World Steam Speed Record 75 years on - Page 2

Platapus · 07-04-13, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BossMark

I've always wanted travel on a steam engine

We went on a dinner train at Strausberg, PA. The engine was a 4-8-0 steamer. It was nice.

August · 07-04-13, 11:06 AM

The Mallard sure is a beauty.

But we had some belles of the ball too:

Streamlined steamers have always been my favorite train locomotives. That Art Deco look from the 20's and 30's just seems to me to be the perfect marriage between function and form.

It looks like it's moving even when it's standing still. Modern high speed rail locos do that too, but these grand old ladies also project an image of raw power and strength that is too well hidden in the modern ones.

IMO of course.

TarJak · 07-04-13, 10:19 PM

I agree. Mallard was gorgeous.

07-04-13, 11:06 AM	#17
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Mallard sure is a beauty. But we had some belles of the ball too: Streamlined steamers have always been my favorite train locomotives. That Art Deco look from the 20's and 30's just seems to me to be the perfect marriage between function and form. It looks like it's moving even when it's standing still. Modern high speed rail locos do that too, but these grand old ladies also project an image of raw power and strength that is too well hidden in the modern ones. IMO of course. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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07-04-13, 10:19 PM	#18
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I agree. Mallard was gorgeous.