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[[Image:General Pershing Zephyr.jpg|thumb|250px|The ''General Pershing Zephyr'' in [[1939]] near [[Denver, Colorado]].]]

[[Image:Silver Charger.jpg|thumb|9908 ''Silver Charger'' hauling a regular train in [[1946]].]]

[[ImageFile:General Pershing Zephyr-Silver Charger - 20081123.jpg|thumb|250px|9908 ''Silver Charger'' haulingon a regular traindisplay in [[1946]].2008]]

The '''''General Pershing Zephyr''''' was the ninth of the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]]'s [[Burlington Zephyr|''Zephyr'']] [[streamliner]]s, and the last built as an integrated streamliner rather than a train hauled by an [[EMD E-unit]] [[diesel locomotive]]. It was constructed in [[1939]] with bodywork and passenger cars by [[Budd Company]] and [[diesel engine]], [[diesel-electric|electric transmission]], power [[bogie|truck]], and other locomotive equipment by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Division]]. Because its intended [[Kansas City, Missouri]] to [[St. Louis, Missouri]] route passed near the birthplace and boyhood home of famous [[World War I]] [[General]] [[John J. Pershing]], the train was named after him. The power car was named ''Silver Charger'', after Pershing's horse ''Charger'', while the passenger cars were named after [[U.S. Army]] badges of rank—''Silver Leaf'', ''Silver Eagle'', and ''Silver Star''.