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 ...

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, commonly known as the Burlington Route, had many Zephyrs. But out of all the streamlined trainsets and services famously named after the Greek God of the ...

The California Zephyr, one of Amtrak’s longest routes, spans nearly 2,500 miles and has an average cost of $1,500. However, this cost has raised some eyebrows, especially since budget flights between ...

The Burlington fleet itself proliferated to ... Denver Zephyr, Nebraska Zephyr, California Zephyr, ... for routes in the U.S.-bear a strong conceptual resemblance to the original Zephyr.

Some original California Zephyr cars were sold to other countries and private owners; a number still operate on tourist railroads. The largest collection of preserved original California Zephyr ...

Amtrak's California Zephyr turns 75 and is still chugging As passengers boarded the daily 2 p.m. train at Union Station for San Francisco, they were greeted with cake and balloons marking the ...

Flooding today in Burlington and Ottumwa are forcing Amtrak's California Zephyr to divert from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line it usually travels across Iowa. The Iowa Department of ...

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 ...