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Zephyr (train)
A zephyr is a stream-liner train-set of locomotives or power cars with matching passenger cars. Zephyr train-sets with proper names include: {{tocright Amtrak *''Illinois Zephyr'', Chicago, Illinois to Quincy, Illinois *''California Zephyr'', Chicago, Illinois to Emeryville, California *''San Francisco Zephyr'', Chicago, Illinois to San Francisco, California Burlington-Rock Island Railroad *''Rocky Mountain Rocket'', Chicago, Illinois to Denver, Colorado *''Sam Houston Zephyr'', Fort Worth to Houston, Texas *''Zephyr Rocket'', St. Louis, Missouri to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota (jointly operated with Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad) Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad *'' Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr'', Lincoln, Nebraska to Chicago, Illinois *''American Royal Zephyr'', Chicago to Kansas City *''General Pershing Zephyr'', Kansas City to St. Louis *''Nebraska Zephyr'', Chicago, Illinois to Lincoln, Nebraska *''Ozark State Zephyr'', Kansas City to St. Louis *''Pioneer Zephyr'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Car
In rail transport, the expression power car may refer to either of two distinct types of rail vehicle: *a vehicle that propels, and commonly also controls, a passenger train, multiple unit or tram, often as the lead vehicle; *a vehicle equipped with machinery for supplying heat or electrical power to other parts of a train. The first of these types of vehicle is closely related to the locomotive. What differentiates the locomotive and the first type of power car is their construction or use. A locomotive can be physically separated from its train and does nothing but provide propulsion and control (and heat or electricity for passenger trains). On the other hand, a power car of the first type is frequently an integral part of its train, and if the train uses distributed traction, some of the car's interior space may be used for carrying passengers or cargo. Examples United States Nearly all high speed trains use power cars, frequently at both ends. An example of these are the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Zephyr
The ''Pioneer Zephyr'' is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known as the Burlington Route. The trainset was the second internal combustion-powered streamliner built for mainline service in the United States, the first such train powered by a diesel engine, and the first to enter revenue service. The trainset consists of one power/storage car, one baggage/RPO/buffet/coach car, and one coach/observation car. The cars are made of stainless steel, permanently articulated together with Jacobs bogies. The construction incorporated recent advances such as shotwelding (a specialized type of spot welding) to join the stainless steel, and unibody construction and articulation to reduce weight. It was the first of nine similarly built trainsets made for Burlington and its technologies were pivotal in the subsequent dieselization of passenger rail service. Its operating economy, speed, and public appeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Zephyr
The ''Texas Zephyr'' was a named passenger train operated by the Colorado & Southern Railway and the Fort Worth & Denver Railway (both subsidiaries of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad). The train was originally designated number 1 southbound, and number 2 northbound. Inaugurated on August 22, 1940, the streamlined train ran from Denver, Colorado's Union Station to Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas, replacing the heavyweight ''Colorado Special.'' At Dallas, the ''Texas Zephyr'' connected with the ''Sam Houston Zephyr'' and ''Texas Rocket'', both operating on the jointly owned Burlington-Rock Island Railroad for through service to Houston. Initially, the train was equipped with Budd-built streamlined stainless steel chair cars and an observation dining-lounge car. Sleeping cars were, however, rebuilt streamlined heavyweight cars. The train was pulled between Denver and Fort Worth by pairs of General Motors Electro-Motive Division stainless steel E5 diesels. To allow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Grande Zephyr
The ''Rio Grande Zephyr'' was a passenger train operated by Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW or Rio Grande) between Denver, Colorado and Ogden, Utah from 1970 until 1983. In operation after the creation of publicly-funded Amtrak, the ''Rio Grande Zephyr'' was the last privately-operated interstate passenger train in the United States. History The train was a remnant of the original ''California Zephyr'', which was jointly operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, and Western Pacific Railroad. This iteration of the ''Zephyr'' ended operations on March 22, 1970, when the Western Pacific discontinued its portion. The ''Rio Grande Zephyr'' commenced operation using the D&RGW's portion of the ''California Zephyr'' route from Denver, Colorado to Salt Lake City, Utah. The route was extended to Ogden, Utah to allow for California-bound passengers to connect to the ''City of San Francisco'' and later the ''San Francisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Zephyr
The Minnesota Zephyr was a heritage railroad operating out of Stillwater, Minnesota. It operated as a dinner train and served a five-course, white linen dinner on a six-mile route, traveling between four and seven miles per hour. Power was provided by two EMD F7 locomotives, with one on each end of the train. The rolling stock consisted of five restored dining cars. The train traveled along the St. Croix River bluffs, then turned westward and followed a stream. The trip lasted about three and a half hours. On September 18, 2008, owner David Paradeau stated that the train would cease operation at the end of the year, becoming a stationary restaurant serving dinner along with the adjacent Stillwater Grill. Paradeau cited the desire to retire, as well as a downturn in business and a $1.6 million loss within the last two years. Paradeau had hoped to sell the railroad right of way to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to be converted to a rail trail that would connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Twain Zephyr
