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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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182:(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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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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Burlington officials at the Moffat Tunnel in 1934 as plans were being made to create the
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Passenger trains of the
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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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420:"Exposition Flyer CB&Q - D&RGW - WP"
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454:Western Pacific Railroad History Online
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935:Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
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1179:Railway services discontinued in 1949
1164:Passenger rail transportation in Iowa
1159:Passenger rail transportation in Utah
343:, as opposed to the former route via
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378:Some of the route was shared by the
198:Golden Gate International Exposition
1174:Railway services introduced in 1939
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1124:Night trains of the United States
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172:Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
176:Denver & Rio Grande Western
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450:"Accident at Pilot, Nevada"
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850:Mississippi Valley Express
228:Chicago & Northwestern
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396:New York Central Railroad
380:Missouri Pacific Railroad
303:Naperville train disaster
242:with the all streamlined
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862:Northern Pacific Express
769:Nebraska-Chicago Limited
722:Chicago-Nebraska Limited
104:Western Pacific Railroad
564:General Pershing Zephyr
277:On April 25, 1946, the
838:Great Northern Express
806:Yellowstone Park Train
698:Atlantic Coast Limited
369:ferry connection to SF
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270:On April 3, 1946, the
543:American Royal Zephyr
523:Advance Texas Zephyrs
402:on alternating days.
400:Pennsylvania Railroad
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223:City of San Francisco
56:Western United States
1051:Named trains of the
932:Named trains of the
620:Silver Streak Zephyr
501:Named trains of the
361:Feather River Canyon
287:Naperville, Illinois
18:The Exposition Flyer
879:Puget Sound Express
856:North Coast Limited
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754:Gulf Coast Special
669:Other named trains
634:Twin Cities Zephyr
613:Sam Houston Zephyr
599:Ozark State Zephyr
571:Kansas City Zephyr
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289:just short of the
137:Distance travelled
91:Former operator(s)
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801:Twin City Limited
791:St. Louis Limited
759:Minnesota Limited
641:Zephyr Connection
578:Mark Twain Zephyr
550:California Zephyr
536:Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
359:traveled through
332:Exposition Flyer
307:Exposition Flyer'
261:Sunol, California
244:California Zephyr
206:San Francisco Bay
185:California Zephyr
178:(D&RGW), and
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83:California Zephyr
16:(Redirected from
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711:The Buffalo Bill
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388:Pullman car
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976:Prospector
774:Night Hawk
704:Black Hawk
693:Aristocrat
683:Ak-Sar-Ben
406:References
309:s fireman.
200:opened on
131:California
744:Fast Mail
250:Accidents
78:Successor
785:Shoshone
351:and the
123:Illinois
37:Overview
1002:Shavano
514:Zephyrs
459:July 4,
434:July 3,
214:Pullman
192:History
127:Oakland
119:Chicago
115:Termini
349:Pueblo
293:. The
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314:Route
158:39/40
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