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    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...
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    Francisco Zephyr and dropped the "Denver" name in 1973. The first Zephyr service to Denver began May 31, 1936, with the trainsets of the Pioneer Zephyr and...
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    submarine captured during World War II, a United Airlines Boeing 727, the Pioneer Zephyr (the first streamlined diesel-powered passenger train in the US); the...
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    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...
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    The General Pershing Zephyr was the ninth of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad's Zephyr streamliners, and the last built as an integrated streamliner...
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    Amtrak.[page needed] The Zephyr fleet included:[page needed][page needed] Pioneer Zephyr (Lincoln–Omaha–Kansas City) Twin Cities Zephyr (Chicago–Minneapolis-St...
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    welding method was used to construct the first stainless steel train, Pioneer Zephyr, in 1934, and became the standard construction technology for railroad...
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    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...
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    Zephyr was an Amtrak passenger train that ran between Chicago and Oakland from June 1972 to July 1983, when it was renamed to the California Zephyr From...
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    some success on early streamlined passenger trainsets, such as the Pioneer Zephyr in 1934, various Southern Pacific Daylight articulated cars, and Union...
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    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...
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    Pacific's as the City of Salina, and the Burlington Zephyr as the first Pioneer Zephyr. The Zephyr is now on exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and...
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    of the Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934. The film stars Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, William Farnum, and Hardie Albright. The original Zephyr train was...
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  • with the Union Pacific Railroad in February 1934. The second was the Pioneer Zephyr in service with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Both were...
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    rubber-tired technology ("Michelines" and the Silver Slipper), they built the Pioneer Zephyr for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1934, the first of...
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  • The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered stream-lined train-set built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in the United...
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    began splitting the Pioneer from the Zephyr and Desert Wind at Denver in 1991, while the Desert Wind continued splitting from the Zephyr at Salt Lake City...
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    Edward G. Budd (category American automotive pioneers)
    pioneered the fabrication of stainless steel and helped create the Pioneer Zephyr, a streamlined train for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad...
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  • working with the Budd Company on the Burlington's Pioneer Zephyr in 1934. Drawing on his Pioneer Zephyr experience, in 1936 he led the firm through the...
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    obscure in comparison with other competitors for the title, such as the Pioneer Zephyr and Union Pacific's M-10000. Rubber-tired rail cars achieved greater...
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    Burlington Zephyr as the Pioneer Zephyr in honor of that train's status as the first of the fleet. In April 1935, two Twin Cities Zephyrs that bore the...
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  • Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr. April 18 - The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr is first christened as the Zephyr at Pennsylvania...
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  • completion as the last steam locomotive built for B.R. March 20 – The Pioneer Zephyr trainset makes its final revenue run on a trip from Lincoln, Nebraska...
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    a consist. A set of vehicles that are coupled together (such as the Pioneer Zephyr) is called a trainset. The term rolling stock is used to describe any...
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    the United States, and the second to enter regular service after the Pioneer Zephyr of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The M-10000 car design...
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  • organization of the same name. "Zephyr" was a name applied by the CB&Q to many of its trains, beginning with the Pioneer Zephyr in 1934. The name derived from...
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  • one of the most serious train accidents in Germany. December 29 – The Pioneer Zephyr streamliner trainset crosses the one million mile (1.6 million km) mark...
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    in a new venture using stainless steel. The Budd Company built the Pioneer Zephyr for Burlington, and the train's "dawn-to-dusk" run from Denver, Colorado...
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  • Streak may refer to: "Silver Streak", a nickname for the Pioneer Zephyr Silver Streak Zephyr, a passenger train "Silver streak" trainspotter's nickname...
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    Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, designed by Alfred Shaw 1934: Pioneer Zephyr, the first of Edward G. Budd's streamlined stainless-steel locomotives...
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