About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1200
  • TitleModel of first a-locomotive
  • SummaryCaption: "Model of first a-locomotive--Dr. Lyle Borst, left, nuclear physicist of the University of Utah, shows Lloyd Denslow, chief engineer of the Bay Ridge Society of Model Engineers, where the atomic reactor will be in the world's first atomic-powered locomotive. Dr. Borst, who designed the first atomic locomotive, tested his scale model last night on the tracks of the Bay Ridge model layout at 6816 4th Ave., reputed to be third largest in the country."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 22 (?), 1954; date inscribed: 4/23/54; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBay Ridge Society of Model Engineers ; Railroads -- Models
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge Society of Model Engineers