Friday, January 27, 2023

Trans Europ Express 1964


The CC40100 was the first locomotive to be able to run on the different currents of different countries, allowing a straight run with the same locomotive.  Poster by Albert Brenet
 

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4 comments:

  1. ratsJanuary 27, 2023 at 11:05 PM

    Q. Name the c. 1958 American sedan whose styling treatment that train designer swiped.

    A. Uh ... All of them?

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  2. Mister GJanuary 28, 2023 at 9:27 AM

    Yes and 5 years too late :-)But why the backward slope windshield?

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  3. JPJanuary 28, 2023 at 9:58 AM

    Would have said Edsel, but turns out he did have some ideas of his own,
    and a name to go with it: "Nez Cassé" (Broken Nose).


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Cass%C3%A9

    You can google some of his one-off wacky cars too, seems he was a genuinely
    creative guy.

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  4. Mister GJanuary 31, 2023 at 11:04 AM

    Thanks for the link, an Industrial Designer I had not heard of, yes wacky cars. Paul Arzens.

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