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Title	Train of Tomorrow
Creator	Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984
Date	1947
Decade	1940-1949
Part Of	Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection
Series	Series 6: Negatives and Color Transparencies Negative series: 3068
Place	Lake Orion, Michigan
Description	This experimental streamline passenger train was powered by a standard Electro-Motive Division 2,000 horsepower 'E-Series' diesel locomotive with two 12 cylinder, two cycle v-type diesel engines. The model was an E-7 built from 1945 to 1949. A total of 428 E-7s were built by Electro-Motive Division. For 2.5 years this famous blue and silver train toured the United States and Canada capturing the public's imagination as well as making important contributions to the railroad industry. Source: General Motors Media Archives.
Related Resources	MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855416 Finding aid: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00166/smu-00166.html
Keywords	railroads; railways; locomotives; trains; General Motors; railroad crossings; children; men; women; rural areas; bicycles; Kodachrome
Physical Description	1 transparency: film, color; 12.2 x 10 cm
Form/Genre	Dye coupler transparencies Film transparencies Transparencies
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2010
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: 2400 ppi
Digitization Process	Digitization process: scanned as 2400 ppi, 16-bits per channel, .tif file; optimized and color corrected; derivative resized at 3000 pixels wide and resaved as 8-bits per channel, .jpg.
Physical Location	Cabinet 9, Color negatives, E series, Drawer 2
Call Number	Ag1982.0234
Upload File Name	ag1982_0234_3068_K_2_train_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag1982_0234_3068_K_2_train.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag1982-0234
Digital Collection	Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	This image is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without the written permission of Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries. This image may be used for educational purposes, provided it is not altered in any way, and Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library is cited. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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