November 5th Raymond Loewy 120th Birthday Father of the GG1 and other great Locomotives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Loewy
Steve
I think this may be Loewy's last locomotive design, years after his death:
It's his design for Air Force 1, applied to a Union Pacfic locomotive to honor George H. W. Bush (the 41st president).
Bob Nelson
DJSpanky Great picture on Google's search page today:
Great picture on Google's search page today:
Somewhere in the great beyond Capitaine Loewy is looking at that and thinking "How can I improve it?"
As his book title said, "Never Leave Well Enough Alone".
Happy Birthday mon Capitaine!
I'd have to say, I've seen many doodles, but this is my all time favorite. Could have had smoke, though. But we can't have everything, and they did an impressive job of fitting the word "Google" into a picture of a streamlined steam engine.
Well ol' Ray was smilin' on me! My birthday was yesterday and I got a shiny new Williams GG-1!
Becky
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Of course the Maestro was smiling on you! Once an officer and a gentleman ALWAYS an officer and a gentleman!
Happy Birthday Becky!
Happy Birthday Becky, may you have many more.
George
Hi everyone - it's me again
Ooops , that picture of that .. atomic someth'n ..:
I'm ..
.. uhm..
.. ahm ..
.. well ..
.. stunned ( not sure if that describes it , though )
Guess , you have to be a BigBike freak to know what's what on this ..
.. uhm ..
.. thing .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbATaj7Il8
" .. looking for adventure
in whatever comes our way .. "
yes , that seems more like it
.. or ..
is it rather remotely related to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEHsIcsjtdI
..? ( especially the recital about the end at the end of the song )
Well , if that's so then that's the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUIQgEVDM4
( there's also a version by Velvet Underground & Nico ,
I'll leave it to you to decide which one is more morbid - they don't really give or take too much )
Regards
Juniatha
That could be Raymond Loewy on Steroids....! Loved almost all he did.
{Referring to the photo by Spanky, of course}.....
Quentin
Hi Juniatha!
Well, I see you're back and found your way over here to the "Classic Toy Trains" Forum! You should stick around for awhile and do some exploring, it's FUN over here! Lots of things to see, but be careful! YOU might catch the "Toy Train Disease" which is a life-long affliction for which there is no cure.
Look at me, here I am watching the Lionels and others circling the Christmas tree and laughing like a fiend while I do it. But then, I'm easily amused anyway. New Years Eve I may just set my MTH Class J up on the deck with the volume turned up to the max and at midnight, look out! People will think the "Powhatan Arrow's" coming through the neighborhood.
Wayne
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