Despite the public's evident delight with streamliners, the railroads' spectacular ... and to increased American reliance on the automobile. For the first time, air travel boasts more passengers ...

Ironically, in seeking distinction, manufacturers hired designers who were increasingly following the same design, the apparent mandate of the American people: streamlining. Streamlining is based ...

American Car & Foundry was formed in 1899 ... The North Shore’s Electroliners of 1941 and Illinois Terminal’s streamliners of 1948 fall on the borderline between traction and “steam ...