| The Silver Streak | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Thomas Atkins |
| Produced by | Glendon Alvine |
| Written by | H.W. Hanemann Jack O'Donnell Roger Whately |
| Starring | Charles Starrett |
| Editing by | Fred Kundtson |
| Release date(s) | 1934 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Silver Streak is a 1934 film loosely based on the record-setting "dawn-to-dusk" run of the Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934. The original Zephyr trainset was used for the exterior shots in the film, while interior scenes were filmed on a soundstage in Hollywood. For the film, the "Burlington Route" nameplate on the train's nose was replaced with one that read "Silver Streak".
In the story, the crew was racing to the Boulder Dam construction site with an iron lung, with only moments to spare.
In 2006 Con-Cor International, Ltd. produced a model of the Pioneer Zephyr. A limited number (350 HO scale and 250 N scale) of these bore the nameplates of the Silver Streak from the motion picture instead of the standard Burlington Zephyr nameplates.