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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.