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.

Check out the above clip of the streamlined and backswept Burlington Zephyr as it rockets across the countryside on its way from Denver to Chicago in 1934. The trip was a technological breakthrough in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model of the Chicago, ...

Back in the 1930s, riding by train was the way to travel and a major part of railroad income. The Burlington Route had one of the greatest passenger trains, known as the Burlington Zephyr. In 1934, a ...

When my current issue of the newsletter for members of the National Railway Historical Society arrived recently, I was thrilled to see new pictures of the railroad sensation of the 1930s – the ...

THE WAY IT WAS: A crowd gathers around a new Burlington Railroad Zephyr passenger train May 30, 1934, outside La Crosse’s old Burlington Passenger Depot, left, which was located on the southeast ...

The newly renovated Pioneer Zephyr, with new interactive elements and an expanded experience, on display at the Museum of Science and Industry on March 4, 2021. The front of the newly renovated ...

Tourists today arrive largely by air. For many decades, many came by train. In our jet-speed age, it may be difficult to realize that the slower travel by train was part of the fun of a vacation in ...