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But the queen of all Norfolk and Western Railway’s steam locomotives — the streamlined 611 — will be running weekend excursions between Goshen and Staunton from October 6 to November 5. And that ...
The T1 was a streamlined monster that could achieve 100 mph. ... the Pennsylvania Railroad rolled out the T1: the first of its new class of high-speed steam locomotives.
Oblique view from the front end of the plasticine model of the first streamlined train (K4s class), designed for the Pennsylvannia Railroad Company. The front of the train dominates the left ...
Loewy approached the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early 1930s and told railway execs he wanted to design locomotives. Loewy’s T-1 steam engine was the Pennsy’s last before switching to diesel ...
All across the nation, even in many other countries around the world, steam locomotives are rising like Phenixes to meet the enthusiasm of fans hungry for a classic smoke-emitting excursion ...
Originally good for 120 mph -- on par with the fastest streamlined steam locomotives -- the Schienenzeppelin topped out at a magnificent 140 mph in the summer of 1931.