CB&Q Burlington Zephyr No. 9900, at the railyard in Denver, Colorado; high speed silver streamliner of the Burlington Route; also known as Pioneer Zephyr; lettering on buildings read "Pride of the Rockies Flour Mill"," Pikes Peak Mill", "National...
Female beauty contestants, fashionably dressed, board the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr in Chicago, Illinois. "Queen Virginia Roper" wears a crown and shakes hands with Ralph Budd the president of the railroad. The other contestants...
Beauty contestant winners (identified from left to right) Elizabeth Foster, Wilma Adams, Florence Collier, Virginia Roper, Beverley Peterson, and their chaperon, Mrs. H.C. Leuty pose in the observation car of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,...
View of the Pioneer Zephyr 9900 running as Colorado and Southern Railway train 32 stopped at the railroad station in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado. The streamlined art-deco style diesel locomotive and cars are constructed of stainless steel....
View of a banquet, a promotional event for the Chicago, Burlington, Northern and Quincy Railroads new Denver Zephyr Vista Dome in Denver, Colorado. Men are seated at banquet tables in a conference room. A large printed advertisement hung on the...
View of a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy wooden clock in probably Denver, Colorado. A sign reads: "Mountain Time." Letters on the clock case read: "Naval Observatory Time hourly by Western Union" and "The Start of the Zephyr Will Break the Tape and...
View of the Union Pacific "City of Denver" and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad "Denver Zephyr" trains, umbrella sheds and passenger platforms at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The railroad depot is a rusticated stone building. The...
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Union Station (Denver,Colo.)--1940-1950.; City of Denver (Express train)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver Zephyr (Express...
View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #601 as it pulls the California Zephyr through Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. Another California Zephyr waits at the Grizzly siding on parallel tracks. The Colorado River and the...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grizzly (Colo. :...
Burlington Zephyr "Silver Charger" carrying Prince Fredric and wife Ingrid of Denmark; shows a high speed silver streamliner of the Burlington Route (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) with three car bodies mounted on four trucks; "General Pershing...
Colorado & Southern publicity shot on September 8, 1940 shows Texas Zephyr 9950 (also known as the Silver Racer) plus additional diesel unit engine, a Burlington Route high speed silver streamliner with eight baggage and passenger cars, near...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Douglas County--1940-1950.
A crowd is gathered around the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Denver Zephyr on its first trip to Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Shows the railroad station, a water tower and mesas in the distance.
The engineer, a railroad worker and a man in a suit and hat pose on or near a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Denver Zephyr locomotive and train in probably Denver, Colorado. A sign on the locomotive reads: "Burlington Route."
A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy porter snuffs out a cigarette in an ashtray in a Denver Zephyr lounge car. The African American (black) porter wears a white uniform and cap. Well dressed men and women passengers sit in upholstered chairs with...
A railroad engineer holds control levers on a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Denver Zephyr locomotive. An open field and railroad track show through the window.
View of the California Zephyr on Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows passenger observations cars, tracks, a signal shack and mountains.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad observation cars--American--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.;...
View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western California Zephyr Dome Coach, "Silver Scout," hooked to the Exposition Flyer in Crescent (Boulder County), Colorado. The snow-capped Indian Peaks are in the distance.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Exposition Flyer (Express train)--1940-1950.; Crescent (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Crescent--1940-1950.
View of the Texas Zephyr, Colorado and Southern passenger train no. 1, led by diesel locomotive 9937A near Larkspur (Douglas County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "Burlington Route." The consist has a baggage car and passenger...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Texas Zephyr (Express train)--1950-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1960.
The Colorado and Southern passenger train the Texas Zephyr is stopped at Sedalia (Douglas County), Colorado. The train has a diesel locomotive, passenger cars, a combination car and a mail car. A Denver and Rio Grande Western freight car and...
View of the Texas Zephyr, Colorado and Southern passenger train no. 1, led by diesel locomotive 9551A near Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "Burlington Route." The consist has a baggage car and passenger...
Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Texas Zephyr (Express train)--1950-1960.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1960.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western California Zephyr led by diesel 600 leaves the railroad yards in Denver, Colorado. The consist has observation cars.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
People gather near the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company depot in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The depot is a one story structure with towers and a tile roof. The California Zephyr express train is stopped near the...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1940-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1950.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Glenwood...
Men, boys, and girls pose with a burro in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois; and signs: "Zephyr Dawn to Dusk Club" and "ZEPH Denver to Chicago May 26, 1934." A Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad locomotive is in the background.
An African American (black) man stands and smiles in the kitchen behind the counter in a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Zephyr buffet car. He wears a chefs hat, white jacket and bow tie. Control panels, a ventilation hood, coffee dispensers,...
View of a California Zephyr train on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Gilpin County, Colorado. Passenger observation cars read: "Silver Bronco," "D.& R.G.W." and "C.B.& O." "Moffat Tunnel,...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.;...
Two California Zephyr express trains meet at a railroad siding (Grizzly) in Garfield County, Colorado, beside the Colorado River. The Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives and passenger cars travel in opposite directions on parallel tracks....
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grizzly (Colo. : Railroad siding)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield...
View of the eastbound California Zephyr, pulled by Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive #601, in the Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah. Shows the train, with domed observation cars, near the Wasatch Mountains. The KF Steel plant is in the...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Utah--Salt Lake County--1940-1950.; Railroads--Utah--Salt Lake...
Denver and Rio Grande Western engine #601 pulls the California Zephyr westbound at the east switch in the Grand Valley, in Mesa County, Colorado.
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mesa County--1940-1950.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Mesa...
The Zephyr View Cabin was built by William Pitts in the Lincoln Hills County Club area in Pinecliffe, Colo. Lincoln Hills was the the only African-American mountain resorts in the western United States during the early and middle 20th century....
View of the Denver & Rio Grande Engine No. 5771 currently on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 West 44th Avenue, Golden, Colo. Between 1971-1983, this diesel engine powered the last non-Amtrak intercity passenger train in the United...
Colorado Railroad Museum--2000-2010.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Colorado Railroad Museum--Pictorial works.; Diesel...