Editing Streamliner (section)

=== Australia around World War II ===
[[File:Spirit of Progress c1938.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.00|A streamlined S301 in Spirit of Progress service near [[Kilmore, Victoria]], circa 1938]]

Streamliner locomotives arrived relatively late in Australia. In 1937 streamlined casings were fitted on four [[Victorian Railways S class]] locomotives for the [[Spirit of Progress]] service between [[Melbourne]] and [[Albury]]. Similar casings were then fitted on two [[Tasmanian Government Railways R class]] [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]] locomotives for the [[Hobart]] to [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] expresses.

Despite — or perhaps because of — the strategic priorities of World War II, some new streamliner locomotives were built in Australia during and immediately after the war. The first five [[New South Wales C38 class locomotive]]s were modestly streamlined with distinctive conical noses, while the twelve [[South Australian Railways 520 class]] locomotives featured extravagant streamlining in the style of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s [[PRR T1|T1]].

In all cases, the streamlining on Australian steam locomotives were purely aesthetic, with negligible impacts on train speeds.