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Railway Age Magazine
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Railway Age Magazine
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Some partial issues; articles related to streamline trains. Topics include streamlined trains; new lightweight equipment; speeds of streamlined name trains; new construction materials and structures; routes of streamliners.
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Some partial issues; articles related to streamline trains.
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"European Railways" magazine
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Includes 43 issues (dates not inclusive).
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Coverdale & Colpitts Reports
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Reports by Coverdale & Colpitts, consulting engineers: 1) "Report On High-Speed Trains Chicago-Twin Cities, June and July, 1935." ; 2) "Report On Streamline, Light-Weight, High-Speed Passenger Trains, June 30, 1938." Conclusion: "... a large proportion of the traffic on these trains has been newly created or retrieved from the highways." The facts show "great popularity and high degree of financial success" of these trains (June, 1938); 3) "Report On Streamline, Light-Weight, High-Speed Passenger Trains" (publications of 1939, 1940, 1950).
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Europe: Great Britain. London and North Eastern Railway; London Midland and Scottish Railway; Great Western Railway
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Includes train(s): Royal Scot; Coronation Scot; Silver Jubilee; West Riding Limited. Includes (selected items): brochure: "'The Coronation' - Britain's First Streamline Train, King's Cross For Scotland ... London and North Eastern Railway" (1937).
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II. Subject files (streamliner-related)
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This series contains: Manufacturer's brochures; industry reports; train rosters; lists; streamliner train books; magazines and journals; excursion and special train tours; early "streamline" train experiments of the 19th century; monorails; high-speed and interurban trains; and a file on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit system). Date ranges are not inclusive; the range shows the earliest identified date and the latest identified date within that section.
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