The
California
California Zephyr (the CZ, or "Silver Lady") is a passenger train
operated by
Amtrak
Amtrak between
Chicago
Chicago and the
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area (at
Emeryville), via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno. At 2,438
miles (3,924 km), it is Amtrak's second longest route after the
Texas Eagle, with travel time between the termini taking approximately
511⁄2 hours.[2]
Amtrak
Amtrak claims the route as one of its most
scenic, with views of the upper
Colorado
Colorado River valley in the Rocky
Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada.[3]
Before Amtrak, the
California
California Zephyr was a passenger train operated by
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q),
Denver
Denver & Rio
Grande Western (D&RGW) and Western Pacific railroads, all which
dubbed it "the most talked about train in America" on March 19, 1949,
with the first departure the following day. It was scheduled to pass
through the most spectacular scenery on its route in the daylight. The
original train ceased operation in 1970, though the D&RGW
continued to operate its own passenger service, the Rio Grande Zephyr,
between
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City and
Denver
Denver using the original equipment until
1983. Since 1983 the
California
California Zephyr name has been applied to the
Amtrak
Amtrak service, which operates daily and is a hybrid of the route of
the original Zephyr and its former rival, the City of San Francisco.
During fiscal year 2016, the
California
California Zephyr carried 417,322
passengers, an increase of 11.2% over FY2015. The train had a total
revenue of $51,950,998 in FY2016.[1]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Pre-
California
California Zephyr (1939 to 1949)
1.2
California
California Zephyr
1.3 "Zephyrettes"
1.4
Amtrak
Amtrak era
2 Route description
3 Equipment
3.1 Original service
3.1.1 Preservation
3.1.2 Replicas
3.2 Current equipment
4 See also
5 Footnotes
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
Pre-
California
California Zephyr (1939 to 1949)[edit]
Main article: Exposition Flyer
In 1939, the
Golden Gate International Exposition
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Golden Gate International Exposition opened on Treasure
Island in
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay. The CB&Q, D&RGW and WP decided to
operate a train that could take passengers to the event. Service on
the
Exposition Flyer
Exposition Flyer began on June 10, 1939. In the beginning, the
train used steam locomotives as motive power and consisted of
heavyweight Pullman standard cars. In later years, the train used
diesel power and in the final months of service, used streamlined
passenger cars. Initially, the service was to be temporary, but its
popularity made it a significant rival to the City of San Francisco,
the Chicago-Oakland train operated jointly by the
Chicago
Chicago &
Northwestern, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, and it remained in
operation until 1949. In 1949, the CB&Q, D&RGW and Western
Pacific replaced the
Exposition Flyer
Exposition Flyer with the all-streamlined
California
California Zephyr, which used the same route.
California
California Zephyr[edit]
The train in Altamont, California, prior to its first run in 1949.
The Vista-Dome coach "Silver Scout."
The crew of the last
California
California Zephyr upon its arrival in Oakland in
1970
In its original run,
California
California Zephyr operated over the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad from
Chicago
Chicago to Denver, Colorado, the
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad between
Denver
Denver and Salt Lake
City, Utah, and the
Western Pacific Railroad
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Western Pacific Railroad from
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City to
Oakland, California. Cars owned by different railroads ran together;
cars cycled in and out for service, repairs, and varying passenger
loads with the seasons.
The first train was named in
San Francisco
San Francisco by
Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker while
California
California Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight, mayor of San Francisco
Elmer Robinson, and WP President Harry A. Mitchell looked on. For the
inaugural run in 1949, every woman on the train was given "silver" and
orange orchids flown from Hilo, Hawaii. The car hostesses were known
as "Zephyrettes."[4]
In summer 1954 the schedule for 2,532 miles
Chicago
Chicago to San Francisco
was 50hr 50min. An eastbound
California
California Zephyr through
Ruby Canyon
Ruby Canyon saw
the train's first birth on March 1, 1955, when Reed Zars was born.
California
California Zephyr (1970 route)
Legend
Dist.
