Named after the famous Budd Manufacturing Company, these streamliner-era coaches will get you from point A to point unbelievable with grace and style. From Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend, the cars provide a cool air-conditioned trip. Complimentary soft drinks provided.
Budd Coach Prices:
| From 3/15/07 - 5/24/07 Adult: $65.00 Child: $35.00 |
From 5/25/07 - 9/3/07: Adult: $70.00 Child: $35.00 |
From 9/3/07 - 3/14/08: Adult: $65.00 Child: $30.00 |
The Most Famous Streamliner
The Pioneer Zephyr was built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known by the shorter name of Burlington. The train, which featured extensive use of stainless steel, was originally named Zephyr and was meant as a promotional tool to advertise passenger rail service in the United States. The train's construction included innovations such as shotwelding (a specialized type of spot welding) to join the stainless steel, and articulation to reduce the train's weight. On May 26, 1934 it set a speed record for travel time between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, when it made a 1,015-mile (1,633 km) non-stop "dawn-to-dusk" dash, covering the distance in 13 hours 5 minutes at an average speed of 77 mph (124 km/h). For one section of the run, the train reached a speed of 112.5 mph (181 km/h), just short of the then-US land speed record of 115 mph (185 km/h). The historic dash inspired two films and the train's nickname, "Silver Streak". The trainset entered regular revenue service on November 11, 1934 between Kansas City, Missouri, Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska. It was operated on this route until its retirement in 1960 when it was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago where it remains on public display. The train is generally regarded as the first successful streamliner on American railroads.
The Budd Manufacturing Company and the Streamliner Era
From the 1930s until 1989 The Budd Company was also a leading
manufacturer of stainless steel streamlined passenger rolling stock for a number
of railroads. They built the famed Pioneer Zephyr for the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad in 1934, and hundreds of streamlined lightweight stainless
steel passenger cars for new trains in the USA in the 1930s and 1940s. When
Zephyrus [the west wind] blows sweetly on the tender shoots in every forest and
heath, and the young sun has run halfway through its course in the sign of the
Ram...then people long to go on pilgrimages...
-- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
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