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Title: The Art of the Streamliner by Bob Johnston, Joe Welsh, Mike Schafer, Joseph M. Welsh ISBN: 1-58663-146-2 Publisher: Metro Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful book packed with information on streamliners!
Comment: This book is a very good book to add to your railroad book collection. It includes information on many,many streamliners, photos of them inside and out, and promotional flyers. It also may explain the designers behind them and some of their first in some cases. All in all it's a great resource and I would reccomend it to anyone interested in trains.
Rating: 5
Summary: All Aboard!
Comment: This is the second book about streamline trains for authors Welch and Schafer. Their first book, 'Classic American Streamliners', told the history of these trains in words, photos and plenty of graphic material, now this latest book takes a slightly different approach and looks at the art and design of the streamliner. There are 175 pictures including reproductions of color brochures and lovely artwork which the railroads used to sell the trains to the public. As it turned out it was a losing struggle as increasing car ownership and planes beat the rails. Also included are several side-bars of designers involved in engine and train design, John Harbeson, Paul Cret, Raymond Loewy, Henry Dreyfuss and Otto Kuhler. The last chapter Renaissance Streamliners, about the latest Amtrak trains, seems rather out of place. American streamline was a specific design style at a particular time and modern train design is more organic in its treatment of mass and curvature. I think the rather odd looking General Motors Aerotrain was perhaps the last of the streamliners.
Two more books about these trains are 'The American Streamliner', the Pre-war and Post-war Years by Donald Heimburger and Carl Byron. A very comprehensive study, with great photos and plenty of graphic material (all with excellent captions) but I was disappointed by the bland layout of these two books.
All four books are the same landscape size and amazingly although they all cover the same subject there is very little duplication of photos and graphics. If you want to see how these wonderful trains were marketed have a look at the two hundred ads in 'Classic Railroad Advertising' by Tad Burness. Also I don't think any of the books have enough photos of the great steamliners of the day (Commodore Vanderbilt, Hiawatha's, Crusader, Blue Goose, Coast Daylight, Mercury and Twentieth Century Limited) admittedly they were just steam engines with a covering shroud but they looked so good, especially the Dreyfuss designed Twentieth Century, the ultimate travelling experience, whose engine wheels were floodlit at night!
Finally 'The Art Of The Streamliner' is different from the other three books because of its bargain price. Railfan books always seem to be rather expensive, no doubt because of limited sales, so it is refreshing to see a quality product costing so little.
Rating: 4
Summary: Terrific Book!
Comment: Great images and descriptions. Even includes alot of the original artwork used in promoting the streamliners. Great buy!
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Title: Streamliner Memories (Enthusiast Color Series) by Mike Schafer ISBN: 0760306192 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: 20th Century Limited by Karl Zimmerman, Karl R. Zimmermann ISBN: 0760314225 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The American Passenger Train by Mike Schafer, Joe Welsh, Kevin Holland ISBN: 0760308969 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 26 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Streamliners A History of Railroad Icon by Mike Schafer, Joe Welsh ISBN: 0760313717 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Classic Railroad Advertising: Riding the Rails Again by Tad Burness ISBN: 0873492749 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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