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  "RyPN Editorials"
It is known that between 18 and two dozen former Zephyr cars, most believed to be from the articulated, original Denver Zephyrs of 1936, were shipped to Saudi Arabia in the early 1970s, where they are believed to remain in storage.
The original Texas Zephyr cars were replaced with the original Denver Zephyr trains in 1957, after the DZ got brand new Budd consists in 1956.
In 1949, the famed California Zephyrs were introduced as the ultimate, vista-domed cruise train between Chicago and Oakland, in conjunction with the Rio Grande and Western Pacific.
www.rypn.org /RyPN/editorials/vieweditorials.asp?filename=041127025053.txt   (3204 words)

  
  Streamliner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Design of the Zephyr (later named the Pioneer Zephyr to distinguish it) started first, although the train took longer to build because of a more advanced design incorporating a diesel-electric power system, while the M-10000 ran on distillate, a fuel similar to kerosene.
After the Pioneer Zephyr, two Twin Cities Zephyrs of the same design briefly served the link between Chicago and the Twin Cities.
Within a few years, they were replaced by other trains of a slightly different design and the original twin trains went on to serve elsewhere on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Streamliner   (704 words)

  
 Streamliner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The term is usually applied to train s, mostly the high-speed trainsets designed in the United States in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, as well as successor bullet train s incorporating some of the same ideas in Europe and Japan.
Design of the Zephyr (later named the Pioneer Zephyr to distinguish it) started first, although the train took longer to build because of a more advanced design incorporating a diesel - electric power system, while the M-10,000 ran on gasoline.
The fuel cost for the run was US$ 14.64 (a mere 4 ¢ per gallon —if a similar run was made in 2004, it would cost more like $550-650.) For a time in the late 1930s, the ten fastest trains in the world were American streamliners.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Streamliner.html   (744 words)

  
 Sandcastle Arts - The Twin Cities Zephyr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Twin Cities Zephyr was one of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's elite fleet of Zephyr streamliners, running between Chicago and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The first Twin Cities Zephyrs, trainsets 9901 and 9902, were placed in service in April 1935, shortly after the debut of the train that started it all, Zephyr 9900, dubbed the "Pioneer Zephyr." Within two months, both articulated trainsets were making one round trip per day, creating "Morning" and "Afternoon" Zephyrs.
This scene depicts the Morning Twin Cities Zephyr, bound for Chicago, blasting through a snow-covered grade-crossing on a riverfront access road along the Mississippi River, which these Zephyrs followed for 265 miles between Savanna, IL and St. Paul, MN.
www.sandcastlearts.com /sl-series/twin-cities-zephyr.html   (198 words)

  
 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The railroad operated a number of streamlined passenger trains known as the Zephyrs which were the most famous and largest fleet of streamliners in the United States.
The Burlington was a leader in implementing technolgical innovation; among its firsts were use of the printing telegraph ( 1910), train radio communications ( 1915), diesel power ( 1934) and vista-dome coaches.
As the financial situation of American railroading continued to decline, the Burlington merged with the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroads on March 2, 1970 to form the Burlington Northern Railroad.
en.freepedia.org /Chicago%2C_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad.html   (248 words)

  
 Chadrad.com
But the Zephyrs struck back with two of their own in the fourth inning on a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly to centerfield.
But the Zephyrs went back to the bullpen and brought in their hard-throwing right-hander Brady Hubbard, who shut down Chadron with three straight strikeouts to close the game and get the save.
Deeds got the win for Twin Cities, pitching five innings of relief, allowing one run on five hits, striking out three and walking three and serving up the smash homerun to McLain.
www.chadrad.com /sportsstory.cfm?story=1416   (498 words)

  
 Scottsbluff Star Herald / Gering Courier - Sports - 06/29/2005 - Greeley rolls by Zephyrs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The losses dropped Twin Cities' overall record to 14-15 on the season and the Zephyrs will be looking to get back on the winning track when they welcome Sidney to Cleveland Field tonight.
Twin Cities' game will follow the Express-Sidney juniors game, which is scheduled to start at 5 p.m.
Twin Cities' only run of the contest came in the top of the fourth when Billy Swisher singled, moved to second on a fielder's choice, then scored on a single by Jeff Ernest.
www.starherald.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14774180&BRD=484&PAG=461&dept_id=553363&rfi=6   (578 words)

