Obtaining the funds to restore N&W 611 to operating condition may be possible. It will be interesting to see if there are enough funds to cover ongoing operating and maintenance expenses.
On Art Deco and Art Moderne read
http://antiques.about.com/od/resourcesforbeginners/a/Defining-Art-Deco-Style012213.htm
to see where it's posted - however this does not really relate to industrial design of big objects .
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Juniatha On Art Deco and Art Moderne read http://antiques.about.com/od/resourcesforbeginners/a/Defining-Art-Deco-Style012213.htm to see where it's posted - however this does not really relate to industrial design of big objects . = J =
From Juniatha's linked site:
FTA:"...The term Art Deco wasn’t actually coined until the 1960s, so the term Moderne was used when this French style was derived in the years leading up to the 1920s. But there is a style of furniture made in America primarily during the 1930s and ‘40s we know as Art Moderne, so yes, there is a difference although the terms can be a bit confusing until you know what to look for to distinguish them.
Art Moderne, sometimes called American Moderne, tends to be bigger and bolder in comparison to Deco pieces although they were definitely an extension of that movement in design. If they could move, they’d be deemed aerodynamic with teardrop and torpedo shapes being very popular at the time,,,":
I have no wish to split hairs as to definitions,,,I'll let the other who fave more expertise than I make those haircuts.
The era of modern designs for equipment and other goods is both and fascinating for me.
link to a piece on the PRR S-1
@ http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/sunday-streamline-14-the-big
[A paper in college made me familiar with the work of Raymond Loewy. HIs website used to contain a very colorful description from him of the passage of th S-1 at an intermediate station between Chicago and it Crstline, Ohio home terminal. ]
I had experienced similar feelings when I was able to see the 4501 in operating between Memphis and Corinth, Ms. I was working in Birmingham when the 611 was undergoing some testing after her rebuild and when she was on "The Grade" on the 'W" Line in North Carolina.
Can't wait to see the 611 back pulling her train, as she was intended to do on the NS.
In my mind it really doesn't matter just when the term "Art Deco" was coined. What they called it in the 20's or 30's is kind of immatierial now. As long as everyone's on the same page when we use the term "Art Deco" that's all that matters.
A bit of a corollary: If you walked into a general store in the mid-19th Century and asked for a can of black powder the shopkeeper would have given you a blank stare. If you asked for gunpowder he would have known just what you needed. It didn't begin to be called black powder until smokeless powders were invented in the 1880's. So black powder is what modern day shooters call the old potassium nitrate-sulfer-charcoal stuff. See where I'm going?
So if we keep it simple and call a Pennsy S1 an Art Deco masterpiece that's good enough, in my mind anyway.
And oh yeah, I want to see that other Art Deco masterpiece 611 on the mainline again!
Firelock76 In my mind it really doesn't matter just when the term "Art Deco" was coined. What they called it in the 20's or 30's is kind of immatierial now. As long as everyone's on the same page when we use the term "Art Deco" that's all that matters. A bit of a corollary: If you walked into a general store in the mid-19th Century and asked for a can of black powder the shopkeeper would have given you a blank stare. If you asked for gunpowder he would have known just what you needed. It didn't begin to be called black powder until smokeless powders were invented in the 1880's. So black powder is what modern day shooters call the old potassium nitrate-sulfer-charcoal stuff. See where I'm going? So if we keep it simple and call a Pennsy S1 an Art Deco masterpiece that's good enough, in my mind anyway. And oh yeah, I want to see that other Art Deco masterpiece 611 on the mainline again!
Agree, I don't care if its Art Deco, Art Carney, or Art Linkletter...lets get'er done!
The 'stand her up' website has not been updated in quite some time. If the news were rather promising, you'd think it would be emblazoned all over the front page so that others would feel the urge to donate as well to keep momentum.
sometimes good things happen very quitly but with a very good senario?
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