Sam Houston Zephyr
| Sam Houston Zephyr | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | Inter-city rail |
| System | Burlington-Rock Island Railroad |
| History | |
| Opened | 1936 |
| Closed | 1966 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 283.1 miles (455.6 km) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
The Sam Houston Zephyr was a named passenger train operated by the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, a subsidiary of both the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. The train was designated number 3 southbound, and number 4 northbound.
Inaugurated on October 1, 1936,[1] the year of the Texas centennial celebrations, the streamlined train was named for Texas hero Sam Houston. It ran from the Texas and Pacific station in Fort Worth to Union Station in Houston, Texas, in exactly five hours, making only four intermediate stops in Dallas, Waxahachie, Corsicana, and Teaque. It was the first streamlined passenger train in Texas.[2] Its chief competitor was the Sunbeam, operated by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad (a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific on a parallel route between Dallas and Houston.
The Sam Houston Zephyr was discontinued in 1966.
References
- ^ Zimmerman, Karl (2004). Burlington's Zephyrs. St. Paul, Minn.: Andover Junction/MBI. pp. 72–73, 75. ISBN 0-7603-1856-5.
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External links
- Streamliner Schedules (timetable and consist of the 1950 Sam Houston Zephyr) [1]
- Ken's Weather and Railroad page (photos and timetable of the 1959 Texas Zephyr) [2]
- "Burlington-Rock Island Railroad," Handbook of Texas Online
- Dallas Railroad Museum, "A Brief History of Railroads in Dallas" [3]
- Burlington Route Historical Society, "The Burlington Zephyrs" (includes map of the various Zephyr routes) [4]