About: Sam Houston Zephyr

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The Sam Houston Zephyr was a named passenger train operated by the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, a subsidiary of both the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. It was the first streamlined passenger train in Texas. The train was designated number 3 southbound, and number 4 northbound. Its chief competitor was the Sunbeam, operated by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad (a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific) on a parallel route between Dallas and Houston.

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  • The Sam Houston Zephyr was a named passenger train operated by the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, a subsidiary of both the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. It was the first streamlined passenger train in Texas. Inaugurated on October 1, 1936, the year of the Texas centennial celebrations, the streamlined train was named for Texas hero Sam Houston. On its original schedule, the train ran from the Texas and Pacific station in Fort Worth to Union Station in Houston in exactly five hours, making only four intermediate stops in Dallas, Waxahachie, Corsicana, and Teague. The train was designated number 3 southbound, and number 4 northbound. Its chief competitor was the Sunbeam, operated by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad (a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific) on a parallel route between Dallas and Houston. One of the original trainsets from the Twin Cities Zephyr, number 9901, was transferred to begin this new route. While under the management of the Rock Island, Zephyr 9901 power car was destroyed by fire on December 19, 1944. The Rock Island did not maintain the train properly; the cause of the fire was oil residue which poor maintenance failed to remove. Because equipment was needed to keep the busy line running, the Rock Island replaced its Texas Rocket with the new Twin Star Rocket in July 1945. Like many other passenger trains that experienced declining revenues in the face of competition from automobiles and airplanes in the 1950s and 1960s, the Sam Houston Zephyr was discontinued in 1966. (en)
  • 山姆·休斯敦微风号列车（英語：Sam Houston Zephyr）是一列由芝加哥、伯靈頓和昆西鐵路（CB&Q）和芝加哥、岩岛和太平洋铁路（CRI&P）联合营运、运行于德克萨斯州沃斯堡和休斯敦之间的流线型旅客列车，该列车是以曾任得克萨斯共和国第一任总统及得克萨斯州第一任州长的山姆·休斯敦来命名，也是第一列在德克萨斯州土地上运行的流线型旅客列车。1936年12月，第二代的双子城微风号列车（英語：Twin Cities Zephyr）交付伯灵顿铁路运用，而替换下来的两列第一代列车则转用于开行奥札克之州微风号列车（英語：Ozark State Zephyr）和山姆·休斯敦微风号列车。山姆·休斯敦微风号列车于1936年10月1日正式投入服务，每天往返于沃斯堡和之间，单程运行距离为283英里（456公里），单程旅行时间为5小时，中途停靠达拉斯、瓦克萨哈奇、科西卡纳和。20世纪中期，随着高速公路和航空交通日益发达，旅客外出更多地选择自己开车或搭乘飞机，美国铁路客运的重要性不断下降，山姆·休斯敦微风号列车亦于1966年停运。 (zh)
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  • 山姆·休斯敦微风号列车（英語：Sam Houston Zephyr）是一列由芝加哥、伯靈頓和昆西鐵路（CB&Q）和芝加哥、岩岛和太平洋铁路（CRI&P）联合营运、运行于德克萨斯州沃斯堡和休斯敦之间的流线型旅客列车，该列车是以曾任得克萨斯共和国第一任总统及得克萨斯州第一任州长的山姆·休斯敦来命名，也是第一列在德克萨斯州土地上运行的流线型旅客列车。1936年12月，第二代的双子城微风号列车（英語：Twin Cities Zephyr）交付伯灵顿铁路运用，而替换下来的两列第一代列车则转用于开行奥札克之州微风号列车（英語：Ozark State Zephyr）和山姆·休斯敦微风号列车。山姆·休斯敦微风号列车于1936年10月1日正式投入服务，每天往返于沃斯堡和之间，单程运行距离为283英里（456公里），单程旅行时间为5小时，中途停靠达拉斯、瓦克萨哈奇、科西卡纳和。20世纪中期，随着高速公路和航空交通日益发达，旅客外出更多地选择自己开车或搭乘飞机，美国铁路客运的重要性不断下降，山姆·休斯敦微风号列车亦于1966年停运。 (zh)
  • The Sam Houston Zephyr was a named passenger train operated by the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad, a subsidiary of both the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. It was the first streamlined passenger train in Texas. The train was designated number 3 southbound, and number 4 northbound. Its chief competitor was the Sunbeam, operated by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad (a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific) on a parallel route between Dallas and Houston. (en)
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  • 山姆·休斯敦微风号列车 (zh)
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