads fairly quickly settled on diesel-electric power, experiments with power for passenger trains and trainsets continued right through the 1970s. United Aircraft Corporation shopped a gas turbine around to the the railroads, while Amtrak ran its gas turbine Turboliner into the early 2000s.
Latest Articles on other-than-steam Streamliners
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The first streamlined steam
In 1934 the New York Central shops in West Albany, New York created the first…
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The First steam built streamlined
The Milwaukee Road ordered four steam locomotives from ALCO in 1935 to pull their new…
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A Gallery of Streamlined Steam
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The Modern Streamliners of Today
Even as the first steam locomotives were being streamlined, railroads were already looking for something else to power their trains. The very first streamliner was Union Pacific’s M-10000. It was among just a few gasoline powered train sets. It’s a gasoline-electric because the gasoline engine turned traction motors which created the electricity that actually powered the train.
While railroads fairly quickly settled on diesel-electric power, experiments with power for passenger trains and trainsets continued right through the 1970s. United Aircraft Corporation shopped a gas turbine around to the the railroads, while Amtrak ran its gas turbine Turboliner into the early 2000s.
Latest Articles on other-than-steam Streamliners
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The first streamlined steam
In 1934 the New York Central shops in West Albany, New York created the first…
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The First steam built streamlined
The Milwaukee Road ordered four steam locomotives from ALCO in 1935 to pull their new…
-
A Gallery of Streamlined Steam
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