Art Deco's Impact on Railroads
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- The art-style known as "Art Deco" has proved to be a catalyst and icon of the 1920s and 1930s. Noted for its geometric patterns, streamlined appearance, and evoking a feeling of efficiency, luxury, modernism, and futurism. Everything from architecture, fashion, automobiles, and railroads were affected by art deco's vast popularity. Art Deco in the 1930s would lead to another style known as Art or Streamline Moderne resulting in some of the finest streamlined locomotives and trains in the world. While Art Deco has since fallen out of style, it's influence could be found in mid 20th century minimalist and modernist art and eventually the modern day world of streamlined high speed trains. In this video I'll be going over how Art Deco managed to influence the world's railways and their design choices ranging from advertising and promotional material, locomotives, rolling stock, and infrastructure.
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Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed! I’d like to make a correction though, the Mercury and Dreyfuss Hudsons were designed by Henry Dreyfuss, not Raymond Loewy, not sure what I was thinking at the time but I probably was getting too ahead of myself knowing I was gonna talk about him later in the script, sorry about this!
2024 UPDATE: Thank you for the continued support! I'm very happy to see this is one of my most popular videos! After 3 years of it being up, I still look back on it positively. However, I do recognize in retrospect the click sound effect being annoying and repetitive, and I could've displayed things in a more varied and visually interesting manner. I was still experimenting with my editing style and the sound mixing, but I've since improved on those issues with my current videos. Regardless, I appreciate all the constructive feedback, and I'm glad to see all the people who appreciate art deco out there.
love your vids
@The Model Trainer nope
Loved the video! I hope you do more in a similar fashion!
I really like that you include railways from all over the world! From an European perspective, I thought US railroads look so different than the rest, but you show how the trends are actually not so different at all.
Yw
Art Deco is a glimpse into a future we'll never see.
It'll circle back
I swear it looks like Batman the animated series
So that's where it came from
@@anarchomando7707 Batman TAS was deliberately designed in a style the creators called "Dark Deco" because the scenery backgrounds were drawn on black paper with an art deco style. This gave Gotham City a kind of "1930s at night time" look.
It's a perfect mix of modernism and classical architecture
The future isn't what it used to be.
Art Deco will always have a special place in my heart. Nothing like it since, it's so surreal!
It’s just bad a lot of it wasn’t preserved
@@adamtain7627
Does everything need to be deserved? -Gives more value to what was preserved.
but the art deco locomotives are ugly as heck EDIT my opinion has changed slghtly art deco locos are not ugly as heck however i still prefer un streamlined locomotives
@@IndustrialParrot2816 b r u h
Art Deco, accompanied with a touch of streamline moderne
I still think Art deco look far more modern than most of the designs you see today
This is an airtight fact, just, look at the dreyfuss hudson compared to something like the shinkansen of nowadays, acela, ice, etc...
@@ivangenov6782 shinkansen is just objectively better however
@@512TheWolf512 in technology yes, but is it better in looks?
@@ivangenov6782 that's subjective
@@512TheWolf512 i thought the whole conversation here was about looks?
When I visited Detroit back in 2019, it hurt to see such a majestic station like the Michigan Central Station in an abandoned state
Especially since it's perfectly located next to the Detroit-Windsor tunnel. With a customs facility, Michigan Central could link the US and Canada's passenger rail networks.
Ford Motor Company bought it and is restoring the building to it's former glory as part of their downtown campus, but the main floor will be open to the public! There's virtual tours online if you want to see how the original building looked!
Well hello there Avery
Can't have shit in Detroit...
Well if you need to see a fully preserved train station. Kansas City Union station has a large model train display as well artifacts like road numbers and railroad logos. It also has a in depth telling of its history from its construction in 1914 to its preservation.
I always loved Art Deco, and some days I wish it would return.
Me too, especially the clothes.
Ditto. I love the style, particularly architecture and furniture.
lemme just say i hate the locomtive with the art deco style it is so ugly
@@IndustrialParrot2816 i agree
Same, it seems to make a bit of a comeback in interior design
The Art Deco design is one of my favorites.
@Railfan 765 Yes! I have heard of the SS Normandie, beautiful ship!
Art Deco, very nice. - Egon
Too bad Art Deco died out. Nowadays they paint a couple of stripes on something and call it an innovative design...
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*SP Daylight wants to know your location*
The research you did for this content is impressive.
