Streamliners : locomotives and trains in the age of speed and style
(2015)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
625.23/SOLOMON,B
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2015
DESCRIPTION
208 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780760347478 (hc), 0760347476 (hc), 9780760347478, 0760347476 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Experiments, aerodynamics, and McKeen motor cars -- New materials and new modes -- The fusion of speed and style -- Postwar streamliners -- Lightweights of the 1950s and 1960s -- Preserved streamliners
"An examination of the introduction of streamliners to American railroading, including the technology and styling trends"--Provided by publisher