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/></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Houston)" title="Union Station (Houston)">Houston</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Sam Houston Zephyr</b></i> was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_named_passenger_trains" class="mw-redirect" title="List of named passenger trains">named</a> <a href="/wiki/Train" title="Train">passenger train</a> operated by the <a href="/wiki/Burlington-Rock_Island_Railroad" title="Burlington-Rock Island Railroad">Burlington-Rock Island Railroad</a>, a subsidiary of both the <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad">Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad</a>. It was the first <a href="/wiki/Streamliner" title="Streamliner">streamlined passenger train</a> in <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inaugurated on October 1, 1936,<sup id="cite_ref-zimmermann_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmermann-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 72–73, 75">: 72–73, 75 </span></sup> the year of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Centennial_Exposition" title="Texas Centennial Exposition">Texas centennial celebrations</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Streamliner" title="Streamliner">streamlined train</a> was named for Texas hero <a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a>. On its original schedule, the train ran from the <a href="/wiki/Texas_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Texas and Pacific Railway">Texas and Pacific</a> station in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a> to <a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Houston)" title="Union Station (Houston)">Union Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> in exactly five hours, making only four intermediate stops in <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waxahachie,_Texas" title="Waxahachie, Texas">Waxahachie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corsicana,_Texas" title="Corsicana, Texas">Corsicana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Teague,_Texas" title="Teague, Texas">Teague</a>. </p><p>The train was designated number 3 southbound, and number 4 northbound. Its chief competitor was the <i><a href="/wiki/Sunbeam_(passenger_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunbeam (passenger train)">Sunbeam</a></i>, operated by the <a href="/wiki/Texas_and_New_Orleans_Railroad" title="Texas and New Orleans Railroad">Texas and New Orleans Railroad</a> (a subsidiary of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">Southern Pacific</a>) on a parallel route between Dallas and Houston. </p><p>One of the original trainsets from the <i><a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_Zephyr" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin Cities Zephyr">Twin Cities Zephyr</a></i>, number 9901, was transferred to begin this new route. While under the management of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad">Rock Island</a>, <i>Zephyr</i> 9901 power car was destroyed by fire on December 19, 1944. The Rock Island did not maintain the train properly; the cause of the fire was oil residue which poor maintenance failed to remove. Because equipment was needed to keep the busy line running, the Rock Island replaced its <i><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Rockets_(1937)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Island Rockets (1937)">Texas Rocket</a></i> with the new <i><a href="/wiki/Twin_Star_Rocket" title="Twin Star Rocket">Twin Star Rocket</a></i> in July 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like many other passenger trains that experienced declining revenues in the face of competition from automobiles and airplanes in the 1950s and 1960s, the <i>Sam Houston Zephyr</i> was discontinued in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFZimmermann2004" class="citation book cs1">Zimmermann, Karl (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4O7bl6xzoQkC"><i>Burlington's Zephyrs</i></a>. Saint Paul, Minnesota: <a href="/wiki/MBI_Publishing_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="MBI Publishing Company">MBI Publishing Company</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-1856-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-1856-0"><bdi>978-0-7603-1856-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Burlington%27s+Zephyrs&rft.place=Saint+Paul%2C+Minnesota&rft.pub=MBI+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-7603-1856-0&rft.aulast=Zimmermann&rft.aufirst=Karl&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4O7bl6xzoQkC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Houston+Zephyr" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track9/samhouzeph195008.html">"Sam Houston Zephyr"</a>. streamlinerschedules.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 27,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sam+Houston+Zephyr&rft.pub=streamlinerschedules.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.streamlinerschedules.com%2Fconcourse%2Ftrack9%2Fsamhouzeph195008.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Houston+Zephyr" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track9/twinstar194508.html">"Twin Star Rocket"</a>. streamlinerschedules.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 27,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Twin+Star+Rocket&rft.pub=streamlinerschedules.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.streamlinerschedules.com%2Fconcourse%2Ftrack9%2Ftwinstar194508.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASam+Houston+Zephyr" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080514151121/http://dallasrailwaymuseum.com/dallashistory.html">"Museum of the American Railroad - A Brief History of Railroads in Dallas, Texas"</a>. 