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A trip aboard the luxurious Vista Dome California Zephyr during the winter months is filled with thrills, as the train travels for hundreds of miles through the very heart of the mighty Colorado Rockies during daylight hours.

BURLINGTON-RIO GRANDE-WESTERN PACIFIC

California Zephyr Western Pacific FP7's head up the eastbound "California Zephyr" at Marysville, Calif. under the wires of the Sacramento Northern's electric operation. April 1965.
Photo by John A. Kirchner

Published by Audio-Visual Designs, Earlton, NY

D&RGW Railroad monument in Glenwood Cañon on U. S. 24 in western Colorado. This monument marks the locality where the idea of Vista Dome cars was first born in 1944.
Color by D & R G W R. R.

Published by Sanborn Souvenir, Co, Inc., Denver, CO

*While this card is for the Vista Dome monument, and makes no mention of the CZ, the train pictured, is the California Zephyr.

The Rio Grande Railroad threads its way through the high, rugged country of the Colorado Rockies along narrow-gauge as well as standard-gauge lines that are remarkable feats of engineering. The California Zephyr in Gore Canyon of the Colorado River, on the Moffat Tunnel Route near Kremmling.

Published by Transmountain Views, Glenwood Springs, CO

WESTERN PACIFIC R.R. CO. Western Pacific No. 17, the "California Zephyr", descends through the lower Feather River Canyon in Northern California.
Western Pacific R.R. Co. photo

Published by Lyman E. Cox, Sacramento, CA

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Otto Roach Photo Courtesy D&RGW R.R.
Published by Lyman E. Cox, Sacramento, CA, © 1972

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Rio Grande 5764 Rio Grande's streamlined, all stainless steel "California Zephyr" heads east to Chicago on the "Moffat Tunnel Route" near Cisco, Utah. December 1965.
Photo by Ken Crist

Published by Audio-Visual Designs, Earlton, NY

Gold Coast Railroad's Silver Crescent & Silver Stag Ex-Western Pacific Railroad's California Zephyr Cars in operation behind Steam Power at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum. The Silver Crescent and Silver Stag were built by The Budd Company in 1948, the Silver Stag being a Baggage Car and the Silver Crescent being a Dome, Sleeper, Lounge, Observation Car with four private rooms and a Cocktail Lounge with a Semi-Circular Bar.
Photo Courtesy: Roger Schmorr

WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

The last westbound CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR stops at Portola, Calif., March 22, 1970. Rear car is dome-observation sleeper "Silver Crescent." This famous train ran between Chicago and San Francisco via Burlington, Denver & Rio Grande and Western Pacific Railroads. Its final run in March, 1970 marked a tragic loss to the United States.

Published by Audio-Visual Designs, P.O. Box 24, Earlton, N.Y. 12058

Photo by Douglas C. Wornom

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WESTERN PACIFIC R.R. CO.

Prior to the arrival of complete train sets for the California Zephyr, the newly arrived Budd cars were frequently spliced into the standard car consists of Western Pacific's Exposition Flyer in the late 1940's.

Lyman E. Cox, Sacramento, Calif.

Western Pacific R.R. Co. photo

WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

EMD F-7A, No. 805-A at the head end of the "California Zephyr". Sacramento, California, March 1969.

Distributed by Lyman E. Cox, Sacramento, CA

Photo Credit: Robert J. Fund

THE FEATHER RIVER CANYON, CALIFORNIA

This view of the spectacular Feather River Canyon shows a modern train, "The California Zephyr," winding its way along the canyon walls.

PUBLISHED BY EASTMAN'S STUDIO, SUSANVILLE, CALIFORNIA

MIRRO-KROME CARD BY H.S. CROCKER CO., INC., SAN FRANCISCO 1, CALIF.

Distributed by Illinois Camera Shop, Galesburg, Ill.

Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)

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CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD

Burlington EMD E-7 diesel No. 9937A (EMD #8919, March 1949) leads No. 17, the westbound "California Zephyr," out of Chicago past 4-4-0 No. 35 and Mail Car No. 1. Number 35 was built in 1892, in the company's Aurora shops, and has been modified to represent earlier locomotives of the Burlington. Mail Car No. 1 is a replica of the first Railway Post Office car in the country which ran on the Hannibal & St. Joseph R.R. on July 28, 1862. No. 9937A is currently in passenger service carrying Burlington Northern No. 9924.

Lyman E. Cox, P.O. Box 15902, Sacramento, Calif. 95813

J5206 Burlington Northern

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CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR IN GLENWOOD CANYON, COLORADO. ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF THE COLORADO RIVER

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Pub. by Plasti-Color Card Co., Denver, Colorado

"PLASTICHROME" by ColourPicture, Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.

Color by DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN R.R. CO.

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Otto Roach Photo Courtesy D&RGW R.R.
Published by Lyman E. Cox, Sacramento, CA, © 1971

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PHOTO BY BRIAN T. THOMPSON

Illustration: CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, westbound
Location: Near Fremont, California
Photo Date: February 22. 1950

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Travel in style and comfort to over 500 destinations. For fun, new friends and spectacular eye-level views of America's beauty, you can't beat Amtrak!

Enjoy serene beauty along the Truckee River from your seat on board Amtrak's California Zephyr.

Travel in style and comfort to over 500 destinations. For fun, new friends and spectacular eye-level views of America's beauty, you can't beat Amtrak!

As the California Zephyr nears the 7,103-foot summit of the Sierra Nevada route, you'll see Donner Lake set amidst Ponderosa pines and soaring mountains. This route, one of Amtrak's most scenic, was the most difficult to navigate of the entire U.S. transcontinental railroad project due to the terrain.