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The Western Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1903 as an attempt to break the near-monopoly the Southern Pacific Railroad had on rail service into northern
An EMD FP7 leads the California Zephyr east through Altamont Pass in 1970
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California Zephyr pulled by Western Pacific locomotives through Feather River Canyon
The California Zephyr was a passenger train that ran between Chicago, Illinois, and Oakland, California, via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Winnemucca, Oroville and Pleasanton in the United States. It
The Western Pacific operated the western portion of the route between Oakland and Salt Lake City. This image shows the train in Altamont, California, prior to the train's first run in 1949.
The Rio Grande operated the middle portion of the route between Salt Lake City and Denver. This image shows locomotive #5771, which began operating the California Zephyr route in 1955, and would later operate on the subsequent Rio Grande Zephyr, as it sits restored at the Colorado Railroad Museum.
The Burlington Route operated the eastern portion of the route, between Denver and Chicago. This postcard from the early 1950s shows the train passing Galesburg, Illinois.