Denver Zephyr
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The Denver Zephyr was a passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. The Burlington operated the train right up until Amtrak took over operations of the majority of intercity passenger train service in the United States in 1971.
[edit] History
At the time when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad had become part of the Burlington Northern Railroad merger, Amtrak, in its first year of operation, 1971, had decided to continue on with the two of the trains remaining from the service between Chicago and Denver, the California Zephyr and the Denver Zephyr.
Eventually, Amtrak made the decision to scale back its service to only one train on the Chicago to Denver route, eliminating the Denver Zephyr altogether. It should be noted that on Amtrak's first day of operation on May 1, 1971, the California Zephyr was initially tri-weekly service from the Denver to Oakland portion of the route, yet daily service from Chicago to Denver was maintained.
[edit] See also
- CB&Q / D&RGW / WP California Zephyr
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