File:Railway and locomotive engineering - a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock (1908) (14781255103).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,100 × 1,506 pixels, file size: 418 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: railwaylocomotiv21newy (find matches)
Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors:
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ty St., N.Y. K^> \pcomot\ve Iflfllliil I1I3 Copyright by Angus Sinclair Co.—1908 A Practical Journal of Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Appliances Vol. XXI. 114 Liberty Street, New York, November, 1908 No. II Luxurious Travel on Erie.By Angus Sinclair.A few weeks ago I was called to Chi-cago to one of those events where rail-road men constitute the speakers and theaudience, the kind of meeting that anobserver can see and hear many things Erie in the succeeding three weeks gaveme the impression that all the throughpassenger trains on that road are vesti-buled, but that does not detract from thecomfort of the Vestibuled Limited. Everything else being equal I prefer theErie to any other route, probably bci.ni e of the Vestibuled Limited is, that thetrain is one of the most luxurious meansof transportation to be found in this orany other country. The dictionary hasbeen ransacked for words to describe theluxurious character of this train, butwords fail to do justice to the condition .
Text Appearing After Image:
THE FAMOUS VESTIBULED LIMITED ON THE ERIE RAILROAD.(Photographed by Mr. F. W. Blauich. New York.) that the ordinary stay-at-home personlikes to read about. In considering themeans of transportation I decided to taketrain No. 3 of the Erie, known as theVestibuled Limited—illustrated in the ac-companying engraving. My experiencewith quite a number of trains on the it was the first railroad that carried meto the hopeful West and led me towardsthe spot where my labors entitled me toconsider myself one of the countrys pro-ducers and an humble member of theAmerican railroad fraternity. A well-founded boast of the promoters these must be enjoyed to be thoroughlyappreciated. The most comfortable hotelto be found is what this train aspires toand meets in every particular. My recent trip on this train naturallysent my mind back to the conditions oftravel that prevailed when I made my 44 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING November, 1008. first journey over the road, some thirty-cars ago; it al

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14781255103/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Volume
InfoField
1908
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:railwaylocomotiv21newy
  • bookyear:1901
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • booksubject:Locomotives
  • bookpublisher:New_York___A__Sinclair_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:474
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
27 July 2014


Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14781255103. It was reviewed on 4 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

4 October 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:31, 4 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 22:31, 4 October 20152,100 × 1,506 (418 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': railwaylocomotiv21newy ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Frailwaylocomotiv21newy%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Railway_and_locomotive_engineering_-_a_practical_journal_of_railway_motive_power_and_rolling_stock_(1908)_(14781255103).jpg&oldid=875447658"