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Streamliner pioneer

By Angela Cotey | January 20, 2020

| Last updated on December 29, 2020

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The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’s Zephyr was the first diesel streamliner, entering service in 1934. The locomotive, which was articulated with the train set, was powered by a 660-hp Winton 201A diesel engine.
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