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| Title | Aerotrain at Union Station, Seattle, 1956 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1956 |
| Caption | The Aerotrain was General Motors' answer to lure passengers out of their cars and back onto the rails in 1956. Though highly stylish, design features such as extremely lightweight, short wheelbase, single-axle trucks and bus-tuned air suspension caused a very uncomfortable ride at the designed top speed of 100 miles per hour. Even with two prototype Aerotrains touring the country, railways were not interested and the trains retired from service in 1966. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: RAILROADS, General, Aerotrain in Seattle.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 14, 1956. |
| Subjects | Railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad stations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Union Station (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.6587.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
