If the glory years of the Burlington Railroad began in 1934, with the Burlington Zephyr's phenomenal Dawn-to-Dusk run, surely they culminated in 1949, with the arrival of the California Zephyr.
As schoolboys in the 1930s at Hinsdale’s Garfield Elementary School, David Grainger and Marshall Keig already understood the romance and high-tech allure of the Burlington & Quincy railroad’s Pioneer ...
A wind from the west called the Zephyr–the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad’s new, diesel-powered, stainless steel, 72-passenger train–created a national sensation when it blew into town on May ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about art and culture. On May 26, 1934, the Burlington Zephyr passenger train made a record-breaking trip, traveling ...
If the glory years of the Burlington Railroad began in 1934, with the Burlington Zephyr's phenomenal Dawn-to-Dusk run, surely they culminated in 1949, with the arrival of the California Zephyr.
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