[AT] Raymond Loewy and Cockshutt

[Mark Johnson]

Raymond Loewy is also responsible for the exterior and interior design 
of the post-WW2 passenger trains of the Monon Railroad. The Monon, a 
uniquely Hoosier railroad, ran through my grandparents' farm near 
Leipsic - that line is, sadly, now abandoned, but when I was a 
youngster, hosted 6 to 12 heavy freight trains every day.

Tractor/farming connection: On at least two occasions, the Monon was a 
factor in grass fires on the family farm...once when a locomotive 
sparked a fire, and another time when *we* started a fire in wheat 
stubble with a bad muffler on our grain truck...but couldn't get the 
tractor and disk to the fire because it was on the other side of the 
railroad and a train happened along at just the wrong time. IIRC, each 
of those fires burned at least 20 acres, although in both cases there 
was no 'economic' damage - the fire set by the train burned off a field 
that we were going to plow within a few weeks anyway.

 From our historical society's website, https://monon.org, here is an 
artist's view of the Loewy-designed livery for Monon passenger trains:

Mark J
Columbia MO
Enthusiastic fan of things that make smoke, noise, and get the job 
done...tractors, trains, and rockets in particular!


On 3/27/2019 5:44 AM, Dean Vinson wrote:
> Interesting stuff.  Raymond Loewy and Henry Dreyfuss between them sure
> influenced a lot of products (not just farm tractors) that became part of
> everyday life.
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> Dean Vinson
> Saint Paris, Ohio
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> In the late fifties Loewy changed to a square nosed design.
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> https://www.farmcollector.com/field-notes/cockshutt-tractors-zmnz17marzhur
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