On the morning of May 26, 1934, a shimmering silver locomotive pulled out of Denver's Union Station bound for Chicago. The Zephyr was unlike any train seen before. Powered by a revolutionary compact ...

In January 1952, a combination of drifting snow and a snow slide brought a luxury train to a wheel-grinding halt in the ...

The City of San Francisco was 30 minutes late when it pulled out of Carlin, Nevada on the evening of Aug. 12, 1939. The train was America’s most luxurious streamliner, launched the year before to ...

With the coming of daylight saving, U.S. railroads hiked the number of lightweight streamline trains to 115, up 75% in 17 months. Before 1941’s end, at least 20 more will be added. Meantime many other ...