I wasn't even alive during this time but theres something about this style that just feels good
Yeah I agree
It does feel good. It reminds me of my grandparents home and the buildings downtown when I was young.
Because Art Deco has a timeless, nostalgic look and feel to it. I'd argue it's one of the best, if not THE best, blend of past, present, and future.
Art Deco, my favorite style of all. Elegant,masculine,asymmetrical,to the point but with style.
Oh my gosh! I literally stare at art deco trains all day long lol. My favorites are the Dryfuss Hudson, and the John Wilkes
but the art deco locomotives are ugly as heck
@@Bear-cp9yx but the art deco locomotives are ugly as heck
@@IndustrialParrot2816 okay, I get that, but what about Art Deco locomotives?
@@mutestingray they are ugly as heck the least ugly is probleby the J class
@@IndustrialParrot2816 No, they are not, they are quite beautiful
The Dreyfus Hudson is what immediately comes to mind with art deco for me. It's elegant and sleek while still projecting power. The 20th Century Limited pulled by one of these beauties is my favorite train historically.
I’ll never tire of Art Deco
but the art deco locomotives are ugly as heck
@@IndustrialParrot2816 except that they are not, they are nice looking
@@PersonManManManMan well then what do you think is ugly I will tell you what I think of it
@@IndustrialParrot2816 Nobody CARES what you like or dislike. But you seem to think that if you tell us you don’t like something, it will influence people. The other point is why do you feel the need to comment the same thing over and over?
Two of my favorite subjects combined, graphic art and trains.
looking at the art deco while 30's jazz plays in the background gets me a feeling that i'm new york, drinking a coffee while reading the news paper, in a office building while you see new york in the background.
Possibly the best railway video I have ever seen. Well thought through, superbly presented and truly covering the whole world equally which is a very, very rare perspective. Truly a gem. Be proud.
Art Deco is just too cool but it’s hard to actually describe in words. Like one friend said “you just know it when you see it”.
The amount of information, excellent enunciation, and video presentation make this video a world-class example of conveying information in an way that pulls in the viewer. It’s all informative with great content, but also it is very slickly produced. Well done!
Edit: you deserve more subscribers. I’ll add myself as one.
A bit of french prononciation training would lead to perfection 🤓
Very good video!
What I find appreciable is that if the theme is naturaly US focused as the author is a US citizen talking to mostly US fellow citizens, it isn't US centred and puts the whole world in perspective 👍
This is not so frequent in US productions.
Art Deco was a beautiful style and a glimpse into a future that never will be. It was aspirational. I'm sad that it never really stayed around more than a couple of decades.
This was the year when trains got futuristic and luxury, they even look futuristic and luxury even to this day.
I would love to see this era make a comeback
@@businessbuilding1 It happened once, back in 2012 amtrak took IRM's Nebraska zephyr out onto the mainline for excursions
while we americans embarrass ourselves letting the dumbest politicians and lobbyist screw us instead of make trains great to ride.....in europe and most of asia...they see the future in trains long before we will
@@desertrailroader2517 quite right
Love the Art Deco style, and really appreciate the work you did on the research. I had to pause the video every few seconds to spend more time looking at the images.
Art Deco fan who has no interest in trains (though I hold a strong respect for their massive part in industrialization in history) and this was phenomenally well made an fascinating to watch. Thank you!
This video is edited with perfect audio, images, and clips, and it’s filled with illustrations that had me saying “Wow!” or “Oh snap” every single slideshow segment.
Your editing and visual storytelling is fantastic! Excellent work, man!
outstanding work!!! as a practicing visual artist myself I really, really appreciate what you have accomplished here. zen billings in canada
I loved Art Deco, not just for its visual appeal, but for the strong nostalgia it brings.
To me the Cincinnati Union Station is the epitome of Art Deco especially with it's half dome massing. The interior arch is so precise you can stand at one end and whisper and someone standing at the other end will hear tou. It now houses a couple of museums and is wonderfully preserved. Nearby Carew Tower downtown is also one of the most outstanding Art Deco buildings I've ever seen. I wish trains would go back to at least streamline moderne, would love art deco even more. The Chicago Museum of Science and History has the Burlington Zephyr though.
I have been coachbuilding and repairing pre-war automobiles for 30 plus years. The deco styling has become extremely prevalent in my design and construction. I love this art form and still marvel at the pieces of functionable art I haven't seen. Thank you for this video.
I have to say that this is a very well presented documentary and that I appreciate the added swiping, page flipping, and slide projector click sounds!
