The San Francisco Zephyr was an Amtrak passenger train that ran between Chicago and Oakland from June 1972 to July 1983, when it was renamed to the California...
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The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area (at Emeryville), via Omaha,...
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California Zephyr operates partially over the route of the original Zephyr and partially over the route of its former rival, the City of San Francisco. In 1939...
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Denver–Oakland City of San Francisco to form the San Francisco Zephyr and dropped the "Denver" name in 1973. The first Zephyr service to Denver began...
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connect to the City of San Francisco and later the San Francisco Zephyr, which did not serve Salt Lake City. The Rio Grande Zephyr used mostly the same...
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Chicago-San Francisco/Oakland route became daily again as the San Francisco Zephyr. Amtrak replaced its service between Chicago and San Francisco/Oakland...
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Retrieved November 23, 2018. "State Digest: Amtrak's new train route". San Francisco Examiner. April 16, 1982. Amtrak Timetable: National: Fall 1999/Winter...
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Kansas City and the City of San Francisco for its Chicago – San Francisco service, which it named the San Francisco Zephyr. Regular service to Las Vegas...
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with connections available in Ogden, Utah with the Chicago–San Francisco San Francisco Zephyr. Meal service was provided in an on-board cafe, one of the...
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June 30, 1980. The San Francisco Zephyr, a long-distance train on the traditional Overland Route between Chicago and San Francisco, followed on July 7...
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San Francisco Zephyr, Chicago, Illinois to San Francisco, California Rocky Mountain Rocket, Chicago, Illinois to Denver, Colorado Sam Houston Zephyr,...
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hosts a variety of music and events throughout the year. Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr ceased serving this station directly in 1979 in favor of a new station...
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of San Francisco running until June 1972, when it was replaced by the San Francisco Zephyr. The California Zephyr replaced the San Francisco Zephyr on...
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1983. As a result, Amtrak rerouted its San Francisco Zephyr over the former route of the D&RGW's Rio Grande Zephyr between Denver and Salt Lake City, renaming...
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(north of New Haven, and south of Washington). The Northeast Regional and San Joaquin have branches served by different trips, while the Empire Builder...
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riders to the city. Borie station was served by the Chicago–Oakland San Francisco Zephyr from 1979 to 1983, and again by the Chicago–Seattle Pioneer from...
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train struck a tanker truck at a grade crossing. December 16, 1976 San Francisco Zephyr Ralston, Nebraska Derailment 0 63 The train derailed due to defective...
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contiguous states not served by Amtrak. It was once served by Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr and Pioneer lines. While no passenger trains roll through Wyoming...
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Gilbert Stanley Underwood. Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr served Greeley until 1983, when Amtrak re-routed the Zephyr off the Union Pacific's Overland Route...
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contiguous state that never had Amtrak—Wyoming used to be served by the San Francisco Zephyr and the Pioneer.) South Dakota's largest commercial airports in terms...
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baggage cars. EMD E9 "A" and "B" units with the San Joaquin in 1974 An EMD FP7 leading the San Francisco Zephyr in 1975 GG1 #904 westbound at Harrison, New...
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and the car. New streamlined diesel-powered trains such as the Pioneer Zephyr were popular with the traveling public but could not reverse the trend....
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Arkansas Railroader). Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portsmouth, NH; San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7385-6001-4. Retrieved November...
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greater tractive effort. The AT&SF Super Chief, CB&Q/D&RGW/WP California Zephyr, and GN Empire Builder all used F units on their Chicago-West Coast routes...
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equipped with the new coaches (already running with such cars were the San Francisco Zephyr, Desert Wind and Empire Builder). On November 30, 1981, Amtrak replaced...
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Southern Pacific 4449. On February 14, 1975, it pulled Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr from Denver, Colorado to Cheyenne, Wyoming with a pair of EMD SDP40Fs...
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Builder, the San Francisco Zephyr, the Southwest Limited, the Crescent, and the Sunset Limited under Amtrak. Destinations included San Francisco, Los Angeles...
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and Red Line; it is a stop for Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins, and California Zephyr routes. The accessible station has one island platform for...
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Soda Springs census-designated place The Amtrak San Francisco Zephyr at Soda Springs Soda Springs Location of Soda Springs in California Coordinates: 39°19′24″N...
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Kentucky. Western Pacific 805-A, a locomotive used on the famous California Zephyr, is preserved in operable condition at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum...
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