Station
0 mi
0 km
Chicago
38 mi
61 km
Aurora
83 mi
134 km
Mendota
131 mi
211 km
Kewanee
162 mi
261 km
Galesburg
IL
IA
across
Mississippi River
206 mi
332 km
Burlington
233 mi
375 km
Mount Pleasant
255 mi
410 km
Fairfield
280 mi
451 km
Ottumwa
393 mi
632 km
Creston
IA
NE
across
Missouri River
496 mi
798 km
Omaha
551 mi
887 km
Lincoln
648 mi
1043 km
Hastings
779 mi
1254 km
McCook
NE
CO
1034 mi
1664 km
Denver
CBQ
DRGW
1219 mi
1962 km
Glenwood Springs
1308 mi
2105 km
Grand Junction
CO
UT
1387 mi
2232 km
Thompson
1485 mi
2390 km
Helper
1560 mi
2511 km
Provo
1604 mi
2581 km
Salt Lake City
DRGW
WP
1726 mi
2778 km
Wendover
UT
NV
1867 mi
3005 km
Elko
2002 mi
3222 km
Winnemucca
2094 mi
3370 km
Gerlach
NV
CA
2160 mi
3476 km
Herlong
2211 mi
3558 km
Portola
2251 mi
3623 km
Keddie
2327 mi
3745 km
Oroville
2353 mi
3787 km
Marysville
2393 mi
3851 km
Sacramento
2438 mi
3924 km
Stockton
2491 mi
4009 km
Pleasanton
2502 mi
4027 km
Fremont (Niles)
2525 mi
4064 km
Oakland
free motor coach
transfer with ticket
2532 mi
4075 km
San Francisco
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The
California
California Zephyr was not immune to falling passenger travel in
the 1960s; moreover, it began to lose money even when sold out. The
Western Pacific applied to discontinue its portion in 1966 but the
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) refused after public outcry. The
D&RGW made the same request in 1969 and in 1970 the ICC permitted
Western Pacific to end its portion, provided the D&RGW and
Burlington provide "some semblance of [service]" between
Chicago
Chicago and
Ogden, Utah. The last westbound
California
California Zephyr to the west coast
left
Chicago
Chicago on March 22, 1970 and arrived in Oakland two days later.
The
California
California Zephyr had operated for 21 years and 2 days. East of
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City the train was reduced to a tri-weekly schedule,
operating as
California
California Service on the Burlington and as the Rio
Grande Zephyr on the Rio Grande. The Rio Grande portion of the train
was extended beyond Salt Lake to Ogden, Utah, allowing
Nevada
Nevada and
California
California passengers to connect to the Southern Pacific Railroad's
City of San Francisco. This continued until the creation of
Amtrak
Amtrak on
May 1, 1971.[5]
"Zephyrettes"[edit]
A
Zephyrette
Zephyrette (center, in blue uniform) at work on the lower level of a
California
California Zephyr Vista-
Dome car
Dome car in 1967
Main articles:
Zephyrette
Zephyrette and
Zephyrette
Zephyrette (train)
The brainchild of Velma McPeek, the Burlington's Supervisor of
Passenger Train Services, the Zephyrettes were train hostesses who
performed a wide variety of roles, from tour guide to first aid
responder to babysitter. After debuting on the
Denver
Denver Zephyr in 1936,
they served on the
California
California Zephyr from 1949 until it was
discontinued in 1970.[6] Described by former
Zephyrette
Zephyrette Julie Ann
Lyman as "the railroad's answer to the air line stewardess",[7] the
various duties of the position included welcoming passengers, making
announcements, sending telegrams, making dinner reservations, and
generally serving as a liaison between the train's passengers and its
crew. At any one time, there were 10 or 11 Zephyrettes who were
actively employed.[6] When
Amtrak
Amtrak revived the
California
California Zephyr in
1983 it invited a former Zephyrette, Beulah Bauman, to christen the
train.[8]
A pair of the Western Pacific's Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs),
replacements for the Royal Gorge (trains No. 1 and 2), also picked up
the name Zephyrette.[9]:26 From September 15, 1950, to October 2,
1960, they were in service between Oakland, California, and Salt Lake
City, a distance of 924 miles (1,487 km),[10] which made the
route the longest RDC service in the United States.[11][12][13]
Amtrak
Amtrak era[edit]
Amtrak
Amtrak
California
California Zephyr (interactive map)
An
EMD FP7
EMD FP7 and two EMD SDP40Fs pull the eastbound
San Francisco
San Francisco Zephyr
through the Yuba Gap in 1975.
See also:
San Francisco
San Francisco Zephyr
Amtrak
Amtrak intended to revive the
California
California Zephyr as part its original
route network in 1971, using the Burlington Northern east of Denver,
the Rio Grande between
Denver
Denver and Ogden, and the Southern Pacific west
of Ogden, Utah. At the last minute, the Rio Grande refused to join
Amtrak, fearing the new company's passenger trains would interfere
with profitable freight traffic. This forced
Amtrak
Amtrak on to the Union
Pacific's Overland Route through southern Wyoming instead of Colorado.
