Poster of Cast and Crew in American Experience - Streamliners: America's Last Trains (Season 13 - Episode 5) - Streamliners: America's Last Trains

American Experience - Season 13 - Streamliners: America's Last Trains (Episode 5)

Plot: Recalling the stainless steel trains that crisscrossed the country in high style (and at speeds of greater than 100 mph) during the 1930s and '40s. The streamliners -- most notably the Union Pacific's "Little Zip" and the Burlington Railroad's Zephyr -- increased railroad ridership (and profits) dramatically, led to a sleek-is-chic design revolution and even offered a measure of psychological uplift during the Depression
Episode Aired On:
Monday, February 5 2001
24 years ago
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