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Originally Posted by freebeard

Reference image? I've seen suggestion of a New York Central Art Deco locomotive.


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I think the Robov'n (Elon's pronunciation) is the hidden gem. Similar to the way the Falcon Heavy launch of the Europa Clipper was eclipsed by other events.

I will never look at the city bus's doors in the same way again.

Sighard Hoerner's 1951 'AERODYNAMIC DRAG' may be the sole source for an image, which I lost in the PHOTO BUCKET highjack for ransom scheme.
If you can find a photo of the Goodyear-Zeppellin Corporation's railroad train from pre-WW-II, and isolate the 'engine', and 'double-end' it, you'll have a sense of what Tietgens and Ripley did for WESTINGHOUSE.
In 1986, Dr. Wolf-Heinrich Hucho mentioned that Cd 0.07 was 'technically feasible' for ground vehicles, so T&R's railcar's Cd 0.08 is within bounds of 'reason.'
There is motion picture footage of streamline trains like the ' Yankee Clipper' online where you can directly see their fully-streamlined underbodies, and 'wheel integration', something probably not lost on T & R.
Living in a 'Faraday Cage' means I can barely get a phone signal. Which means I can't have home internet. Which means I can't use my home computer. Making it difficult to 'learn' and 'share.'