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Silver Streak Zephyr

Postcard depiction of the train.
Overview
Service type	Daytime inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
First service	April 15, 1940
Last service	1959
Former operator(s)	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Route
Termini	Lincoln, Nebraska Kansas City, Missouri
Distance travelled	250 miles (402 km)
Average journey time	Eastbound: 5 hrs 50 min; Westbound: 5 hrs 35 min
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	Eastbound: 20, Westbound: 21
On-board services
Class(es)	Coach and Parlor
Seating arrangements	Two 52-seat coaches
Catering facilities	24 seat diner in Parlor-observation car
Observation facilities	22 seat Parlor-observation car
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

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 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW) Passengers were obviously pleased with the new Silver Streak Zephyr as ridership showed a marked increase within days of the new trains entry into service. As with the earlier General Pershing Zephyr and Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr the new Silver Streak Zephyr no longer operated with articulated train sets or for that matter even articulated cars. The Burlington's days of ordering articulated equipment were over and no further cars of that type would ever be contemplated.

References

1. Dorin, Patrick C. (1976). p. 76

• Dorin, Patrick C. (1976). Everywhere West. Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87564-523-2. LCCN 76017317.

v t e Named trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Zephyrs	Advance Texas Zephyrs Afternoon Zephyr Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr American Royal Zephyr California Zephyr Denver Zephyr General Pershing Zephyr Kansas City Zephyr Mark Twain Zephyr Morning Zephyr Nebraska Zephyr Ozark State Zephyr Pioneer Zephyr Sam Houston Zephyr Silver Streak Zephyr Texas Zephyr Twin Cities Zephyr Zephyr Connection Zephyr Rocket
Other named trains	Adventureland Ak-Sar-Ben American Royal Aristocrat Atlantic Coast Limited Black Hawk The Buffalo Bill Chicago Limited Chicago-Nebraska Limited Colorado Limited Denver Limited Exposition Flyer Fast Mail General Custer Gulf Coast Special Minnesota Limited Missouri Limited Nebraska-Chicago Limited Night Hawk Overland Express Shoshone St. Louis Limited Texas Rocket Twin City Limited Yellowstone Park Train
Operated with GN & NP	Atlantic Express Empire Builder Great Northern Express Mainstreeter Mississippi Valley Express North Coast Limited Northern Pacific Express Oriental Limited Pacific Express Puget Sound Express Southeast Express Western Star

• Named passenger trains of the United States
• Passenger trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
• North American streamliner trains
• Railway services introduced in 1940
• Railway services discontinued in 1959