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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

cloggo: DIESELPUNK-Streamline Steam Quote:—“Artist Leslie Darrell Ragan (1897-1972) created more than one hundred posters and calendar illustrations for the New York Central Railroad between 1929 and the late 1940s.n the late 1930s, Henry Dreyfuss, one of America’s leading industrial designers, streamlined ten brand new 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotives for the New York Central Railroad’s 20th Century Limited, an express service between New York and Chicago. The engine pictured above may be the most recognizable locomotive of all time, appearing in many travel posters and photographs, as well as Charles Sheeler’s famous oil painting, Rolling Power (1939).” More HERE

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DIESELPUNK-Streamline Steam


Quote:—“Artist Leslie Darrell Ragan (1897-1972) created more than one hundred posters and calendar illustrations for the New York Central Railroad between 1929 and the late 1940s.n the late 1930s, Henry Dreyfuss, one of America’s leading industrial designers, streamlined ten brand new 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotives for the New York Central Railroad’s 20th Century Limited, an express service between New York and Chicago. The engine pictured above may be the most recognizable locomotive of all time, appearing in many travel posters and photographs, as well as Charles Sheeler’s famous oil painting, Rolling Power (1939).”

More HERE

cloggo: DIESELPUNK-Streamline Steam NYC Hudson locomotive Occasionaly streamlined Hudson steam locomotives, such as the No. 5455, ran over the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad on a  joint-service P&LE/New York Central passenger service between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. FOUND HERE

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DIESELPUNK-Streamline Steam

NYC Hudson locomotive

Occasionaly streamlined Hudson steam locomotives, such as the No. 5455, ran over the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad on a  joint-service P&LE/New York Central passenger service between Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

FOUND HERE

obsidian-sphere: Train vs penny-farthing bicycle Boys of New YorkMarch 3, 1887 Around the World on a Bicycle. A cry of horror emanated from Ned’s lips as he saw the locomotive dash into view and come rushing down upon him. But he did not pause an instant. His bicycle seemed to suddenly shoot forward along the single plank as though impelled by the impetus of a catapult. A penny-farthing bicycle vs a train? Yeah… he’s boned.

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Train vs penny-farthing bicycle

Boys of New York
March 3, 1887

Around the World on a Bicycle.

A cry of horror emanated from Ned’s lips as he saw the locomotive dash into view and come rushing down upon him. But he did not pause an instant. His bicycle seemed to suddenly shoot forward along the single plank as though impelled by the impetus of a catapult.

A penny-farthing bicycle vs a train? Yeah… he’s boned.

vcrfl: firsttimeuser: A zeppelin flying low over a steam locomotive. Below the airship is a man on a rope. (National Archive) A commenter on flickr notes that the engine is Nº 3 of the NBDS (Noord Brabantsch Duitsche Spoorwegmaatschappij), then Nº 3 of the SS (Staatsspoorwegen), then Nº 773 of the HSM (Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappi ) and finally Nº 5703 NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen). It was constructed by Werkspoor NV in 1913, probably under license of Sharp, Roberts (UK). This gives us some help in dating the otherwise undated photo. The NBDS, also known as Duits lijntje or Boxteler Bahn, a short line connecting Dutch Boxtel with German Wesel, folded in 1921. It was formally taken over by the SS and, on the other side of the border, the German Reichsbahn in 1925. The SS and HSM existed parallely until they fusioned to NS in 1938. The SS no longer ran express trains on the former NBDS line and may have sold the engine as early as 1925. Since the tender shows the number 773 on the photo, it must have been taken when the engine was the property of HSM, between 1925 and 1938.

vcrfl:

firsttimeuser:

A zeppelin flying low over a steam locomotive. Below the airship is a man on a rope. (National Archive)

A commenter on flickr notes that the engine is Nº 3 of the NBDS (Noord Brabantsch Duitsche Spoorwegmaatschappij), then Nº 3 of the SS (Staatsspoorwegen), then Nº 773 of the HSM (Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappi ) and finally Nº 5703 NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen). It was constructed by Werkspoor NV in 1913, probably under license of Sharp, Roberts (UK).

