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The modern train is the second iteration of a train named California Zephyr; the original train was privately operated and ran on a different route through Nevada and California. During fiscal year 2023, the California Zephyr carried 328,458 passengers, an increase of 13.1% over FY2022, [ 5 ] but down from its pre- COVID-19 pandemic ridership ...
With the change of route, Amtrak renamed the train as the California Zephyr. [12] [13] The modern California Zephyr uses mostly the same route as the original east of Winnemucca, Nevada. The train uses the route of the former City of San Francisco, along the Overland Route (First transcontinental railroad), between Elko, Nevada, and Sacramento.
[2] "California Zephyr" is likely Hank's take on the popular "Wabash Cannonball," made famous by his hero Roy Acuff; the melody and references to American cities and towns is strikingly similar. The recording on the single was taken from a 1951 demo [ 3 ] and was issued as a 78 in 1956 with "Thy Burdens Are Greater than Mine" as the B-side.
The California Zephyr was the famous Western Pacific passenger train but the railroad had a few others: Exposition Flyer (Chicago to Oakland in conjunction with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1939 to 1949; named after the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939 and 1940)
A Zephyrette (center, in blue uniform) at work on the lower level of a California Zephyr Vista-Dome car in 1967. A Zephyrette was a hostess on the California Zephyr between 1949 and 1970, while the train was jointly operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, and the Western Pacific Railroad.
Western Pacific 805-A is a preserved EMD FP7 diesel-electric railroad locomotive built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. It was mainly used to pull passenger trains, specifically the California Zephyr (CZ), which was operated jointly by the Western Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande Western, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroads.
California Zephyr: Nodaway, Iowa: Derailment 1 77 The train derailed due to a track defect. RAB-02-01: September 13, 2001 California Zephyr: Salduro, Utah: Train collision 0 24 The train collided with a Union Pacific freight train. April 18, 2002 Auto Train: Crescent City, Florida: Derailment 4 142 The train derailed due to a heat-induced kink ...
The Amtrak service was initially named the San Francisco Zephyr, as the route combined portions of the routes of the former California Zephyr and the City of San Francisco trains. Rio Grande Zephyr in Glenwood Canyon, 1975. For twelve years, the Rio Grande Zephyr operated three days a week in each direction. It never operated on Wednesday.