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operated over the CB&Q between
Chicago and Denver, the D&RGW between Denver and Salt Lake City, and the WP between Salt Lake City and Oakland. The westbound train left Chicago Union Station at 12:35 pm, and after traversing Illinois, the train crossed the Mississippi River at Burlington,
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passenger cars. Initially, the train was supposed to be a temporary route, although, due to the train's popularity, which made it a significant rival to the
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Lincoln, Nebraska. The train made use of the 6.5 mi (10.5 km)-long
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171:(WP) railroads between Chicago and Oakland, California, for a decade between 1939 and 1949, before being replaced by the famed
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standard cars. In later years, however, the train would operate using diesel power and in the final months of service, used
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began on June 10, 1939. In the beginning, the train used steam locomotives as motive power and consisted of the heavyweight
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derailed in eastern Nevada after passing over a switch at 45 miles per hour (72 km/h), killing two passengers.
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were able to see the canyon during daylight hours. The train would finally arrive in San
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was introduced, allowing passengers an uninterrupted coast-to-coast journey via trains operated by the
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Francisco at 9 pm and arrived in Chicago at 11:55 pm two days later.
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Passenger trains of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
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Passenger trains of the Denver and Rio Grande
Western Railroad
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was involved in its deadliest accident. The westbound
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409:"Exposition Flyer CB&Q - D&RGW - WP"
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443:Western Pacific Railroad History Online
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924:Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
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1153:Passenger rail transportation in Iowa
1148:Passenger rail transportation in Utah
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187:Golden Gate International Exposition
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161:Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
165:Denver & Rio Grande Western
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439:"Accident at Pilot, Nevada"
129:2,438 miles (3,924 km)
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839:Mississippi Valley Express
217:Chicago & Northwestern
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369:Missouri Pacific Railroad
292:Naperville train disaster
231:with the all streamlined
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851:Northern Pacific Express
758:Nebraska-Chicago Limited
711:Chicago-Nebraska Limited
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93:Western Pacific Railroad
553:General Pershing Zephyr
266:On April 25, 1946, the
827:Great Northern Express
795:Yellowstone Park Train
687:Atlantic Coast Limited
358:ferry connection to SF
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259:On April 3, 1946, the
532:American Royal Zephyr
512:Advance Texas Zephyrs
391:on alternating days.
389:Pennsylvania Railroad
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212:City of San Francisco
45:Western United States
1040:Named trains of the
921:Named trains of the
609:Silver Streak Zephyr
490:Named trains of the
350:Feather River Canyon
276:Naperville, Illinois
868:Puget Sound Express
845:North Coast Limited
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743:Gulf Coast Special
658:Other named trains
623:Twin Cities Zephyr
602:Sam Houston Zephyr
588:Ozark State Zephyr
560:Kansas City Zephyr
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278:just short of the
126:Distance travelled
80:Former operator(s)
18:
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972:Rio Grande Zephyr
937:California Zephyr
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873:Southeast Express
790:Twin City Limited
780:St. Louis Limited
748:Minnesota Limited
630:Zephyr Connection
567:Mark Twain Zephyr
539:California Zephyr
525:Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
348:traveled through
321:Exposition Flyer
296:Exposition Flyer'
250:Sunol, California
233:California Zephyr
195:San Francisco Bay
174:California Zephyr
167:(D&RGW), and
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31:Service type
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377:Pullman car
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207:streamlined
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1077:Zephyrette
965:Prospector
763:Night Hawk
693:Black Hawk
682:Aristocrat
672:Ak-Sar-Ben
395:References
298:s fireman.
189:opened on
120:California
733:Fast Mail
239:Accidents
67:Successor
774:Shoshone
340:and the
112:Illinois
26:Overview
991:Shavano
503:Zephyrs
448:July 4,
423:July 3,
203:Pullman
181:History
116:Oakland
108:Chicago
104:Termini
338:Pueblo
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303:Route
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