1934 Burlington Pioneer Zephyr
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Not many people know this but there was a proposal from the Budd Co. to build an "Electro-Zephyr" for the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee RR. They would have been similar to the Pioneer Zephyr but double-ended and fitted with trolley poles and third rail shoes.
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I like this clip!! It show great support for Highspeed Rail!! But this is in the "30's !! It a how new world out there today!! With poelpe. Like "not in my back yard" !! Make it harder for the community to look out side to box!!! We have a hard time rembering ware we have come from!!!
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Wonderful!!!!!
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@BHGP1324 ...
Thanks for the update. I grew up in Burlington Iowa and saw the Zephyr in Mt. Pleasant. It was open and I walked through it . I recall the overstuffed upholstery was rotting but it was still an inspiration. I enjoyed viewing this video.
Thanks to the OP
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@DAILEYericCaryUSA Acutally it has been gone for a really long time now. Like right after we started the Midwest Central Railroad back around 1960, between there,1970. Its in Chicago now at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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a pesar de la depresión concretaron un proyecto que cambió el concepto de los viajes en ferrocarril, exelente material historico
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As someone mentioned about 2 years ago, this train starred as "The Silver Streak" in a 1934 movie of the same name.
My father received a book from a schoolmate who dated his autograph as 1935.
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1934 and the depths of the Great Depression. This was literally a "dawn to dusk" run.
As a point of comparison, I took the CalZeph on Amtrak 4 years ago: left Chicago about 2:15 PM and didn't hit Denver until about 4PM the next day. A freight derailed west of Ottumwa, Iowa, and we were stuck there for 8 hours while they rebuilt the tracks.
BenAliGtor 3 years ago
See the updated "more info" for a link to a 1936 Fiat state of the art rail bus.
WearybottomAssociate 3 years ago