For a brief time, between the spring of 1971 and the summer of 1972,
passengers traveling between
Chicago
Chicago and Oakland would have to travel
on two different trains: the
Denver
Denver Zephyr, which operated daily
between
Chicago
Chicago and Denver, and the City of San Francisco, which
operated three times a week, between
Denver
Denver and the
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Area. Eventually, however, after several false starts, Amtrak
consolidated the two trains into one, dubbed the
San Francisco
San Francisco Zephyr,
homage to both the
California
California Zephyr and the
San Francisco
San Francisco Chief,
between
Chicago
Chicago and Oakland. The Rio Grande continued to operate the
Rio Grande Zephyr
Rio Grande Zephyr between
Denver
Denver and Ogden.[14]
In 1983 the D&RGW elected to join Amtrak, citing increasing losses
in passenger operations.
Amtrak
Amtrak re-routed the
San Francisco
San Francisco Zephyr
over the D&RGW's Moffat Subdivision between
Denver
Denver and Salt Lake
City, its original preference from 1971. The change was scheduled for
April 25, but a mudslide at Thistle,
Utah
Utah closed the line and delayed
the change until July 16. With the change of route,
Amtrak
Amtrak renamed the
train as the
California
California Zephyr.[15][16] The modern
California
California Zephyr
uses mostly the same route as the original east of Salt Lake City.
While the train departs
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City to the west on former Western
Pacific tracks (now part of the Central Corridor), the train switches
to the Overland Route by the time it reaches Winnemucca. As the Union
Pacific Railroad uses directional running across central Nevada, the
spot the train switches lines depends on the direction of travel.[17]
The route west of Elko,
Nevada
Nevada is essentially the route of the former
City of San Francisco.
Eastbound
California
California Zephyr led by an EMD F40PHR at Tunnel No. 17,
Newcastle, California, 1995
California
California Zephyr 60th Anniversary Special, 2009. Rear car is the Budd
#377 "Silver Solarium," built 1948-49.
A small note in the July 2010 Trains said that this train is listed
not only for route improvement, but to host a second route, the
discontinued
Desert Wind
Desert Wind route.[18] The following is what is listed
for the Zephyr route:
Possible
Desert Wind
Desert Wind extension, Salt Lake City-
Los Angeles
Los Angeles via Las
Vegas, Nevada
Possible equipment upgrades similar to that of the Empire Builder,
possibly regardless if the first change is successful or not.
Route description[edit]
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A pre-
Amtrak
Amtrak
California
California Zephyr in the Feather River Canyon.
The west-bound train is
Amtrak
Amtrak number 5 (eastbound, it is number 6).
Upon leaving
Chicago
Chicago Union Station, the train travels along the Metra
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway Line, with an intermediate stop in Naperville, Illinois.
After passing through Aurora, Illinois, the train passes through the
seemingly endless corn, soybean fields and small farming towns of
Illinois
Illinois and Iowa. The route crosses into
Iowa
Iowa at the Burlington Rail
Bridge across the
Mississippi River
Mississippi River in Burlington, Iowa, then into
Nebraska
Nebraska between
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs and Omaha. Overnight, and into the
early morning, the train traverses
Nebraska
Nebraska and northeastern Colorado,
before making a morning arrival into Denver.
At
Denver
Denver the train departs BNSF Railway-owned track. From Denver
west, the train runs along the Union Pacific Railroad's Central
Corridor. The scenery changes dramatically departing
Denver
Denver as the
train climbs the Rocky Mountains. After going through the Tunnel
District, the line crosses the
Continental Divide
Continental Divide via the 6.2
mile-long
Moffat Tunnel
Moffat Tunnel under James Peak. The tracks then follow the
Colorado
Colorado River, through the transition from a narrow, whitewater river
(popular with rafters, who habitually moon the train as it passes) to
a much wider stream past
Glenwood Canyon
Glenwood Canyon and Interstate 70 toward
Grand Junction. The train finally departs the now much larger Colorado
River after exiting Ruby Canyon, which is also where the train enters
Utah.
