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...Never zephyr-zigzags either...
Compromise result: Burlington agreed to add another man to each Zephyr; the Brotherhood withdrew its demand for another man in each switch engine...
...Manhattan showrooms, and hotels- however, Ford exhibited the confirmation of a perennial rumor-a medium-priced Ford product. Not a glorified Ford but a completely new car from the Lincoln plants, it was named the Lincoln-Zephyr. Powered with a V12 engine, it is currently made in only two models, a two-door sedan at $1,275 and a four-door at $1,320. Its body construction, like that of the closed Cord models, stems straight from Walter P. Chrysler's adventures in aerodynamics: like the Airflow Chryslers and De Sotos, the Zephyr has no conventional frame; wheels, engine...
First Dieselectric "neo-train" in regular service was on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Burlington's famed Zephyr, which has been making a daily round-trip between Kansas City and Lincoln, Neb. since last Armistice Day, has upped traffic 153% in two months. Pleased with the experiment, Burlington put its new Zephyr Twins in service last month between Chicago and the Twin Cities on a 6½-hr. schedule. Zephyr Twins average 66 m.p.h., cost no more to run than large automobiles. Now building for Burlington is another stainless-steel streamliner, to be called Mark Twain...
...Silver Streak" is all about the triumph of stream-lining in railroad trains. There are some mildly thrilling shots of the Zephyr speeding through mountain passes and avoiding collisions by the narrowest of margins. This is about as fresh as yesterday's newspaper and equally as amusing...