It's really sad to see so many art-deco inspired stations no longer in use today. Great video as always.
Also, you watch enough anime, you should know your Japanese tones : P
Lol, Omaha has 2 right across from each other, and then Amtrak builds their station like 5 feet from one of them.
The Cincinnati Amtrak station is located in what was once THE MEN'S SMOKING ROOM adjacent to the men's room of the original station. I note from the depiction that there were at least 16 tracks coming through that Cincinnati station. A plaque on the wall recites a huge number of trains, like over 200, stopping in Cincinnati during the war years. Now there's one westbound Amtrak at like 1:00 AM, and an employee leads you a long distance from that Men's Lounge to the train.
This is an extremely well put together video. I always loved classic art deco and swing music. Keep up the good work!
I'd never thought, I'd watch a documentary about trains. But I love all expressions of jugendstil, art noveau, arte deco and its intriguing look of a vintage futurism. I knew none about this part in the history of train development.
Love that Deco! Those were the days! Thanks for putting this up! It would have been nice to freeze a little longer on those great posters. Let's take the '400' to Millwaukee!
Art deco is one of my favorite design styles. We need to go back!
What an incredibly detailed and captivating account of Art Deco! I didn’t know there were that many Art Deco locomotives. Kudos to the author!
Finally! Someone mentions The Cincinnati Union Station. The most beautiful art-deco station, in my opinion. Being inside the dome fills with me awe every time. It's a major shame how the service was cut from 216 trains daily during peak service, to one today, along with the demolition of the concourse.
I was pleasantly surprise to get a very international focused video, very well done and put together!
i absolutely love the generation of railroad that reflects art deco, for some reason the two just go together so well.
Love the fact you used Richmond VIC in 1912 in this
But 1910. Search UA-cam for Richmond 1910 to confirm and see more. Glad this early clip was made and survived.
I’ll never lose my love for Art Deco!!!! NYC’s 20th Century 1938 era in my opinion was the best. Thank you for your research.
7:06 ey look its the Java Night Express!
And also, it’s not India, it refers to how the Dutch named the colony, Dutch East Indies. Which is now the Republic of Indonesia
@@anindrapratama i never said its india
@@rafidhiyaulhaq1107 he's referring to the uploader
The caption on the screen says it's from india, which is false
@@TMthe33rd he's not the one who edit the poster though, since its says "Nederlands India" on the poster instead of "Dutch Indies" he confuse it as India instead of that well known big south east asia country
but the art deco locomotives are ugly as heck
Volume of that music startled the hell outta me!
I live about 20 minutes away from central terminal it really is beautiful even though the place is a wreck
I’m so glad you pictured our old train station in Buffalo! It needs all the love it can get! It’s my favorite place in the whole city, I had my senior photos taken there! They’re refurbishing it finally but they’re using it as a mall and not a station. Sadly, it looks like we’ll be stuck with our single platform under the highway on exchange street. The building is designed to resemble City Hall I believe, another famous art deco landmark in Buffalo.
Wow I learned so much about trains, art, AND history in this one video! Great work
I had an old calendar with a lot of the Art deco streamlined trains in it. I’m so glad my dad cut the pictures out and put them above my train layout
How about Art Deco impact on Thomas & Friends....STREAMLINING TRAINS
Although true and impressive beauty in design seems to have left the planet, Art Deco - with its simplicity, grace, connotations of strength and speed - will live on, hopefully, forever.
Thanks to your concise scripting and precision editing, information and imagery speed by like an Acela Express between Boston and New London, making efficient use of your viewers' time. I LOVE this video!! Thank you!!
I found this video exactly when I was suppose to. I’m in this weird period of my life where in I am refunding my love for train and art deco. Thank you very much for your lovely work on this video!
well researched, well presented, informative and high quality production. Thank you!!
My father grandfather or great-grandfather neighbors most of my relatives all worked and retired from the Pennsylvania Railroad until Conrail bought them out I've always loved trains and I was very impressed with your presentation very well-spoken very educated and so many Fantastic pictures Top Notch thank you !!!!
Excellent video Thanks! One of my favorites is Los Angeles Union Station. It's kind of a blend of Southwest Art and Art Deco. Been through there several times :)
The cuddly bulldogs from the M-10003 to the M-10006 locos are my favorite!! ❤️
Yes! I have always loved art deco! Thanks Amtrakguy!