In
Utah
Utah the train follows the southern rim of the
Book Cliffs
Book Cliffs to their
end near Helper. The train then crosses the Wasatch Mountains,
cresting at Soldier Summit. After passing the Wasatch the train
arrives at the
Wasatch Front
Wasatch Front where most of the population of
Utah
Utah is
located.
Once the train reaches
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City the train loosely follows
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 until the terminus of the train in California. Both the
freeway and railroad pass along the south shore of the Great Salt Lake
and across the
Bonneville Salt Flats
Bonneville Salt Flats towards Nevada. After crossing
the Utah/
Nevada
Nevada state line at Wendover, Utah/West Wendover, Nevada,
the route passes the Toano Range, via Silver Zone Pass, across the
Goshute Valley, tunnels under the
Pequop Mountains
Pequop Mountains and then skirts the
northern edge of the Ruby Mountains.
The train first reaches the
Humboldt River
Humboldt River near Wells, which the train
loosely follows until the river's end in the
Humboldt Sink
Humboldt Sink near
Lovelock. The tracks cross the center of the Forty Mile Desert, on the
other side of this desert valley is the
Truckee River
Truckee River which provides
the train's path to Reno and up the Sierra
Nevada
Nevada in California.
In California, the train crests the Sierra
Nevada
Nevada at
Donner Pass
Donner Pass and,
after rounding Donner Lake, descends following a high ridge between
the American and Yuba Rivers, through Emigrant Gap. Eventually, the
California
California Zephyr reaches the lowland areas of the
California
California Central
Valley, and then along the San Pablo Bay, with stops in Sacramento and
Davis. It crosses the Benicia Bridge and has stops in Martinez and
Richmond. Then, the trip ends in Emeryville, a suburb of Oakland. From
Emeryville
Emeryville the free
Emery Go Round
Emery Go Round shuttle connects passengers to the
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, or a
Thruway Motorcoach
Thruway Motorcoach provides
connecting service to San Francisco's Embarcadero (with sweeping city
views from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge along the way).
The original
California
California Zephyr used the
Feather River Route
Feather River Route as its
path through the Sierra Nevada, and served different cities west of
Winnemucca, Nevada. Instead of passing through Reno, the original
Zephyr was routed via Gerlach,
Nevada
Nevada and in
California
California passed through
Portola, Oroville, Sacramento, Stockton and Pleasanton before arriving
at the Oakland depot where a ferry service was available to San
Francisco.[19] The
Feather River Route
Feather River Route is still in use for freight;
however, anyone wishing to see this portion of the original route must
now use State Route 70 which runs parallel to the old Western Pacific
track.
Equipment[edit]
Original service[edit]
Inaugural 1949 consist
Baggage
Vista-Dome chair car
Vista-Dome chair car
Vista-Dome chair car
Vista-Dome dormitory-buffet-lounge car
Sleeper (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
Sleeper (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
Diner (48 seats)
Sleeper (16 sections)
Sleeper (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
Vista-Dome dormitory-buffet-lounge-observation (1 drawing room, 3
double bedrooms)
[20]
The
Budd Company
Budd Company manufactured six ten-car trainsets; three went to the
Burlington, two to the Western Pacific and one to the Rio Grande. In
line with the train's sightseeing schedule, each set included five of
the new "Vista-Domes" (three coaches, a dormitory-lounge, and a
dormitory-observation car). The
California
California Zephyr was the first
long-distance train to carry domes in regular service.[4] The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad owned a single 10-roomette 6-double bedroom
sleeping car, the Silver Rapids, which was used for through service to
New York City.[21]
The forward section of the first Vista-
Dome car
Dome car was partitioned off
and reserved for women and children. There was a door in the corridor
under the dome just behind the women's restroom to the reserved
section. Early on, this reserved section was opened up to all
passengers and the door and partitions were removed. Ownership of the
cars was split between the three railroads almost evenly across all
car types. Each car was owned by one railroad, but the ownership of
the cars in any one day's train depended more on what was available at
the terminals than whose railroad the train was operating over.
Generally positioned as the second Vista Dome coach was the car
referred to as the "Conductor's Car". This car was like the other
Vista Dome coaches, except in the B end, was a small booth with a
bench seat and desk for the Conductor.
