(Burlington Route Notes)
Burlington
Lines
To and from Colorado and California
NEW VISTA DOME DENVER ZEPHYR
EQUIPMENT
NEW DENVER ZEPHYR
WESTBOUND—No.
1.
Vista-Dome Parlor
Observation-Lounge
Chicago
to Denver—"The Colorado Room" Lounge.
11
Parlor seats, 1 Parlor Drawing-room. Car A.
Sleeping Cars
Chicago
to Denver—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms. Cars DZ-1, DZ-2.
6 Double
Bedrooms, 5 Compartments. Car DZ-3.
Chicago
to Colorado Springs—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms. Car DZ-4.
Dining Car
Chicago
to Denver.
Vista-Dome Chuck Wagon
Chicago
to Denver and Colorado Springs.
Lunch
Counter-Coffee Shop-Lounge.
Slumbercoaches†
Chicago
to Colorado Springs—24 Single Rooms, 8 Double Rooms. Car CS-7.
Chicago
to Denver—24 Single Rooms, 8 Double Rooms. Car CS-8.
Vista-Dome Reclining Seat
Coach
Chicago
to Denver (46 seats, leg rests). Car DZ-11.
Reclining Seat Coaches
Chicago
to Colorado Springs (50 seats, leg rests). Car DZ-10.
Chicago
to Denver (50 seats, leg rests). Car DZ-12.
EASTBOUND—No.
10.
Vista-Dome Parlor
Observation-Lounge
Denver
to Chicago—"The Colorado Room" Lounge.
11
Parlor seats, 1 Parlor Drawing-room. Car A.
Sleeping Cars
Denver
to Chicago—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms. Cars DZ-1, DZ-2.
6 Double
Bedrooms, 5 Compartments. Car DZ-3.
Colorado
Springs to Chicago—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms. Car DZ-4.
Dining Car
Denver
to Chicago.
Vista-Dome Chuck Wagon
Colorado
Springs and Denver to Chicago.
Lunch
Counter-Coffee Shop-Lounge.
Slumbercoaches†
Colorado
Springs to Chicago—24 Single Rooms, 8 Double Rooms. Car CS-7.
Denver
to Chicago—24 Single Rooms, 8 Double Rooms. Car CS-8.
Vista-Dome Reclining Seat
Coach
Denver
to Chicago (46 seats, leg rests). Car DZ-11.
Reclining Seat Coaches
Colorado
Springs to Chicago (50 seats, leg rests). Car DZ-10.
Denver
to Chicago (50 seats, leg rests). Car DZ-12.
All
Space on the Denver Zephyr is reserved and specifically assigned in
advance. Coach seat reservations must be claimed at train gate at
Chicago by 4:55 p.m., at Denver by 3:55 p.m., at Colorado Springs by
1:05 p.m. Checked baggage is carried only for through movement between
Chicago and Denver-Colorado Springs and not to or from intermediate
points.
†Slumbercoach passengers need purchase only
coach (not 1st class) ticket, plus modest room charge.
(Denver & Rio
Grande Western Notes)
NOTE
for No. 2 at Fountain, CO, Monument, CO, and Palmer Lake, CO: "Stops
daily, except Sundays and holidays; flag stop Sundays and holidays."
DENVER
AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD
PASSENGER TRAIN EQUIPMENT
(All Equipment is Air-Conditioned.)
Nos. 1 and 2—THE ROYAL GORGE—Via Royal Gorge Route.
(Diesel-Powered.)
Grill-Lounge Car
between Denver and Grand Junction.
Standard Sleeper
between Denver and Salt Lake City (D-22 westbound) (D-10 eastbound)—10
Sections, 2 Double Bedrooms, 1 Compartment. (In Trains 7 and 8 west of
Grand Junction.)
Vista Dome Chair Car
between Denver and Salt Lake City. (In Trains 7 and 8 west of Grand
Junction.)
Denver
Zephyr Connection
Standard Sleeper
between Chicago and Colorado Springs (DZ-4)—10 Roomettes, 6 Double
Bedrooms.
Slumbercoach
between Chicago and Colorado Springs (CS-7)—24 Single Rooms, 8 Double
Rooms.
Chair Car
between Chicago and Colorado Springs (DZ-10) (All seats reserved).
Vista Dome Buffet Lounge Car
between Chicago and Colorado Springs.
In C. B. & Q. Denver Zephyr, Nos.
1 and 10, between Chicago and Denver.
NOTE:
D. & R. G. W. passenger trains originate and terminate at Salt
Lake
City. Tickets reading via D. & R. G. W. between Salt Lake City
and
Ogden will be honored on Union Pacific trains.
The original, pioneering semi-articulated Denver Zephyrs of 1936 would serve the Burlington in that capacity for just shy of twenty years. But with the success of the Vista-Dome first introduced by the Burlington in 1947 on other Zephyrs including the California Zephyr and Twin Zephyrs, Burlington began to look at re-equipping its Chicago-Denver workhorse. There was some resistance due to the fact that the route really wasn't very scenic (you don't hit the mountains until you're west of Denver) and most of the train's run was at night. In addition, with the rise of air travel passenger train patronage had definitely begun its terminal decline. Even so, Burlington management eventually gave Budd the green light to build what would prove to be the last new streamliner to enter service as a complete unit.