The Zephyr-Rocket

The Burlington and Rock Island railroads each served both Minneapolis and St. Louis, but the shortest Burlington route between the two cities was 615 miles and the shortest Rock Island route was much longer. By using the Rock Island for 364 miles between Minneapolis and Burlington, Illinois, and from there the Burlington for 221 miles to St. Louis, the Zephyr-Rocket connected the two cities in just 585 miles. The two pioneers in stainless steel streamlined trains already jointly owned the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad between Ft. Worth and Houston, so the Zephyr-Rocket was a natural extension.

Click image to download a 4.8-MB PDF of this brochure.
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The Zephyr-Rocket (this brochure and Burlington timetables use a hyphen but curiously Rock Island timetables don’t) began operating on January 7, 1941. I am grateful to Streamliner Memories reader Bill Hough for providing the PDF of this January, 1941 brochure introducing the service.


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