[CBQ] Re: CBQ Train 21

["Gerald Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>]

For years either the Morning or Afternoon Zephyr held the No. American speed 
record for operational scheduled speeds with segments betwwwn Prarie du Chien & 
LaCrosse, E. Dubuque & Prairie and even Oregon to Savanna being among the top 
segments. This was often shown in Trains magazine.
It was also this pair of trains that introduced Dome cars to the world and had 
a long time slogan of "Where Nature Smiles 300 Miles".  No other trains had 
more domes in a normal consist and as a % of consist, they led all.  Over the 
yrs 3 train sets were used with the Vista Dome set from "47 to BN being the 
best known.  All were Budd built cars and ran the gamut of power from 
articulated to E-5's and finally E-8/9's.

Gerald 
 



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