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The First steam built streamlined

ByBlake Andrew Bowman Reading Time: 1 minute

The Milwaukee Road ordered four steam locomotives from ALCO in 1935 to pull their new Hiawatha trains. These were the first steam locomotives built streamlined. The very first steam locomotive to be streamlined was a J Class Hudson on the New York Central in 1934. Its streamlined shroud was placed over an existing engine. A…

The first streamlined steam locomotive, New York Central 5344, the Commodore Vanderbilt

The first streamlined steam

ByBlake Andrew Bowman Reading Time: 1 minute

In 1934 the New York Central shops in West Albany, New York created the first streamlined steam locomotive. Streamlining, a less decorated off-shoot of the Art Deco style, was sweeping the country in the early 1930s. Buildings and even toasters and clocks had been given the sleek, aerodynamic design and now a young civil engineer…