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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:12/1/1948 - 12/1/1948
Album Info:Here is a six-page article by Mr. Al Rung about Raymond Loewy Associates. It is entitled "He Styles The Streamliners" and was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, pages 16-21. "Like a Parisian modiste intent on amplifying ma'mselle's inherent charms, Raymond Loewy creates fashions in locomotives, cars, and stations."
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"He Styles The Streamliners," Page 16, 1948
Title:  "He Styles The Streamliners," Page 16, 1948
Description:  Here is page one of a six-page article by Al Rung about Raymond Loewy Associates that's entitled "He Styles The Streamliners." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 16.
Photo Date:  12/1/1948  Upload Date: 5/2/2022 10:03:57 AM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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"He Styles The Streamliners," Page 17, 1948
Title:  "He Styles The Streamliners," Page 17, 1948
Description:  Here is page two of a six-page article by Al Rung about Raymond Loewy Associates that's entitled "He Styles The Streamliners." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 17. Partial Caption: "Four of Raymond Loewy's associates check over a color wash drawing of a new Pennsylvania lounge car designed for service on PRR's east-west fleet."
Photo Date:  12/1/1948  Upload Date: 5/2/2022 10:06:19 AM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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"He Styles The Streamliners," Page 18, 1948
Title:  "He Styles The Streamliners," Page 18, 1948
Description:  Here is page three of a six-page article by Al Rung about Raymond Loewy Associates that's entitled "He Styles The Streamliners." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. Partial Caption: "An excellent example of what happens between the artist's conception of a new locomotive and the actual delivery of the new motive power is provided by the present Fairbanks-Morse 2000-horsepower units." Shown here is Kansas City-Southern engine #60A.
Photo Date:  12/1/1948  Upload Date: 5/2/2022 10:08:30 AM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  KCS 60A(ERIE-A)
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"He Styles The Streamliners," Page 19, 1948
Title:  "He Styles The Streamliners," Page 19, 1948
Description:  Here is page four of a six-page article by Al Rung about Raymond Loewy Associates that's entitled "He Styles The Streamliners." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Raymond Loewy's most famous design in the railroad industry remains the Pennsylvania's GG-1, without doubt the most celebrated straight electric of all time." The pedigree of this GG-1 is not recorded. Photo by Frank Clodfelter.
Photo Date:  12/1/1948  Upload Date: 5/2/2022 10:10:56 AM
Location:  Newark, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
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"He Styles The Streamliners," Page 20, 1948
Title:  "He Styles The Streamliners," Page 20, 1948
Description:  Here is page five of a six-page article by Al Rung about Raymond Loewy Associates that's entitled "He Styles The Streamliners." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 20. Partial Caption: "This is how Roanoke on the Norfolk & Western will look after it has been modernized by Raymond Loewy Associates. Although reconstruction includes escalators, huge windows, and a restaurant, the total cost will be only $345,000."
Photo Date:  12/1/1948  Upload Date: 5/2/2022 10:13:37 AM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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"He Styles The Streamliners," Page 21, 1948
Title:  "He Styles The Streamliners," Page 21, 1948
Description:  Here is page six of a six-page article by Al Rung about Raymond Loewy Associates that's entitled "He Styles The Streamliners." It was published originally in the December 1948 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 21. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Old-time passengers would have considered PRR's Chicago ticket office a scandal in design, but today's passengers find Loewy's ultra-impressive interior styling restful and inviting." Really? Guess I'm one of those "old-time passengers"!
Photo Date:  12/1/1948  Upload Date: 5/2/2022 10:15:54 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Station, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  23   Comments: 0


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