Well this is a pleasant surprise. I actually just wrote long essay on this very topic titled "The Locomotive as a Metaphor for Modernity." Although, I focused more on it as a vehicle for ideology, and how various early-20th century groups fought for the 'soul of modernity' through the locomotive metaphor. Included lots of photos in the piece as well.
Tech's First War on Time and Space
Well this is a pleasant surprise. I actually just wrote long essay on this very topic titled "The Locomotive as a Metaphor for Modernity." Although, I focused more on it as a vehicle for ideology, and how various early-20th century groups fought for the 'soul of modernity' through the locomotive metaphor. Included lots of photos in the piece as well.
I think you'd like it: https://novum.substack.com/p/how-locomotive-became-metaphor-modernity
Anyway, glad to have stumbled on this substack and you just earned yourself a reader!