In 1952 another Pullman sleeper (6 double bedrooms - 5 compartments)
was added to each consist. With the new cars delivered that year, cars
arriving in
Chicago
Chicago on the
California
California Zephyr were made available for
use on the
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr for an overnight round trip to Lincoln,
Nebraska. When the cars returned from Lincoln the next day they were
placed back in the westbound
California
California Zephyr's consist for the next
train out of
Chicago
Chicago that afternoon.[22][23]
Preservation[edit]
The former
California
California Zephyr dome coach Silver Lariat en route to
Oakland on the
Coast Starlight
Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
The former
California
California Zephyr dome coach Silver Bridle in service with
the Inland Lakes Railway at Plymouth, Florida.
The high quality Budd-built cars of the
California
California Zephyr have proven
to be popular with private car owners. Several operate in private
charter service on Amtrak, including dome-observation car Silver
Solarium,[24] dome-coach Silver Lariat, sleepers Silver Rapid and
Silver Quail and a dome lounge now known as the Sierra Hotel.
Seven museums currently hold equipment once used on the California
Zephyr:
the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Calera, AL owns[25] the Silver
Maple (ex-CB&Q 400 [sleeper], rebuilt 1963 to chair car
configuration, CB&Q 4742) now numbered 4741. The Silver Maple is
used in regular excursion service.
the
Illinois
Illinois Railway Museum owns several Burlington locomotives that
were used to pull the train on occasion, and Rio Grande dome coach
Silver Pony.
the
Colorado
Colorado Railroad Museum has two Rio Grande locomotives that also
saw
California
California Zephyr and later
Rio Grande Zephyr
Rio Grande Zephyr service.
the
Gold Coast Railroad Museum
Gold Coast Railroad Museum in
Florida
Florida owns two former Western
Pacific Railroad
California
California Zephyr cars: baggage car Silver Stag and
dome-observation car Silver Crescent.
the Avon Park Depot Museum in
Florida
Florida owns one former Western Pacific
California
California Zephyr car: the "Silver Palm;" originally a sleeper car, it
is now a buffet dining car that the museum uses for dinner parties.
The car was converted to its buffet car state by the Auto-Train
Corporation when they bought the car.[26]
the Austin Steam Train Association, which operates the Austin &
Texas Central Railroad in the Hill Country between Cedar Park and
Burnet, has completed its restoration of the Silver Pine. Originally a
16-section sleeper manufactured in 1948 by the Budd Company, the coach
car re-entered revenue service in 2011 - for the first time since its
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Western days.
the largest collection of preserved equipment can be found in Portola,
California
California at the
Western Pacific Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad Museum. One locomotive and
four cars are currently preserved there as part of the museum's
"Zephyr Project" restoration program.
Western Pacific 805-A
Western Pacific 805-A is the
last intact locomotive built specifically for the
California
California Zephyr.
The cars include dome-lounge Silver Hostel, dome coaches Silver Lodge
and Silver Rifle (on long term loan from the Golden Gate Railroad
Museum) and the diner Silver Plate.
Additionally, three of the diners are presently still in revenue
service with
Amtrak
Amtrak as of 2015.
Replicas[edit]
A non-functional replica of the
California
California Zephyr was at Disney
California
California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California. It was Baker's Field
Bakery and Bur-r-r Bank ice cream counter cafes at the Sunshine Plaza
main entrance. The exhibit closed on July 31, 2011, as part of the
park's $1.1 billion overhaul. Disney gave it to the Western Pacific
Railroad Museum in Portola, California.[27]
Current equipment[edit]
The current
California
California Zephyr uses Superliner equipment. A typical
train consists of two P42 locomotives, a baggage car, a transition
sleeper, two sleeping cars, a dining car, a sightseer lounge car, and
two or three coaches.
See also[edit]
Trains portal
CB&Q
Denver
Denver Zephyr
Longest train journeys
Footnotes[edit]
Route map: Google
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Display on Google Maps
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California Zephyr
KML is from Wikidata
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Amtrak
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^ a b "
California
California Zephyr Timetable" (PDF). Amtrak. July 20, 2017.
Retrieved February 6, 2018.
^ "
California
California Zephyr Route Guide" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved February 6,
2018.
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^ Schafer (1997), p. 69-70.
^ a b Radecki, Alan; Wilson, John. "The Zephyrettes...a History".
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California Zephyr Virtual Museum. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
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Zephyrette
Zephyrette Is Wacky,
Wonderful".
Chicago
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and Western Pacific Railroads, republished by
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^ Zimmermann (2004), p. 155.
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HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY.
ISBN 978-1-55850-477-6.
Kelly, John (2017). The
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California Zephyr: An Entertaining History of
America's Most Celebrated Train Route. Hudson, WI: Enthusiast Books.
