The McKeen Railmotor was a 6-cylinder self-propelled railcar. When McKeen Company of Omaha Nebraska U.S.A. first unveiled the car in 1905 the McKeen was among the first engines with a gasoline-powered motor. Revisions to the McKeen car led to the modern self-propelled gasoline rail-motor vehicle and the contours of the porthole windows the front-mounted gasoline engines and other features anticipated the streamline concept.
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