The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad’s Pioneer Zephyr
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In the 1930s, the Pioneer Zephyr was the most famous streamlined train in the United States.
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The Burlington and Quincy Railroad’s Pioneer Zephyr was perhaps the most famous streamlined train in the United States in the 1930s. Like modern aircraft, it was a monocoque design (a hollow structure without internal bracing) and wind tunnel tested. Aircraft and train designer William Stout called such trains “wingless aircraft on tracks.”
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Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
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T2871
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