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A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance. The term is applied to high-speed railway trainsets of the 1930s to 1950s, and to their successor " bullet trains ".
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1947 Pontiac Streamliner Station Wagon. The Pontiac Streamliner is a full-sized car that was produced by Pontiac from the 1942 to the 1951 model years. [1] [2] Streamliners used the larger B-body and, except for the station wagons, used fastback styling. [1] The 1941 Super Streamliner models with folding center armrest were known as Chieftains ...
The Flying Yankee is a diesel-electric streamliner built in 1935 for the Boston and Maine Railroad by Budd Company and with mechanical and electrical equipment from Electro-Motive Corporation. It was the third streamliner train in North America. [1] That train ceased passenger service in 1957 and is stored at the Conway Scenic Railroad in New ...
[2] [6] The streamliner shell is a monocoque constructed from carbon fiber/kevlar. The motorcycle was designed and built by Matt Markstaller, an engineer who designed and built a wind tunnel for tractor-trailers in Portland, Oregon. [6] [7] It was ridden by Jason DiSalvo, followed by Guy Martin. [8] [6]
The Lambky Liner is a motorcycle land-speed record streamliner designed by Navy veteran and Vincent motorcycle restorer Max Lambky from Kansas, United States. [3] It reached a top recorded speed of 250 mph (400 km/h) at the 2007 International Motorcycle Speed Trials, [1] and an estimated 275 mph (443 km/h) in second gear before a supercharger spindle broke and spoiled a run in 2008.