Texas Zephyr Passenger Train in a Snowy Landscape

Photograph

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Broomfield History Collections

Cropped slightly around edges and converted to jpeg from master tiff file by Kevin Smith, 6/21/2016.

Cropped slightly around edges and converted to jpeg from master tiff file by Kevin Smith, 6/21/2016.

Name/Title

Texas Zephyr Passenger Train in a Snowy Landscape

Entry/Object ID

ph.525

Description

Black and white photograph print of a "Texas Zephyr" diesel locomotive traveling through a snowy landscape, circa 1955-1960. The print is 3" x 4." The image shows C&S unit #701-D, with the labels "Burlington" and "Burlington Route" visible on the side and front of the train. The train itself is silver in color. A few leafless trees and telephone poles are also visible behind the train and in the background. 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

1950 - 1960

Notes

Date: 1955 circa 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