Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject: The NEW ERA of RAILROADING (Nov, 1936)
Popular Mechanics November 1936
Climb into the massive yellow power car of the “City of San Francisco,” one of the newest and most powerful of the growing fleet, and watch the engineer start his eleven-car streamliner on its journey of two nights and a day to the bay city from Chicago. Half-way across Nebraska this speedster will overtake the steam train that left Chicago eight hours in advance.........But the Diesel-electric locomotive still costs approximately two and one-half times as much as a steam engine, and its life span is unknown. No steam locomotive has been put to the test these Diesels are meeting.*A decade may prove the old iron horse supreme, after all.
Some superb artwork there Poliss on the old trains i do like the period & would model a layout of it if i had the space as older buildings would fit in well & more steam could be included esp GS4 /Big Boys etc running alongside PA'S /E8'S into a busy station
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