  
 Streamliner
The term is usually applied to trains, mostly the high-speed trainsets designed in the United States in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, as well as successor " bullet trainss " incorporating some of the same ideas in Europe and Japan.
A variety of Zephyrs were eventually built by Burlington.
Within a few years, they were replaced by other trains of a slightly different design and the original twin trains went on to serve all around the country.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/st/streamliner.html   (640 words)

  
 Tracy Broadcasting - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Last night at Cleveland Field the Twin Cities Zephyrs picked up a doubleheader sweep of the Wheatland Lobos.
At the plate in game one Ryan Barbour and Brandon Brown each had two run doubles in the first inning as Twin Cities jumped out to an early lead.
Twin Cities is back at this weekend with the Laramie all wood bat tournament.
www.tracybroadcasting.com /archivenews.php?id=2372&type=sports   (147 words)

  
 Midwest High Speed Rail Association
The Zephyr is currently displayed, with an excellent demonstration of its design principals, at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
The Burlington Route introduced its Twin Cities Zephyr on April 21, 1935.
The second Twin Cities Zephyrs are thought to be the first trains scheduled to travel faster than 100 mph.
www.midwesthsr.org /promote_how_historical.htm   (1702 words)

  
 History of the Mark Twain Zephyr, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
The original Burlington Zephyr had successfully raised patronage to overflow levels on the Kansas City to Lincoln route, expectations were high that the Twins would do the same for the highly competitive, revenue-challenged route between Chicago and the Twin Cities.
The increases in passenger levels on the three Zephyr routes made an impression on management, for example, in July and August of 1935, over 5000 passengers could not be accommodated on the Zephyrs.
To publicize the new Denver Zephyrs, and to start building a larger passenger base, the Burlington reassigned the MTZ and the 9900 to be the Advanced Denver Zephyrs, one running each direction between Chicago and Denver on a 16-hour schedule daily.
www.railmerchants.net /mt-zephyr.htm   (2390 words)

  
 Casper Oilers vs Twin Cities Zephyrs (May 22, 2005)
Casper Oilers at Twin Cities Zephyrs - Play-by-Play May 22, 2005 at Scottsbluff, Nebrask (Cleveland Field) Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Casper Oilers.......
Twin Cities Zephyrs 7th - Reisig struck out.
Casper Oilers 6, Twin Cities Zephyrs 0 (May 22, 2005 at Scottsbluff, Nebrask) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Casper Oilers.......
www.casperbaseball.com /stats/oilers/2005/05220507.htm   (1475 words)

  
 Burlington Twin Cities Zephyr, 1947 —1970
The Twin Cities Zephyr ran the competitive route from Chicago to the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
  The domeless Budd coaches of 1940 were often added to, or substituted for, the basic four dome cars of the Twin Cities Zephyr.
The scan includes another prototypical Kato model of the 1947 Twin Cities Zephyr dome coach, to total 4 dome coaches for the train.
www.trainweb.org /fredatsf/twin.htm   (732 words)

  
 Streamliners to the Twin Cities
For many years the proud 400's, the bold Hiawathas and the sleek Twin Zephyrs held the fastest start-to-stop times in the world.
Each railroad had its own route, but all three has the same goal: to carry the maxium number of passengers between Chicago and the Twin Cities in the shortest amount of time.
The speed of all of three trains was timed frequently, and each of the broke the 100 mph limit almost daily.
www.heimburgerhouse.com /railfan_books/StreamlinersTwinCities/streamlinersTwin.htm   (97 words)

  
 Tracy Broadcasting -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Twin Cities Zephyrs picked up an opening round win over Torrington last night in the Extra Innings Classic in Rapid City by the final score of 6-0.
Brandon Deeds was superb on the mound allowing just four hits while striking out five in his seven innings of work.
Twin Cities takes on Rapid City Post 22 this evening at 8 p.m...they'll follow that up with a doubleheader tomorrow before closing out the weekend on Sunday afternoon with a single game.
www.tracybroadcasting.com /archivenews.php?id=5198&type=sports   (179 words)

