The Zephyrs of the early 1930's were some of the most visually distinctive streamliners from the era of passenger rail.

The design was pioneering and daring– shot-welded stainless steel, a 600 hp inline 8-cylinder diesel engine, and an MIT wind-tunnel refined aerodynamic shape.

Two days after the first Zephyr began trial runs, it reached a speed of 104 mph on April 9, 1934.

That's pretty damn fast.

This postcard is included as a curiosity– it's another of those "thru the fruit cards" (see here and here), and it's a rip-off to boot.

It's not a Zephyr, or any other discernable streamliner, it's just "a streamliner."

And the California Orange Groves? That's Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Southern Pacific territory– and I don't think any of those railroads ever ran the Zephyr-style slope nose locomotives.