Thread says "cars", how about some train cars?
CRO - http://www.canadianrailwayobservations.com - CN Rail
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At the Spadina loco facility in downtown Toronto June 22nd, 1973. John Eull snapped this aerodynamic looking Turbo Train set resting between assignments.
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Blerf Blog: Glorious Failure
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The progenitor of all streamliners, "Pioneer Zephyr" now on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
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And since we all know the aft end is far more important, a caboose.
Blerf Blog: Glorious Failure
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Like a caboose on a freight train is like a period on the end of a sentence, the tail car defines the end of a streamliner.
Here is the crem-de-la-crem of tail cars.
This is Wick Moorman's ex-20th Century Obs car, Sandy Creek.
He once told me he collected models of passenger cars. Guess he's now modelling 12" to the foot!
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Back to cars/trucks..........................
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/463518986622540497/
Old Trailers Sport Aerodynamic Look - Article - TruckingInfo.com
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Labatt's Streamliners of the '30s and late '40s featured radically curved surfaces and Art Deco graphics, but they were built to promote beer sales, not to save fuel.
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George
Architect, Artist and Designer of Objects
2012 Infiniti G37X Coupe
1977 Porsche 911s Targa
1998 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up truck
1989 Scat II HP Hovercraft
You cannot sell aerodynamics in a can............
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