The ''Mark Twain Zephyr'' was an early diesel four-unit articulated zephyr train that was similar to the ''Pioneer Zephyr'' in style. The train was built by the Budd Company and was powered by a diesel engine produced by the Winton Engine Company. The train was named after the renowned author Mark Twain because it was scheduled to provide service from St. Louis, Missouri to Burlington, Iowa via Hannibal, Missouri, his hometown. The train's exterior structure used stainless steel, and had a "shovel nose" front. The power car, number 9903, was named Injun Joe. The three trailer cars received other names of Mark Twain characters, Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The train was christened on October 25, 1935 in Hannibal by Nina Clemens Gabilowitsch (1910-1966), the granddaughter and ultimately last descendant of its namesake. The ceremony was broadcast coast to coast on CBS radio. Two days later, it entered revenue service. CB&Q ownership The Mark Twain Zephyr was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Zephyr
The ''Kansas City Zephyr'' was a streamliner passenger train service operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) between Chicago and Kansas City. Overview The largest fleet of named streamliners in the United States were the Burlington's Zephyrs. Competing in markets against the famed Eagles, Chiefs, 400's, Cities and Hiawathas on almost every route, the polished Zephyrs covered almost every route on the mainline of the Burlington and for years held the speed/distance title in the record books. The ''Kansas City Zephyr'' made its inaugural run on February 1, 1953, as an all-new daylight streamliner between Chicago and Kansas City. The new train was prompted by the completion the previous October of the $16-million "Kansas City Shortcut", 49 miles of new track that made the route shorter, flatter, and straighter. The new alignment shaved two hours off of the previous shortest route, and made CB&Q optimistic that it could compete successfully against its en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Zephyr
The ''Denver Zephyr'' was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. In peak years it ran to Colorado Springs. It operated from 1936 to 1973. The ''Denver Zephyr'' continued operating after the Burlington Northern Railroad merger in 1970. BN conveyed the train to Amtrak in 1971; Amtrak merged it with the Denver–Oakland ''City of San Francisco'' to form the ''San Francisco Zephyr'' and dropped the "Denver" name in 1973. The first Denver Zephyrs The first Zephyr service to Denver began May 31, 1936, with the trainsets of the ''Pioneer Zephyr'' and the ''Mark Twain Zephyr'', trains 9900 and 9903. This new service was known as the ''Advance Denver Zephyr'' and operated on a 16-hour schedule. The trains did not have sleepers, but introduced hostesses called " Zephyrettes". In the meantime, after the success of the 3-car and 4-car ''Pioneer Zephyr'', '' Twin Zephyrs'', and ''Mark Twain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Cities Zephyr
The ''Twin Zephyrs'', also known as the ''Twin Cities Zephyrs'', were a pair of streamlined passenger trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), running between Chicago and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota. It was the second ''Zephyr'' service introduced by CB&Q after the record-setting Denver–Chicago "dawn to dusk dash" of the ''Pioneer Zephyr'' trainset. The train competed with the Chicago and North Western's ''Twin Cities 400'' which ceased operation in 1963, and the Milwaukee Road's ''Twin Cities Hiawatha'', which, like the ''Zephyr'', ended with the coming of Amtrak in 1971. The CB&Q trains went west from Chicago to the Mississippi River and along that river to Saint Paul, while the North Western and Milwaukee Road trains traveled via Milwaukee. History Two three-car trainsets, numbered 9901 and 9902, were delivered in April 1935. On April 6 number 9901 made a demonstration run from Chicago to Saint Paul in 5 hours 31 minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Streak Zephyr
The ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' was a train service of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the American midwest. It ran from 1940 through 1959. On April 15, 1940 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurated the ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' operating a Lincoln-Omaha-St. Joseph-Kansas City round trip daily. The new train was named ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' for the train portrayed in the Paramount Motion Picture ''The Silver Streak'', with the starring role by the ''Pioneer Zephyr''. The CB&Q liked the name and assigned it to the new ''Zephyr''. This was the second ''Zephyr'' assigned to this route as the ''Pioneer Zephyr'' had operated in this service for some time and had actually outgrown it, when it generated more traffic than it was able to handle. For power the new five car lightweight streamliner was assigned a new EMD E5A unit developing Passengers were obviously pleased with the new ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' as ridership showed a marked increase within days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozark State Zephyr
The ''Ozark State Zephyr'' was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) and the Alton Railroad (the "Alton") between St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri, home of the Ozarks. It operated from 1936 to 1939. The ''Zephyr'' was one of several short-haul Midwestern routes operated by the CB&Q's then-revolutionary articulated streamlined trainsets, including one of the original ''Twin Cities Zephyrs''. History The ''Ozark State Zephyr'', along with the ''Sam Houston Zephyr'', was made possible by the re-equipping of the ''Twin Cities Zephyrs'' in 1936, which freed up the original two equipment sets, #9901 and #9902. The train made a single round-trip per day, departing St. Louis for Kansas City in the morning and returning in the evening. It covered the in hours. The new service was christened by Mollie Stark, daughter of Governor-elect Lloyd C. Stark, who rode the new train from St. Louis to Kansas City prior to it entering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Zephyr
The ''Illinois Zephyr'' and ''Carl Sandburg'' are a pair of passenger trains operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois. As ''Illinois Service'' trains, they are partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Between Chicago and Galesburg, Illinois, the trains share their route with the ''California Zephyr'' and ''Southwest Chief''; the remainder of the route (Galesburg–Quincy) is served exclusively by the ''Illinois Zephyr/Carl Sandburg''. The ''Illinois Zephyr'' is the longest continuously operated state-sponsored train, having started in November 1971. The ''Carl Sandburg'' was added as the route's second daily round trip in 2006. During fiscal year 2021, the ''Illinois Zephyr'' and ''Carl Sandburg'' carried a combined 78,200 passengers, a 22% decrease over fiscal year 2020. The two trains had a total revenue of $10.5 million in fiscal year 2021, a 9.5% decrease over fiscal year 2014. Due to crew shortages, the morning trains are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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