I'm a big fan of trains and Art-Deco! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion.
This is when streamlining was born
indeed
Obviously.
No u are, that is just fanciness of trains their, those were not modern, that's way 1905 they started making streamlines and art deco to make it more modern and attractive.
FANTASTIC Video. Incredibly well researched and with great footage and art. I'm a huge art deco fan and nothing is as iconic in art deco as some of those old train designs. Very cool, thanks for putting this together! 🚂
Some other streamliners were the VICTORIAN RAILWAYS SPIRIT OF PROGRESS s class locos, SAR centenary limited 620 and 520 class and the first NSWGR c38 class.
Though all of those Locos were American in design, the VR S class in its streamlined form was designed off the Commodore Vanderbilt, the 520 was styled off the PRR’s T1 and the first 38’s were in the style of the New Haven I5
@@nickrowe7451 the nzr Ka streamlining looked like it was based of an old radio (poster @12:24). It was there to hide the mass of plumbing, but I wonder if at any stage of the design they actually thought it was stylish.
Huge fan of the Art Deco style, the Milwaukee Road streamlined Class A 4-4-2's, Class F7 4-6-4's plus a few others....
Excellent video....👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Damn, after midnight in EST? Such great content and I can't even watch it right away :c
As an artist who loves vintage posters/postcards, Art Deco was always the most fascinating style to look at. It's actually what sparked my interest for trains. The composition and colours are what got me 😂
I would love to ride the early diesel streamliners. Sit at the lounge, enjoying the views and a nice drink. Who’s with me?
me and you didnt see the nebraska zephyr do an all day run in 2012 on its home railroad after sitting at the largest museum until it could actuall serve meals and have operational bathrooms....i wish i could have rode that. luckily i took the short ride years before....that E5 can still go fast
I was fortunate to acquire a collection of original art work by Raymond Lowey focusing on his work for the Pennsylvania RR .Mr. Lowey designed so many things over the decades. From the Lucky Strike cigarette pack to Air Force One .
Although the concentration here and in the comments is on the locomotive styling, the traveling public were perhaps more impressed by the train carriage interiors and comfort.
Yep, that's where the public's living of the transportation experience was happening.
Superb showcase for rail history! Thank you .
9:52
*talks about interurbans and streetcars being streamlined*
1:54
*shows a North Shore Line Poster*
*is uploaded on the last full day of service*
does not mention the Electroliner's
Especially odd considering yesterday was the last day of operation of the North Shore line in 63
@@amtraklover I was going to say that, but it was today technically.
The first US Electric Streamliner!
An enigmatic and beautiful art style. So modern yet so... royal.
Stellar video! Huge props for great examples from around the world, a really thorough showcase of railroad design history.
An absolutely brilliant video, thanks for creating and posting. Regards from the UK.
Great video compilation and commentary thank you. Although the locos were designed along Art Deco lines I have the impression that rolling stock wasn’t. Am I right? Interior shots of dining saloons, the cutlery and glassware, even staff uniforms would be nice to see if in some sense designed around the Art Deco style - but maybe they weren’t? Thanks.
Outstanding video! I would have loved more content on the GG1 (the quintessential art deco locomotive, in my book), but given the depth and breadth of everything you’ve covered, it’s very hard to complain. Exceptional work.
Great video
I think when it came to art deco streamlining of steam locomotives it was Sir Nigel Gresleys A4 Pacific that was the best .
Six survive, he most famous being Mallard that holds the record for steam traction of 126mph.
Two went to the US and Canada
Dwight D Eisenhower is preserved in the US and Dominion of Canada is in Canada
There’s something I love about art deco
It’s like looking into the past to see a future that never came true
My favorite streamliner is the Santa Fe’s Blue Goose
Yes! Mine too! I have an HO model of that locomotive-as well as a framed photograph-given to me by my grandfather. He had worked on the Blue Goose (or Blue Bird, as he called it) as an apprentice mechanic in Fort Madison, IA. He said they handled the parts of that locomotive with kid gloves and that it always left the shops in “hi-gloss”.
