Review - The American Streamliner - Postwar Years

An impressive look at the history of postwar streamliners, with numerous large-format color & B&W photography (many shots from EMD) as well as an interesting assortment of railroadiana items such as period ads, postcards, and timetables.

some highlights:

Union Pacific

Color shot of the City of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge
City of San Francisco color ad
B&W shot of E-6 9-M-1
Color shot of #106 leading the City of Portland
Color shot of E-9 #962
Color shot of UP-painted buses at East Los Angeles
#104 leading the City of Los Angeles - color
2-page color spread of #s 928 + 936


AT&SF

Warbonnets leaving Chicago just prior to Amtrak
El Capitan color ad
E-6A #13 at Chicago
F-7A #314 1971
#338 at Joliet
PA-1 #51 B&W


Missouri Pacific

B&W E-3 leading Pacific Eagle
#41 at Kansas City, 1970
MP Playing Card
PA-2 #8013


Great Northern

B&W E-7A #501
Empire Builder cars - interior layout
Pullman-Standard color ad for Empire Builder cars


Illinois Central

2 B&W shots - E6 leading City of Miami
B&W 2-page spread of IC coachyard at Chicago
B&W E-6 #4002 on Panama Limited

Central of Georgia

B&W E-7A #810
EMD ad- CoG E-units


Milwaukee Road

Hiawatha color ad
Olympian Hiawathas
Dining car service sheet
MR #32C at Milwaukee Station
Skytop lounge cars + B&W interior shot


PRR

June 1952 timetable
#5700 1964 color
B&W  #5901 leaving Union Station
The Senator/Congressional color ad
Liberty Limited ad
GG-1 #4938 color


Southern

#2900 on the Tennesssean (B&W)
The Crescent color ad
color shot of E-7 #2929
color shot of #2926 at Washington


Seaboard Coast Line

2-page color illustration Seaboard Silver Meteor #3060
#549 pulling the Silver Star (small, color)


Rock Island

B&W #601 leading the Peoria Rocket
cover of an RI timetable for Feb 1953
B&W DL-109 #621
Jet Rocket color illustration
DL-109 "Christine" color
RI #2 color
Golden Rocket - color ad
B&W E-3 #625

Baltimore & Ohio

2 B&W shots of EA #51
Royal Blue color postcard
Royal Blue ad
observation sleeper Wawasee
observation car Washington
Pullman Dreamland

American Streamliner: Postwar Years

Book purchased by myself

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