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Keyword: Travel
Producer: Thomas Ott
Production: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

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Streamliners
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The Zephyr was unlike any train seen before. Known as a "streamliner" for its long, sleek look, and powered by a revolutionary compact diesel engine, it would cover 1,015 miles in a record 15 hours. By the 1940s, fleets of streamliners crisscrossed the country making the US passenger rail system the envy of the world.

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