Twin Zephyr

The Twin Zephyrs, also known as the Twin Cities Zephyrs, were a pair of streamlined passenger trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), running between Chicago and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota. It was the second Zephyr service introduced by CB&Q after the record-setting DenverChicago "dawn to dusk dash" of the Pioneer Zephyr trainset.

Morning Zephyr
Afternoon Zephyr
A Twin Zephyr in Oregon, Illinois, in 1941
Overview
Service typeDaytime inter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleMinnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois
First serviceApril 21, 1935
Last serviceApril 30, 1971
Former operator(s)Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (193570)
Burlington Northern (197071)
Route
TerminiChicago, Illinois
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Train number(s)21, 22, 23, 24
On-board services
Class(es)Coach and Parlor
Observation facilities1947: Four dome coaches, one dome parlor
Technical
Rolling stock1935: Two articulated 3-sets,
1936: Two articulated 6-sets,
1947: Two sets of 7 non-articulated cars
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Distance
Station
0 km
0 mi
Chicago
38 km
24 mi
Aurora
83 km
52 mi
Rochelle
98 km
61 mi
Oregon
145 km
90 mi
Savanna
184 km
114 mi
East Dubuque
239 km
149 mi
Prairie du Chien
299 km
186 mi
North La Crosse
326 km
203 mi
Winona Junction
427 km
265 mi
Saint Paul
437 km
272 mi
Minneapolis

The train competed with the Chicago and North Western's Twin Cities 400 which ceased operation in 1963, and the Milwaukee Road's Twin Cities Hiawatha, which, like the Zephyr, ended with the coming of Amtrak in 1971. The CB&Q trains went west from Chicago to the Mississippi River and along that river to Saint Paul, while the North Western and Milwaukee Road trains traveled via Milwaukee.

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