There were rumors that circulated in 1960 that the Burlington's very creative Passenger Dept. (and successful - it is said the Denver Zephyr was profitable right up to the end of the CB&Q's existence) was giving thought to instituting a Hudson powered daily passenger train. This was at the peak of ridership and enthusiasm for the Burlington's steam fan trip program. Of course, it never happened - would presume the sharp-pencil boys said it would not pay for itself. The heck of it was, ex-streamlined Aeolus #4001 had a major overhaul in the Denver Shop in 1955 - and was never used! She might have been a worthy candidate for such an operation. Sadly she was sent to scrap at the end of 1960. She was an all roller bearing rod Hudson, also of class S4a, and built to back-up passenger diesels on Zephyrs and the Expo.
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