STREAMLINED TRAINS

I need a model of this.

I think this is the Burlington Northern concept paint scheme on the lead E8. The date is certainly right.

introducing Excelsior

My favorite starship!

507027 Maghull 24/04/84 by MagLad Via Flickr: 507027 & 508042 enter Maghull with the15.31 Ormskirk_Liverpool Central on Tues 24th April 1984

ATSF 60 & 59 by Robert Thomson Via Flickr: Scanned Photo Postcard Scan is presented for historical/archival purposes No copyright is claimed or intended From the back of the card: “Santa Fe 59 & 60 Recently purchased by the Deleware & Hudson R.R., these Alco PA’s pose for their final portrait at Colonie, N. Y. in the colors they wore well for nineteen years. Emerging from the shops as D&H 16 & 17 in blue and yellow, they and two others went to work on “The Laurentian” and the “Montreal Limited.” December 1967 Photo by Jim Shaughnessy” The post card was published by Audio-Visual Designs of Earlton, NY. No date is given for the postcard. ATSF PA1 60L (to DH 17, to DH PA4u 17, to NdeM dh17, to FNM 17) ATSF PA1 59 (to DH 16, to DH PA4u 16, to NdeM dh16, to FNM 16)

ATSF, Chicago, Illinois, 1972 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art Amtrak passenger train no. 4, the eastbound Super Chief/El Capitan, arriving in Chicago, Illinois, on April 2, 1972. Amtrak service is less than one year old, and train is still comprised entirely of Santa Fe equipment. Photograph by John F. Bjorklund, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Bjorklund-04-08-04

In less than 10 years it would be down to a single coach…