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Zephyr
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BURLINGTON ZEPHYR AT A CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION 1934
Built of stainless steel-Electric shot-welded
660 horse-power, oil-burning Diesel engine.
Rides on articulated trucks.
Runs on roller-bearings
Powered by an eight-cylinder, two-cycle,
Equipped for radio reception.
Air-conditioned
Back:
On May 26, 1934, the ZEPHYR broke all
Burlington long-distance
, non-stop World's Records
Route
for railroad trains when it ran 1015 miles
from Denver, Colo. to Chicago in 785
minutes to signalize the reopening of A
Century of Progress Exposition. The
ZEPHYR left Denver 5:04 AM Mountain Time and
reached Halsted Street, Chicago 7:09 PM Central Time
13 hr. 5 min. Its average speed on the spectacular
dawn-to-dusk flight was 77.6 miles an hour...
. its
top speed 112.5 miles an hour.
