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Ozark State Zephyr
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The <i>Ozark State Zephyr</i>, along with the <i><a href="/facts/Sam_Houston_Zephyr/mHjNUw2k">Sam Houston Zephyr</a></i>, was made possible by the re-equipping of the <i>Twin Cities Zephyrs</i> in 1936, which freed up the original two equipment sets, #9901 and #9902. The train made a single round-trip per day, departing St. Louis for Kansas City in the morning and returning in the evening. It covered the 279 miles (449 km) in 5+1/2 hours.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>: 73–74 The new service was christened by Mollie Stark, daughter of Governor-elect <a href="/facts/Lloyd_C._Stark/T3KA7bNt">Lloyd C. Stark</a>, who rode the new train from St. Louis to Kansas City prior to it entering revenue service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>The CB&Q and Alton increased the service to twice-daily in September 1938 with the addition of equipment set #9903, the <i><a href="/facts/Mark_Twain_Zephyr/D3q0xSJy">Mark Twain Zephyr</a></i>, which was renamed to match existing service. Contemporary advertising referred to the "Morning" and "Afternoon" <i>Ozark State Zephyrs</i>, mirroring the practice already adopted by the CB&Q with the <i>Twin Cities Zephyrs</i>. The new train operated on a reverse schedule, departing Kansas City in the morning and returning in the evening.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>: 74 </p><p>The CB&Q and Alton retired the <i>Ozark State Zephyr</i> name on April 30, 1939, with the arrival of the brand-new <i><a href="/facts/General_Pershing_Zephyr/by5XgF6w">General Pershing Zephyr</a></i> trainset. This set assumed the morning Kansas City–St. Louis round-trip, while the <i>Mark Twain Zephyr</i>, its original name restored, handled the morning trip from St. Louis.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>: 79 </p> <h2 id="equipment">Equipment</h2> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Twin_Cities_Zephyr/5UcGej6E">Twin Cities Zephyr</a> and <a href="/facts/Mark_Twain_Zephyr/D3q0xSJy">Mark Twain Zephyr</a></p> <p>As originally built by the <a href="/facts/Budd_Company/wvoJgP62">Budd Company</a> and the <a href="/facts/Electro-Motive_Diesel/18JmQm6l">Electro-Motive Company</a> for the <i>Twin Cities Zephyr</i> in 1936 #9902 consisted of a power car with <a href="/facts/Baggage_car/R5HDppQ6">baggage</a> section, a buffet-coach with seating for 40, and coach-<a href="/facts/Observation_car/13eYtVK8">observation car</a> with seating for 24 in the coach section and 24 in the observation section. The <i>Mark Twain Zephyr</i> consisted of four cars: a power car with <a href="/facts/Railway_post_office/VlPl9vR5">railway post office</a> (RPO), a baggage car, a coach-dinette with seating for 20, and a coach-observation car with seating for 40 in the coach section and 16 in the observation section. Both sets were articulated, making it a difficult process to add and remove cars.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>: 212 The relative lack of seating in both consists, and the presence of the RPO in the <i>Mark Twain Zephyr</i>, reflected the CB&Q's belief that mail and express revenue was a better source of income on short-haul Midwestern services than passenger traffic.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>: 25 </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to Ozark State Zephyr at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Zimmermann, Karl (2004). Burlington's Zephyrs. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7603-1856-0. <a href="978-0-7603-1856-0" target="_blank">978-0-7603-1856-0</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Patronage Problems Passed Over by Stark Calling on Boss Tom". Southeast Missourian. December 17, 1936. <a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RoofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z9IEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5997,1190293" target="_blank">https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RoofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z9IEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5997,1190293</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Zimmermann, Karl (2004). Burlington's Zephyrs. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7603-1856-0. <a href="978-0-7603-1856-0" target="_blank">978-0-7603-1856-0</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Zimmermann, Karl (2004). Burlington's Zephyrs. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7603-1856-0. <a href="978-0-7603-1856-0" target="_blank">978-0-7603-1856-0</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists. New York: Wayner Publications. OCLC 8848690. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Zimmermann, Karl (2004). Burlington's Zephyrs. Saint Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7603-1856-0. <a href="978-0-7603-1856-0" target="_blank">978-0-7603-1856-0</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>