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4em"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston" title="Sam Houston">Sam Houston</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 7th congressional district">United States House of Representatives</a> (1823–1827)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Governor of Tennessee</a> (1827–1829)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texian_Army" title="Texian Army">Texian Army</a> Commander-in-chief (1835–1836)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_Texas" title="President of the Republic of Texas">President of the Republic of Texas</a> (1836–1838; 1841–1844)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Texas" title="Congress of the Republic of Texas">Republic of Texas House of Representatives</a> (1839–1841)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (1846–1859)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Governor of Texas</a> (1859–1861)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family and<br /> personal life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Allen_(Tennessee)" title="Eliza Allen (Tennessee)">Eliza Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Blue" title="Tom Blue">Tom Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoinette_Power_Houston_Bringhurst" title="Antoinette Power Houston Bringhurst">Antoinette Power Houston Bringhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Caruthers" title="Thomas Caruthers">Thomas Caruthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Price_Daniel_Jr." title="Price Daniel Jr.">Price Daniel Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson_Houston" title="Andrew Jackson Houston">Andrew Jackson Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Houston" title="Joshua Houston">Joshua Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Bell_Houston" title="Margaret Bell Houston">Margaret Bell Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Lea_Houston" title="Margaret Lea Houston">Margaret Lea Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Jr." title="Sam Houston Jr.">Sam Houston Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Lea_Houston" title="Temple Lea Houston">Temple Lea Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jolly" title="John Jolly">John Jolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Moffette_Lea" title="Nancy Moffette Lea">Nancy Moffette Lea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Houston_family_tree" title="Template:Houston family tree">Houston family tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_political_families_(H)" title="List of United States political families (H)">List of United States political families</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Homes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_(Huntsville,_Texas)" title="Woodland (Huntsville, Texas)">Woodland (Huntsville, Texas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steamboat_House_(Huntsville,_Texas)" title="Steamboat House (Huntsville, Texas)">Steamboat House (Huntsville, Texas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Sam_Houston_House" title="Mrs. Sam Houston House">Mrs. Sam Houston House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto" title="Battle of San Jacinto">Battle of San Jacinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consultation_(Texas)" title="Consultation (Texas)">Consultation of 1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_1836" title="Convention of 1836">Convention of 1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runaway_Scrape" title="Runaway Scrape">Runaway Scrape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Texas Declaration of Independence">Texas Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Texas_Revolution" title="Timeline of the Texas Revolution">Timeline of the Texas Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Republic_of_Texas" title="Timeline of the Republic of Texas">Timeline of the Republic of Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_Velasco" title="Treaties of Velasco">Treaties of Velasco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellowstone_(steamboat)" title="Yellowstone (steamboat)"><i>Yellowstone</i> steamboat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_and_slavery" title="Sam Houston and slavery">Sam Houston and slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_and_Native_American_relations" title="Sam Houston and Native American relations">Sam Houston and Native American relations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_monuments_and_memorials_to_Sam_Houston" title="List of monuments and memorials to Sam Houston">Monuments and<br />memorials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tennessee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Tennessee" title="Houston County, Tennessee">Houston County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Schoolhouse" title="Sam Houston Schoolhouse">Sam Houston Schoolhouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Texas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Sam_Houston" title="Fort Sam Houston">Fort Sam Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Coliseum" title="Sam Houston Coliseum">Sam Houston Coliseum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Texas" title="Houston County, Texas">Houston County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_High_School_(Arlington,_Texas)" title="Sam Houston High School (Arlington, Texas)">Sam Houston High School (Arlington, Texas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_High_School_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Houston High School (Houston)">Sam Houston High School (Houston)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sam_Houston_Hotel" title="The Sam Houston Hotel">The Sam Houston Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Math,_Science,_and_Technology_Center" title="Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center">Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_National_Forest" title="Sam Houston National Forest">Sam Houston National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Park" title="Sam Houston Park">Sam Houston Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Race_Park" title="Sam Houston Race Park">Sam Houston Race Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Regional_Library_and_Research_Center" title="Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center">Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Ship_Channel_Bridge" title="Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge">Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_State_University" title="Sam Houston State University">Sam Houston State University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="Houston County, Minnesota">Houston County, Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Mississippi" title="Houston, Mississippi">Houston, Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston,_Missouri" title="Houston, Missouri">Houston, Missouri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Award_Medal" title="Sam Houston Award Medal">Sam Houston Award Medal</a> (Texas)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sam_Houston_(SSBN-609)" title="USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)">USS <i>Sam Houston</i> (SSBN-609)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Monument" title="Sam Houston Monument">Sam Houston Monument</a> (Houston)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Sam_Houston_(Ney)" title="Statue of Sam Houston (Ney)">Sam Houston</a></i> (Austin and Washington, DC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Tribute_to_Courage" title="A Tribute 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