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Show UNION PACIFIC NEW SPEED TRAIN COMPLETED i .... - I ' ' ' - ; ' i . ' : - . , ,.jr'j ' . ' r 5 ' f ' " ' i? - .. 4 'v.' ., . : ... V--"". ' ; i" vi-ur ;K : f i 'il 'f 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' xv - - ' I e 0I tiie vaultei ceiling K ''? j "''s ' I , - r" " " 1 ' " 1 and shading down through darlt- H" 'i $$i',i ' 'i' ' I er blue shades to a dark blue be- '' ' '' 't' '1 1 h t(,V' " ''''' ' ' neath the wmdow sills. The vari- !' ',(,! ; ' ' 't ''' ' ' , v ' VS i? , -I ous shades of blue are separated ; "t'Wfj f.S' . t 0 ",' 1 j by an aluminum panel effect. Th "j J i ' ' f ,K ' , ' ' . x - 'r 's ti 1 seats are trimmed with aluminum ' -v v - ' f ' a I and covered with a golden brown ',' ' C l.,.Mrf.;,LMM,,MJ taPestry- On the floor is r. har- " v :, . -vi., A ' '''X'..''---4 moniously colored carpet aisla 'ftJv.-l ''' 1 engine runs a directly connected stllp- Curtain rollers on tba , rr .....,...;.;,,.,.;, : . .. j generator producing electricity for bUnd3 of VeneUan design an irtF:i : the two traction motor mounted completely concealed. There ar ; f :t : 1 on the axles of the front truck. seats 101 n passengers in tba . :,V :'v j Threo controlsone for the twcoaches' toe ."cond hvto 'i : -'(i , kuuuuio-vu. iui mo j the rear a unique buffet for , . ) englne 8 Peed. one for themotors preparsition f light meals serv- 'V'V-., SSkrire Se air L";--"" - J ? t lmUa. Before him a large there ta no dst nor dirt at the top of the vaulted ceiling and shading down through darker dark-er blue shades to a dark blue beneath be-neath the window sills. The various vari-ous shades of blue are separated by an aluminum panel effect. Th seats are trimmed with aluminum and covered with a golden brown tapestry. On the floor is a harmoniously har-moniously colored carpet aisla strip. Curtain rollers on tba blinds of Venetian design ara completely concealed. There ara seats for 116 passengers in tba two coaches, the second having at the rear a unique buffet fox preparation of light meals, service serv-ice of which is at each seat. The train is completely air-conditioned. air-conditioned. The air is filtered; there is no dust nor dirt. Tha passenger has an even, comfortable comfor-table temperature. The windows are of shatter-proof glass. The doors are automatic in their coordination co-ordination with the folding steps and In closed position are a pait of the streamlining. Engineers who have previewed the train declare that it has the most advanced safety features for rail transportation ever built. Many of these are automatic in their operation and all -re de- I engine runa a directly connected I generator producing electricity for i the two traction motoni mounted on the axles of the front truck. Three controls one for the engine's speed, one for the motors governing the train speed, and one for the braking system are all that the motorman, or engineer, has to handle. Before him a large Instrument board shows, at every instant, all the facts about the train's power plant, Its speed and its brakes. There are air, water, oil, fuel, electric and speed gauges on this Instrument board. And a series of little red and green electric lights the signal system with the train crew and the connections con-nections with the block signal system of the railroad. Scientific streamlining determined deter-mined the contour of the train, the desien hpinff Ellb on nrUl illn AN ENGINE THAT BREATHES. The nos of tha high-speed, !i?ht-wclght, streamlined Union Pacific train has a pair of nostrils, covered on the outside with a grille work, similar to tha usual automobile, auto-mobile, with an internal shutter arrangement for the control of air How produced by huge steel fans. The grille work Is streamlined into in-to the general design of the train. The air intakes and their apparatus :ict to cool the radiators of the 600-horse power, 12-cylinder engine. These radiators are slung under the roof of the engine room which is immediately behind the train cab shown In the top foreground. Air for the ventilation system is also taken in at the front of the train tnd then passed through the filtration process and into the air conditioning con-ditioning apparatus which is installed throughout the passenger cars. Chicago, Feb. 12, (SpD "To-n.oirow's "To-n.oirow's Train Today" has arrived! ar-rived! The Union Pacific's highspeed, high-speed, streamlined, light-weight passenger train made its first public appearance today in the yards of the Pullman Car & Manufacturing Man-ufacturing Corporation, its builder. build-er. The executives of the Union Pacific, the Pullman Company, the Winton Engine Corporation, sub-tidiary sub-tidiary of General Motors, and the Aluminum Company of America, Attended a preview of the new train given for the press. Resembling, more than anything else, a huge airplane fusel. ige on Ahecls. the new train has all the ?listenins polish of a hih priced automobile. The roof and bottom of the cars are painted a golden brown, the sides a canary yeJl..v,y Aside from the startling contour and their low-swung hugging c" the rails, the most vivid impression is that of tremendous power and strength. From his cab at the very top of the rounded nose cf the train, the engineer has a view of the entire terrain before and on either side of him. Behind him the tubular, aluminum -alloy construction con-struction that forms the car bodies, ends in a graceful, almost fin-like tail. One hundred and ten miles an hour 90 miles an hour as a cruising speed can be produced by the 600 horse power, V-type engine. It looks like a monster automobile engine, but it burns distillate instead of gasoline. The through the air with the least ! possible resistance and cause a minimum of air disturbance behind. be-hind. There is not a break in the gleaming lines of this train sealed seal-ed windows are flush with the outer surface, doors close like those of an airpla.ne vestibules completely covered trucks entirely entire-ly shrouded only a few inches of the wheels showing where they meet the rails. The interior of the cars are just as different from the conventional convention-al train as is the exterior. There is a distinct impression of unusual un-usual roominess, of decided difference differ-ence In the general atmosphere, of simple but striking design. Blue is the motif of the decoration, starting with a nearly white color signed to avoid any possibla man-failure. In its completed form the new train represents a combination of the scientific development of aeronautical, automotive and railroad design. Each of the basic component parts represents elements which have been successfully suc-cessfully tested in one or another of these fields1. But only in the fact that it operates on wheels and rails, that its operations have all, and more, of the safety features of usual rail travel, that its internal arrangements ar-rangements combine more developed devel-oped features than the conventional conven-tional trains only in these particulars par-ticulars does; it resemble the passenger train with which the American public is familiar. The above train arrived in Utah Tuesday and was at Salt Lake City all day yesterday where thou sands viewed it |