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 Zephyr was built for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known as the Burlington Route, which ...

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.

Burlington's Pioneer Zephyr The first Zephyr train, later called Pioneer Zephyr, at Aurora, Ill., on nonstop Denver–Chicago run, May 26, 1934. CB&Q Burlington's Silver Dome The first dome car ...

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was a diesel pioneer with its Zephyr passenger trains in the 1930s, and the railroad began dieselizing mainline freight trains with EMD FTs in 1943. The CB&Q ...