Vintage shots from days gone by!

[swi66]

1922 Ley

[swi66]

[Manel]

Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291

THEN-AND-NOW: As these pics from LiveJournal.Retrofuturism show, at least one of these
remains in existence, though I don't know just where it resides. These folks apparently
quoted the pix from Corbis, so I THANK Corbis, as well!

This is a modern body recreation of the one-off A.L.F.A. specially made in 1913 by Carrozzeria Castagna for Count Ricotti. In fact was an standard car model Tipo 40/60 hidden inside an enveloping aero shell.
Soon later on, the body was reviewed to have the half top section removable.

The car resides in the worth visiting Alfa-Romeo Museum of Arese, near Milano.

[Manel]

Originally Posted by model.A.keith

can you see me now..................????




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XX Mille Miglia 1953. Alfa-Romeo 3000CM of Fangio /Sala, 2nd OA

[indybigjohn]

Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291

The mighty weight of the Great Depression years did not suppress progress in technology
and beautiful design. And the mighty streamliner locomotives of the '30s made our beloved
earlier, trad locos suddenly look like real antiques! Here, thanks to Wikipedia, is a posed
publicity shot from 1937 showing the B&O Railroad's Royal Blue poised on the Thomas Via-
duct south of Baltimore while on the New-York-to-Washington, D.C., run. Beautiful piece of
groundbreaking machinery in a well-planned shot gets my vote for one of the INSTANT
CLASSIC frames of Dog's great thread! Yo, Mart! Can you blow this up a bit but not HUGE?
The Royal Blue locomotive was in the 4-6-2 "President" class, also used by the Union Pacific.

Wow! My first American Flyer train set had the Royal Blue loco.

[Manel]

Originally Posted by model.A.keith

Pegaso...........

1953. Maiden speed testing for the Bisiluro Special in a deserted straight of Tona-Vic road. C. Fernandez chief tester and occasionaly race driver, at the wheel. The Roots- compressed DOHC V8 2.5 L is located in the centre, between the "torpedoes".

[twin6]

Sorry, no car photos today.....

[swi66]

[lordairgtar]

From trainweb.org
I'll see your Royal Blue, and raise you a Hiawatha!

[plym_46]

Raise the 20th Century Limited

[mart3406]

Originally Posted by swi66

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ALTERNATE CAPTION - "As early as 1920,
Bob made a good living delivering nitromethane
fuel in his snazzy new Henway truck to the
numerous drag strips around Podunk Oho!"

Mart3406
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[fbi9c1]

How about a Pennsylvania RR Baldwin T1?

[mart3406]

And while we're on this "train" of thought
- how about a whole flock of Canadian
National Railway's 6400-series streamlined
'Northerns'??!

Mart3406
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[Hot Rod Elvis]

Cool, I used to be into trains until cars got in my way...I like the old 30's 'advanced streamline design'!

[G V Gordon]

[chip chipman]

Southern Pacific's Cab Foreward,

Total Engine and Tender Weight	977900 lbs

. 4-6-6-2.

[lordairgtar]

Thanks for the train pics. I got to ride the Hiawathas for free when I was a kid by myself. My dad worked for the Milwaukee Road and had a pass for the family to use. Couldn't send a kid on AMTRAK these days.

[mart3406]

Originally Posted by fbi9c1

How about a Pennsylvania RR Baldwin
T1? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...olor_photo.jpg

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One more on those incredible 120-plus-mph
"absolutely Art Deco to the max" PRR Baldwin
TI streamliners. Here's a Pennsylvania Rail
Road ad, circa 1945, promoting them. Besides
the locomotive, note all the smoke, steam and
fire belching from the factories in the background.
This was an era when such things were considered
a sign of progress and economic prosperity and
for better or worse, you'll never, ever see an ad
like this published today.

Mart3406
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