  
 Baseball Twin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Twin Cities Baseball - Zephyrs and Express of Scottsbluff - Gering...
The Twin Cities Zephyrs and Express baseball teams are composed of young men from the Scottsbluff, Gering, and surrounding communities.
FREMONT - If Twin Cities Zephyrs' skipper Mark Moran was worried about his ball club being nervous or intimidated entering Friday's opening-round contest at the Class A State American Legion American Division Senior Baseball Tournament, it didn't take him long to be put at ease.
www.beginningbaseball.com /baseball-twin.html   (1393 words)

  
 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Online - Cheyenne, Wyoming News and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
First baseman Jeff Ernest was the only Twin Cities' runner to reach second.
Twin Cities (ab-r-h-rbi) - Schaub ss 3-0-0-0; Casillas 2b 2-0-0-0; Marsden 2b 2-0-0-0; Swisher c 4-0-0-0; Liptack rf 3-0-0-0; Crable 3b/p 3-0-0-0; Deeds 3b/p 2-0-0-0; Ernest 1b 2-0-0-0; Ellis cf 2-0-0-0; Reisig cf 1-0-0-0; Quevedo lf 1-0-0-0; McGraw lf 0-0-0-0; Hubbard p 1-0-0-0.
Twin Cities pitching (ip-r-er-h-b-k) - Hubbard (L) 3-2-1-2-3-5; Crable (4) 3-5-3-5-2-2; Deeds (7) 2-2-2-4-2-0.
www.wyomingnews.com /news/sports/more.asp?StoryID=105201   (643 words)

  
 Twin City Model Railroad Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
We take pride in recreating scenes and famous landmarks from the Twin Cities and Minnesota as it was in the 1940s & 50s when steam and diesel shared the rails.
Also, we have one of the largest collections of railroad art to help show more what Twin Cities were like back then.
odels of many famous trains can be seen during our special shows, including the Twin Cities Hiawatha, the North Coast Limited, the Zephyrs, The Black Hawk, The Empire Builder, and the original '400,' to name a few.
www.tcmrm.org /layout.html   (232 words)

  
 Atlas Model Railroad Co. - Trainfest 2006 Report
the real Zephyr 9900 (and the 9901-3 as well) never had more than four cars.
The later 9904-5 Twin Cities Zephyrs and the 9906-7 Denver Zephyrs did have longer articulated consists but were pulled by A and A/B shovelnose units that could be seperaterated from the train.
The power units were able to be used on conventional trains and their consists could be pulled by steam or other diesel units while the units were being shopped.
forum.atlasrr.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=32948   (1981 words)

  
 Definition of Streamliner
Design of the Zephyr (later named the Pioneer Zephyr to distinguish it) started first, although the train took longer to build because of a more advanced design incorporating a diesel-electric power system, while the M-10000 ran on gasoline.
Texas Rocket (variously named, originally the other Twin Cities Zephyr, No 9902)
Pioneer Zephyr ( http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/zephyr/index.html) at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Streamliner   (794 words)

  
 Tracy Broadcasting - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Twin Cities Zephyrs are gearing up for the district tournament in Kearney later this week.
Twin Cities is coming off a 4-2 weekend at the Gillette Tournament.
The Zephyrs started the tourney off with three straight wins over Billings, Arvada and Medicine Hat.
www.tracybroadcasting.com /news.php?id=2557&type=sports   (118 words)

  
 History of the Mark Twain Zephyr, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
The Mark Twain Zephyr too, was specifically designed in hopes that it would be successful on a third route - 442 miles round trip - St. Louis to Burlington, Iowa.
The other articulated Zephyr equipment also bought by BLC was later sold to Saudi Arabia, but the Mark Twain remained stored in KC and continued to deteriorate.
Front of a postcard advertising the Advance Denver Zephyr whose equipment was the 9900 and the 9903.
www.gatewaynmra.org /articles/mt-zephyr.htm   (3358 words)

