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Bookmark or Share- Streamline Moderne - WikipediaStreamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements.
- The Trains Behind: Trains of the Art Deco era - RAILTARGETArt Deco is proven again and again to be a timeless and eye-pleasing style significantly represented in recently released movies such as The Great Gatsby, Murder on the orient express, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Here are some honorable mentions of the best-known art deco rail designers.
- The " Mercury ": NYC's First Streamlined Train (1936) - American-Rails.comThe New York Central made its splash into the streamliner craze shortly after the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's (Burlington) Pioneer Zephyr and Union Pacific's M-10000 dazzled onlookers in early 1934. Dubbed the Mercury, this eye-catching train was not exactly a new concept.
- Step Inside an All-New Art Deco Orient Express TrainThe iconic train has been reimagined by French architect Maxime d’Angeac into a 1920s-inspired design with all the touches of modern convenience.
- Streamliners: the Most Beautiful Trains Ever DesignedNew York Central Railroad first introduced the streamline passenger train, the Mercury, in 1936. Designed by industrial designer, Henry Dreyfuss, the trains were produced in an Art Deco style and are considered by some to be the most beautiful ever made. Dreyfuss, born in 1904 in Brooklyn, New York and educated at the Ethical Culture Society ...
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