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‘California Zephyr’ preview

By Brian Schmidt | September 21, 2021

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Streamlined and heavyweight passenger train on steel trestle

‘California Zephyr’ preview

In the months before the California Zephyr’s March 20, 1949, launch, the new train’s cars began filtering into the heavyweight consist of its predecessor on the CB&Q-DRGW-WP route, the Exposition Flyer, seen here on the Western Pacific at Keddie, Calif., with a baggage car and two domes built for the streamliner. Donald Duke photo

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