The ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' was a train service of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the American midwest. It ran from 1940 through 1959. On April 15, 1940 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurated the ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' operating a Lincoln-Omaha-St. Joseph-Kansas City round trip daily. The new train was named ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' for the train portrayed in the Paramount Motion Picture ''The Silver Streak'', with the starring role by the ''Pioneer Zephyr''. The CB&Q liked the name and assigned it to the new ''Zephyr''. This was the second ''Zephyr'' assigned to this route as the ''Pioneer Zephyr'' had operated in this service for some time and had actually outgrown it, when it generated more traffic than it was able to handle. For power the new five car lightweight streamliner was assigned a new EMD E5A unit developing Passengers were obviously pleased with the new ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' as ridership showed a marked increase within days of the new trains entry into service. As with the earlier ''General Pershing Zephyr'' and ''Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr'' the new ''Silver Streak Zephyr'' no longer operated with articulated train sets or for that matter even articulated cars. The Burlington's days of ordering articulated equipment were over and no further cars of that type would ever be contemplated.

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* {{CBQ named trains Named passenger trains of the United States Passenger trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad North American streamliner trains Railway services introduced in 1940 Railway services discontinued in 1959