Name/Title
Texas Zephyr Passenger TrainEntry/Object ID
ph.524Description
Black and white photograph print of a diesel locomotive, the "Texas Zephyr," circa 1950s. The print is 3" x 4." The image shows the C&S unit 5559 A, colored silver, on railroad tracks with a brick building in the background near the right edge of the image, labeled "Dempster."
Texas Zephyr passenger trains operated jointly between the Colorado and Southern Railway and Fort Worth and Denver Railway, subsidiaries of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad. It operated from 1940 to 1967.Collection
Permanent CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1950 - 1960Notes
Date: 1955 circa
Copy/Orig/Other: OriginalLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
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Diesel locomotives, Trains, Passenger cars, Railroad locomotives, Railroad travelSearch Terms
Burlington Route, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company