Texas Zephyr Train in a Snowy Landscape at Night

Name/Title

Texas Zephyr Train in a Snowy Landscape at Night

Entry/Object ID

ph.526

Description

Black and white photograph print of a "Texas Zephyr" passenger train traveling at night in a snowy landscape, circa 1950s. The print is 3" x 4." The image shows the silver colored diesel locomotive with its front light on, steam coming out its back part. The "Burlington" label on the side of the train is barely visible. Another set of train tracks and snow with footprints are visible in front of the train, in the foreground. 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 Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1958 - 1958

Place

Location

Colorado

Notes

Date: 1958/01/27 Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Diesel locomotives, Trains, Passenger cars, Railroad locomotives, Railroad travel, Snow

Search Terms

Burlington Route, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company

Provenance

Notes

Donor Mefford 5-87