Below is a list of all the Burlington Route's Zephyrs with links to their own page.
Our intent is to expand these with photographic images, drawings and a history of each train's service.
As with all of the BRHS web site, we are sharing pages as they are constructed instead of making
you wait for all of them to be completed. We hope you enjoy what we have for you so far.
The Burlington Zephyr (aka the Pioneer Zephyr)
Trains 20 & 21 between Lincoln, NE, Omaha, NE and Kansas City, MO Inaugurated November 11, 1934
The Twin Zephyrs (aka the Morning Zephyr and the Afternoon Zephyr)
Trains 21-24 between Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul
Inaugurated December 18, 1936
The Mark Twain Zephyr
Trains 43 & 44 between St. Louis and Burlington
Inaugurated October 28, 1935
The Denver Zephyr
Trains 1 & 10 between Chicago and Denver
Inaugurated November 7, 1936
The Nebraska Zephyr
Trains 11 & 12 between Chicago, IL and Lincoln, NE
Inaugurated November 16, 1947
The Sam Houston Zephyr
Trains 3 & 4 between Houston and Dallas-Ft. Worth
Inaugurated October 1, 1936
The Ozark State Zephyr
Trains 29 & 30 between Kansas City and St. Louis
Inaugurated December 20, 1936
The General Pershing Zephyr
Trains 32 & 33 between Kansas City, MO and St. Louis, MO
Inaugurated April 30, 1939
The Silver Streak Zephyr
Trains 20 & 21 between Kansas City, Omaha and Lincoln
Inaugurated April 15, 1940
The Ak Sar Ben Zephyr
Trains 3 & 30 between Lincoln and Chicago
Inaugurated December 11, 1940
The Zephyr-Rocket
Trains 8 & 15 between St. Louis and St. Paul-Minneapolis
Inaugurated January 7, 1941
The Texas Zephyr
Trains 1 & 2 between Denver and Ft. Worth-Dallas
Inaugurated August 22, 1940
The California Zephyr - (Goes to California Zephyr Virtual Museum, not a BRHS page)
Trains 17 & 18 between Chicago, IL and Oakland, CA
Inaugurated March 20, 1949
The American Royal Zephyr Trains 55 & 56 between Chicago and Kansas City Inaugurated February 1, 1953
The Kansas City Zephyr
Trains 35 & 36 between Chicago and Kansas City
Inaugurated February 1, 1953
Zephyr 9902
Trains 2 & 5 between Chicago and Ottumwa then Chicago and Hannibal
Inaugurated 1945 (Ottumwa), 1947 (Hannibal)
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