ðə tɹˈeɪn wʌz stɹˈiːmlaɪnd ˈæftɚ wˈɪnd tˈʌnəl ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənts, ɐ sˈɔːɹt ʌv ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ wˌɪtʃ wʌz paɪənˈɪɹd baɪ ðə dɪvˈɛləpɚz ʌvðə hˈaɪspˈiːd ˌɪntɚɹˈɜːbən ɹˈeɪlkɑːɹ bˈʊlɪt ɐ kˈʌpəl ʌv jˈɪɹz bᵻfˈoːɹ.
The train was streamlined after wind tunnel experiments, a sort of research which was pioneered by the developers of the high-speed interurban railcar Bullet a couple of years before.