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The Comet was a diesel-electric streamliner built in 1935 for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company. [1] Smaller than the other streamliners, it was a three-car, double-ended train that could operate in both directions and thus did not need to be turned at destinations—ideal for the New Haven's cramped terminus at South Station in Boston.
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From the 1930s through the 1950s, many trains in the United States and Canada were upgraded with streamliner cars. One of the most notable trains equipped with such cars was the California Zephyr, jointly operated by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) and Western Pacific Railroad (WP).
On July 26, 1941, a second set of equipment entered service allowing departures ten times per month each way. The added service replaced the short-lived steam powered Pullman-built mostly heavyweight (steel) streamline Forty-Niner that had operated an almost ten-hour slower 49-hour run five times a month between Chicago and San Francisco from ...
The New Departure refers to the political platform adopted after 1865 by the US Democratic Party, and the subsequently deployed strategy, in order to distance itself from its pro-slavery and Copperhead history, in an effort to broaden its political base and to focus on issues on which it had more of an advantage, especially economic ones.
American Express is moving Departures and Centurion magazines to a digital-first platform and ending its publishing deal with Meredith Corp., resulting in layoffs. The company, which publishes the ...
These cozy breakfast recipes, like sweet potato toast and oatmeal, take under 20 minutes to prepare for a warm and nourishing meal to start your day.
Beyond the cost of the new labor deal, the work stoppage was the most costly American strike of the 21st century, costing the company, its workers and its suppliers more than $11.5 billion ...