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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:08 PM

Not quite streamliners, but much more interesting:

1. Bi-Level Peninsula 400 (C&NW)

2. Lake Cities (EL)

3. Thoroughbred (MON)

4. Campus (IC)

5. Maple Leaf (GTW)

6. Fast Mail (ATSF)

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul
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Posted by Los Angeles Rams Guy on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:34 AM

1.  The Union Pacific/Milwaukee Road "Cities" trains

2.  Illinois Central's Hawkeye

 

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Posted by scwylder on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:35 PM

I'm not sure whether all these qualify as streamliners, but here goes:

1. The Corn Belt Rocket/Cornhusker

2. The Nebraska Zephyr (articulated consist)

3. The Zephyr Rocket (I rode it when it was a one or two-car nameless successor.)

4.The Quad City Rocket (when Bigi Ben was on it)

5.The Kate Shelley

6.Amtrak's Southwest Chief

7. Amtrak's Capitol Limited

8. Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited

9. Amtrak's Broadway Limited

10. The United Aircraft TurboTrain (rode it twice in 1969)

 

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your favorite streamliners
Posted by jr 611 on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:10 PM

 what is your favorite streamliners i have five

1.the California zephyr

2.the empire builder

3.the north coast limited

4.the super chief

5.city of Portland  

please help the cb&q 5614

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