This gives us some help in dating the otherwise undated photo. The NBDS, also known as Duits lijntje or Boxteler Bahn, a short line connecting Dutch Boxtel with German Wesel, folded in 1921. It was formally taken over by the SS and, on the other side of the border, the German Reichsbahn in 1925. The SS and HSM existed parallely until they fusioned to NS in 1938. The SS no longer ran express trains on the former NBDS line and may have sold the engine as early as 1925.

Since the tender shows the number 773 on the photo, it must have been taken when the engine was the property of HSM, between 1925 and 1938.

turner-d-century: http://stefanparis.deviantart.com/art/The-25th-hour-115140468

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vcrfl: The LVCI No. 1 “Cerere,” one of fifty engines built by Stevenson for the Lombardisch-venetianischen und central-italienischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, which soon merged with the Südbahn, in 1857/58. Some of them were used till 1905. Johann Strauss’ Excursion Train might well have been pulled by such an engine. The photo is from before 1864.

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The LVCI No. 1 “Cerere,” one of fifty engines built by Stevenson for the Lombardisch-venetianischen und central-italienischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, which soon merged with the Südbahn, in 1857/58. Some of them were used till 1905. Johann Strauss’ Excursion Train might well have been pulled by such an engine. The photo is from before 1864.

treselegant: ‘SECTIONAL MODEL OF A LOCOMOTIVE-ENGINE’   The Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art, vol 1, 1852.

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‘SECTIONAL MODEL OF A LOCOMOTIVE-ENGINE’  

The Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art, vol 1, 1852.

polymags: May 1899 This graceful little locomotive, now being built by the Engineering students in our workshop, is a perfectly proportioned model of a Great Northern Railway express engine. Small though it appears, it will weigh, when finished, three tons. Its principal dimensions are : Length, including tender, 16 feet ; diameter of cylinders, 4½ inches ; diameter of driving wheels, 30 inches ; diameter of boiler, 18 inches ; fire-box, 18½ by 14 inches ; boiler pressure, 150 lbs. to the square inch. It will haul twenty-five tons on a fairly level track, and run a speed of thirty miles an hour. The rails weigh 10 lbs. to the yard.

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May 1899

This graceful little locomotive, now being built by the Engineering students in our workshop, is a perfectly proportioned model of a Great Northern Railway express engine. Small though it appears, it will weigh, when finished, three tons. Its principal dimensions are : Length, including tender, 16 feet ; diameter of cylinders, 4½ inches ; diameter of driving wheels, 30 inches ; diameter of boiler, 18 inches ; fire-box, 18½ by 14 inches ; boiler pressure, 150 lbs. to the square inch. It will haul twenty-five tons on a fairly level track, and run a speed of thirty miles an hour. The rails weigh 10 lbs. to the yard.

klg19: Forty-four years ago today, the famed Twentieth Century Limited completed its final run after sixty-five years. Once considered a national institution—and the “Most Famous Train in the World” (that that, Orient Express!)—it even lent its name to a classic screwball comedy, but in the end it fell victim to changing trends in travel. Below, 1938 service plate from the dining car (in the Met’s design collection), and a glance at the interiors: And to think we gave up all this for airport full-body scans and highway rest stops.

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Forty-four years ago today, the famed Twentieth Century Limited completed its final run after sixty-five years. Once considered a national institution—and the “Most Famous Train in the World” (that that, Orient Express!)—it even lent its name to a classic screwball comedy, but in the end it fell victim to changing trends in travel.

Below, 1938 service plate from the dining car (in the Met’s design collection), and a glance at the interiors:

Dining on the 20th C

And to think we gave up all this for airport full-body scans and highway rest stops.

cloggo: STEAMPUNK Ghoulina Von Royal descends from the footplate of old 480 More Ghoulina HERE

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Ghoulina Von Royal descends from the footplate of old 480

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