  
 Baseball Online - Baseball Game Twin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Rapid City Post 320 Stars earned their first state tournament berth in three years with a 10-0 win over Spearfish Post 164 in seven innings on Friday night during the South Dakota American Legion Region 3A baseball tournament at Pete Lien Field.
Twin Falls Cowboys.With one swing in the seventh inning of Friday's Area C American Legion baseball championship semifinal game...
Through the magic of videoconference technology, people at those games were able to see soldiers stationed in Iraq talking face to face with their families at baseball games in Minneapolis and St....
www.fun-baseball.info /26/baseball_game_twin.html   (1362 words)

  
 American Experience | Streamliners | Special Features
The Zephyr was really beautiful, the service fantastic, the food delicious and the Zephyrettes were so helpful and friendly.
I had the privilege of seeing the Zephyr train in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and can honestly say that the Zephyrs in all of their forms were truly the most beautiful trains in the world.
It ran from Salt Lake City to Denver and continued to operate for several years after the "California Zephyr" was discontinued.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/streamliners/sfeature/sf_memories.html   (6958 words)

  
 Tracy Broadcasting - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Twin Cities Zephyrs improved to 28-15 with two wins last night at home over Torrington.
In game one Brandon Brown picked up the win, going all seven innings as Twin Cities earned a 9-8 decision.
The Zephyrs are back at it tonight hosting Ogallala in the back end of an Express / Zephyrs doubleheader.
www.tracybroadcasting.com /archivenews.php?id=2443&type=sports   (119 words)

  
 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Online - Cheyenne, Wyoming News and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On Tuesday it rapped eight hits, scored three earned runs and saw six pitchers hold Twin Cities (Scottsbluff-Gering, Neb.) to a mere two hits in a 4-0 win.
Meanwhile the Post 6 hurlers kept the Twin Cities Zephyrs (5-10) off of the bases until Scott Payne plunked Brandon Deeds in the fifth inning.
Both Lain and Zephyrs' manager Mark Moran were able to give all of their players the experience of playing on Coors Field.
www.wyomingnews.com /news/more.asp?StoryID=105416   (573 words)

  
 CASPER OILERS STATISTICS
CASPER OILERS 11, Twin Cities Zephyrs 10 (Jul 16, 2005 at Casper, WY)
Casper Oilers 14, Twin Cities Zephyrs 6 (May 22, 2005 at Scottsbluff Nebraska)
Twin Cities Zephyrs - Swisher,; Deeds(5); Crable(6); McGren(6).
www.casperbaseball.com /stats/oilers/2005   (1737 words)

  
 Kearney Hub - Kearney-Area Sports - 07/23/2005 - Post 52 nips N.P.; advances to tourney final
The victory also means that Twin Cities has qualified for one of the two Class A state tournaments that will be played this year.
That gave Kearney a 7-4 lead, but Twin Cities answered with a three-run rally in the bottom of the sixth that included a home run by Billy Swisher.
Drew Emken’s two-run single in the seventh gave Kearney a 9-7 lead, but Twin Cities scored four in the bottom of the seventh and one in the eighth to get the victory.
www.kearneyhub.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14909133&;BRD=268&;PAG=461&;dept_id=551052&;rfi=6   (849 words)

  
 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Pioneer Zephyr, America's first diesel - electric powered streamlined passenger train, made its famous "Dawn-to-Dusk" run from Denver, Colorado to Chicago, Illinois on May 26, 1934.
The Burlington was a leader in implementing technological innovation; among its firsts were use of the printing telegraph ( 1910), train radio communications ( 1915), diesel power ( 1934) and vista-dome coaches.
Pioneer Zephyr Exhibit at Chicago's Muesum of Science and Industry ( http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/zephyr/index.html)
www.free-definition.com /Chicago%2C-Burlington-and-Quincy-Railroad.html   (302 words)

  
 Baseball twin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sioux City Journal: Morningside splits GPAC baseball twin bill...
Twins president Dave St. Peter asserted in a release.
GCL Twins :: Fort Myers Rookie "A" Baseball
www.baseballfantasy-yahoo.info /Baseball-twin   (756 words)

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