Michael Gulick
😨😱What!?!? Your grandfather actually worked on that engine!?!? Cool! It’s just a shame he couldn’t do anything to preserve it
But hey at least her sisters (3450 and 3463) survive
@amtrakproductions-mx9ib
😒big whoop
@@michaelgulick5825 AmtrakGuy365 forgot to mention about the atchison,topeka and santa fe blue goose hudson #3460 that was also built in 1937 and was at the 1938 chicago exposition for the railroads and art deco because even streamlined 3460 class santa fe blue goose hudson #3460 was also a part of the railroad deco in the 1930's i think and here is something else more and in addition to that streamlined santa fe blue goose steam locomotive should have been part of art deco I think about the santa fe blue goose lionel should model that AT&SF steam locomotive i must say that will be one of the many locomotives especially steam locomotives for lionel electric and model trains to model in three rail O scale with legacy style steam railsounds and many other legacy steam features that can be mentioned in lionel trains catalogs over the years ever since lionel trains first started using legacy railsounds in O scale locomotives in late 2006 and into 2007 and what so ever about that.
I absolutely love the "Shovelnose" style. The Zephyr, Hiawatha, Electroliner are among my favorites.
AG365 back at it again with another banger
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Excellent compilation of both graphics and rolling stock. Glad to see you caught that Dreyfus error.
Excellent vid. Long live Henry Dreyfus and Raymond Loewy !
Thank you for a surprisingly comprehensive and non-USA-based survey of deco style. The end of the film reminds one of the quote "nothing dates as quickly as the visions of future past".
The subject is of great interest and fascination, the video is full of rare and beautiful images, yet many of them - especially the posters - cannot be fully enjoyed because of the too fast timing.
Research Tartaria
@@jillsmcfarland2001 I'll try, thank you.
Very informative. The coiner of the term Art Deco is still alive ! You even mentioned a Queensland carriage.Thanks for the time-consuming research. Would not read all this in any book. Long live you and UA-cam. Thanks.
Pyongyang has the best stations
simple fact
We love you, Supreme Leader!
You are doing a GREAT job at ruling the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, great leader!
How’s Trump doing after yknow... the other day.
Dennis Rodman thinks you're a whiny midget.
I reaally love those Art Deco posters ... there's amazing strength and dynamism in such simple geometric shapes & gradients...
3:41 - Huzzah, Utah makes an appearance, and it's a pretty nice poster.
As a fan of both subjects, I loved the video. My hometown as many examples of Art Deco today. Tulsa was the oil capital of the world during the Art Deco period, and many of the structures built in that time, reflect that style. Our union station still stands, and is a great example of the Art Deco design. The Katy railroad bridge over fourth street, is of Art Deco design, and is still used by the Union Pacific.
Cool
Loved the Vid.
RE the Corrections below:
"The Flying Hamburger" (Das Fliegende Hamburger) was it's Official Name, named for the City of Hamburg. It was not an "Affectionate Appellation"; it has nothing to do with a Ground Beef Sandwich :-)
Der fliegende Hamburger 😉 (not "Das")
Such a cool train!
Greetz and Love from Hamburg 👍🏻
Now that you've talked about the Hudson a bit, DO ENGINES OF NYC!!
Literally just did a product design project based around Art Deco. It’s an awesome are style that has a very defined look and feel. Awesome video
No mention of the Reading Crusader, always been my favorite streamliner
There was a clip of it towards the end, at 16:35.
16:22 Wow! Those posters by Michael Schwab look fantastic! I'm glad somebody in the present day understands and embraces that style of old-timey art!
Like you said, you're absolutely right that they look like something right out of the mid-20th century. :)
It's almost 1:30am but this didn't even hit the watch later playlist 😤
3:58 is a missed opportunity to say "Didn't take off"
XD
It's still a pun the way he said it tho
I love those streamlined, art deco steam locomotives. The one that really caught my eye is what appears to be an F7 Hudson 4-6-4 Hiawatha (100 series) art deco steam locomotive at 09:48. It was a beauty! 😍
Why am I suddenly thinking of a Belgian Detective with a Meticulous Mustache
I built the C&O M-1 turbine in stormworks build and rescue. its a pretty cool locomotive.
When you watch a mini-documentary about trains by one of your favorite Content Creators. But then you see at 0:33 footage of The Old Board Gauge Richmond Station, located in the State Capital of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Victoria is best state. 🤣🤣
@@stef.b.m.lk1902 Vic Boi's Best Squad.
Brillant to put side-by-side train and poster design from many countries.
*when the USA goes into the big sad (the Great Depression)* railroads: ight ima get some f a s t locomotives.
Edit: thanks for 50 likes guys
Nother edit: holy crap this is my most liked comment
Fuck you, this is good
@@Xxx_Haliaetus_420_xxX no need to be a dick...