If the glory years of the Burlington Railroad began in 1934, with the Burlington Zephyr's phenomenal Dawn-to-Dusk run, surely they culminated in 1949, with the arrival of the California Zephyr.

Sixty years ago this month, a revolutionary train swept into Chicago on waves of both acclaim and hyperbole, making Page 1 news across the country and quickly becoming a national icon. A train as ...

Check out the above clip of the streamlined and backswept Burlington Zephyr as it rockets across the countryside on its way from Denver to Chicago in 1934. The trip was a technological breakthrough in ...

The Nebraska Zephyr, a passenger train of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ, commonly known by the shorter name of "Burlington"), came along as the railroad passenger business began its ...

The Burlington Zephyr, America’s first diesel-powered high-speed train, was born of Ralph Budd’s vision of rail travel luxury. And with help from an MIT wind tunnel, that dream came to life, allowing ...

As schoolboys in the 1930s at Hinsdale’s Garfield Elementary School, David Grainger and Marshall Keig already understood the romance and high-tech allure of the Burlington & Quincy railroad’s Pioneer ...

Back in the 1930s, riding by train was the way to travel and a major part of railroad income. The Burlington Route had one of the greatest passenger trains, known as the Burlington Zephyr. In 1934, a ...

The Aurora Historical Society will hold a Burlington Railroad 175th anniversary banquet program from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway in Aurora. The public is ...