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California Zephyr pre first run 1949

The Western Pacific's California Zephyr, one example of a Zephyr.

A Zephyr is a stream-liner trainset of locomotives or power cars with matching passenger cars. Zephyr trainsets with proper names include:

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 diesel-powered train set that ran on various routes
  • Silver Streak Zephyr, Lincoln, Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri
  • Twin Cities Zephyr, Chicago to Minneapolis
  • Zephyr Rocket, St. Louis to Minneapolis; jointly operated with Rock Island Railroad

Other trains:[]

  • Denver Zephyr, Denver to Chicago
  • Kansas City Zephyr, Kansas City to Chicago
  • Mark Twain Zephyr, St. Louis, Missouri to Burlington, Iowa; an early articulated trainset
  • Minnesota Zephyr, a heritage railroad out of Stillwater, Minnesota
  • Rio Grande Zephyr, Denver, Colorado to Ogden, Utah; operated by Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
  • Texas Zephyr, Denver to Dallas
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