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New York Central Railroad Company
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New York Central Railroad Company
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Includes train(s): The Mercury; Rexall Train; Commodore Vanderbilt; 20th Century Limited.
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Railroad books: various
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Two books: 1) "Streamlined Steam, Quadrant Press Review 1." Photographs of shrouded (streamlined) steam locomotives, brief descriptions and dates of their conversions (exterior shrouding). ["Commodore Vanderbilt" named as America's first steam streamliner, December 1934.] (1972); 2) "The Streamlined Decade" by Donald J. Bush (George Braziller, New York, 1975).
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New York Central Railroad Company
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Includes train(s): Xplorer. Includes (selected items): press kit: "New York Central System's XPLORER" Highlighting aluminum construction, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton mechanical-hydraulic diesel locomotive (1956); Press kit: "The Woman's Angle on the New York Central's New Xplorer." Includes "Hostess Service on the Xplorer" (4 p.); "Railroading as a Field for Women" (2 p.); "'Cruisin' Susan' Service" (2 p.); "The Xplorer Design, Color and Comfort, A new Concept in Travel for Women" (1956).
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New York Central Railroad Company
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Reading Railroad (Reading Company)
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Includes train(s): Stainless Steel Streamlined Train (later named Crusader); The Wall Street; The Schuylkill. Includes (selected items): engraved invitations from Edward W. Scheer, president of the Reading Company and Edward G. Budd, president of Budd Mfg. Co. to attend ceremonies at the delivery of the new Stainless Steel Streamlined train, Nov. 29, 1937.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Penn Central Transportation Company
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Includes (selected items): packet of materials on locomotive designer Raymond Loewy, including his autograph signature, sketches and photograph.
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