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.
"It was a sweet ride," CB&Q president Ralph Budd said as he disembarked from the Burlington Zephyr on its May 26, 1934, Dawn-to-Dusk Run. The ride would prove historic, too, going down in the books as ...