ISBN 9781583883471.
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California Zephyr Virtual Museum. Retrieved May 28,
2006.
Sanders, Craig (2006).
Amtrak
Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana:
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Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (1997). Classic American Streamliners.
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External links[edit]
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Long
distance
West
California
California Zephyr
Coast Starlight
Empire Builder
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
East
Auto Train
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
City of New Orleans
Crescent
Lake Shore Limited
Silver Service
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Corridor
West
Amtrak
Amtrak Cascades
Heartland Flyer
Amtrak
Amtrak California
Capitol Corridor
Pacific Surfliner
San Joaquin
Mid-
west
Hiawatha Service
Hoosier State
Missouri River
Missouri River Runner
Illinois
Illinois Service
Black Hawk (planned)
Carl Sandburg
Illini
Illinois
Illinois Zephyr
Lincoln Service
Saluki
Quad Cities (planned)
Michigan Services
Blue Water
Pere Marquette
Wolverine
East
Adirondack
Downeaster
Empire Service
Ethan Allen Express
Keystone Service
Maple Leaf (shared with VIA Rail Canada)
Pennsylvanian
Vermonter
Atlantic Coast Service
Carolinian
Palmetto
Piedmont
Northeast Corridor
Acela Express
Keystone Service
New Haven–Springfield Shuttle
Northeast Regional
Former
Abraham Lincoln
Ann Rutledge
Arrowhead
Atlantic City Express
Badger
Bankers
Bay State
Beacon Hill
Betsy Ross
Black Hawk
Blue Ridge
Blue Water Limited
Broadway Limited
Calumet
Campus
Cape Codder
Capitols
Champion
Chesapeake
Chief
City of San Francisco
Clamdigger
Clocker
Coast Daylight
Colonial
Congress
Connecticut Connector
Connecticut Valley Service
Connecticut Yankee
Denver
Denver Zephyr
Desert Wind
Duquesne
Eagle
Empire State Express
Encore
Expo '74
Fast Mail
Federal
Florida
Florida Special
Floridian
Fort Pitt
George Washington
Gotham Limited
Gulf Breeze
Gulf Coast Limited
Hilltopper
Indiana Connection
Inter-American
International
International Limited
James Whitcomb Riley
James River
Kansas City Mule
Kentucky Cardinal
Keystone
Lake Cities
Lake Country Limited
Lake Shore
Las Vegas Limited
LaSalle
Limited
Lone Star
Loop
Manhattan
Manhattan Turbo
Marquette
Merchants Limited
Metroliner
Miamian
Michigan Executive
Montrealer
Mount Baker International
Mount Rainier
Mountaineer
National Limited
New Yorker
Niagara Rainbow
Nicollet
Night Owl
North Coast Hiawatha
North Star
Northwest Talgo
Old Dominion
Orange County Commuter
Pacific International
Pacific Northwest Corridor
Panama Limited
Patriot
Pioneer
Potomac Special
Potomac Turbo
Prairie Marksman
Prairie State
Puget Sound
Radisson
River Cities
San Diegan
San Francisco
San Francisco Zephyr
Senator
Shawnee
Shenandoah
Silver Palm
Silverliner Service
South Wind
Southern Crescent
Southwest Limited
Spirit of California
Spirit of St. Louis
St. Clair
St. Louis Mule
State House
Super Chief
Super Chief-El Capitan
Texas Chief
Three Rivers
Tidewater
Turboliner
Twilight Limited
Twilight Shoreliner
Twin Cities Hiawatha
Vacationer
Valley Forge
Virginian
West Virginian
Washingtonian
Weekend Metroliner
Willamette Valley
Yankee Clipper
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Named trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
American Royal Zephyr
Black Hawk
The Buffalo Bill
California
California Zephyr
Denver
Denver Zephyr
Exposition Flyer
General Pershing Zephyr
Kansas City Zephyr
Mark Twain Zephyr
Nebraska
Nebraska Zephyr
Ozark State Zephyr
Pioneer Zephyr
Sam Houston Zephyr
Silver Streak Zephyr
The Shoshone
Texas Zephyr
Twin Cities Zephyr
Zephyr Connection
Zephyr Rocket
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Named trains of the
Denver
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
California
California Zephyr
Exposition Flyer
Prospector
Rio Grande Zephyr
San Juan Express
Shavano
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Named trains of the Western Pacific Railroad
California
California Zephyr
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