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
 

4 comments:

rats said...

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

A. Uh ... All of them?

Mister G said...

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

JP said...

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.

Mister G said...

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