Every So Often,

I have seen a drawn picture of an Art Deco train,

although not a good reproduction from the titles, the latest time at the introduction of each Hercule Poirot episode in a boxed set, I did not know there actually was a real life streamlined train, 

except the Mallard, when just over 75 years ago, the Mallard set the world record, which remains unbroken, for the fastest ever steam locomotive when it hurtled down the East Coast Main Line at 126mph, until now,

behold the mighty Mercury, it was the name used by the New York Central Railroad for a family of daytime streamliner passenger trains operating between midwestern cities, the Mercury train sets were designed by the noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Art Deco design, it must have been a fantastic sight, especially as the exposed running gear were displayed illuminated at night by three 50-watt and two 15-watt lamps under the cowling on either side to illuminate the wheels and rods,

and then looking even more like the picture used in the Hercule Poirot introduction, 

the NYCS J-3a streamlined also by Henry Dreyfuss, what a fabulous age for steam this really was.