Trains+in+the+1930's

= Trains of the 1930's Train Travel for All People:  =

In the early 1930's, due to the increase of trucks and cars, passenger trains were beginning to be ruled as obsolete, until the Stream-liner came into American industry.
Once these came into being, it was the start or a completely new kind of transportation. Also, since many people couldn't afford cars or to maintain them anymore during the Great Depression, many people required a different way to get to work. Streamliners provided a way for people to go long distances to a job so that people could stay at a job for a week, and come home for the weekend. In May of 1934, the Zephyr made a record breaking run from Denver, Colorado to Chicago, Illinois in 13 hours. Since Streamliners could be made out of cheap materials, something that could go at such a great speed became an ideal machine of production and form of transportation.

The Streamliner however was able to be used by all people, but the sections were not nearly equal. In the image above, the Streamliner has 3 coaches, most likely 2 of those were standard, which were able to be paid for by common people that were commuting to their jobs, but there was always at least one coach(usually the first one) that was a luxury class for people who could afford luxuries during that time period, and wished to be seperated from common/poor people.

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