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  2. Exposition Flyer - Wikipedia

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    The Exposition Flyer was a passenger train jointly operated by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q), Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW), and Western Pacific (WP) railroads between Chicago and Oakland, California, for a decade between 1939 and 1949, before being replaced by the famed California Zephyr.

  3. Western Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The California Zephyr was the famous Western Pacific passenger train but the railroad had a few others: Exposition Flyer (Chicago to Oakland in conjunction with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1939 to 1949; named after the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939 and 1940)

  4. California Zephyr (1949–1970) - Wikipedia

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    Western United States: Predecessor: Exposition Flyer: First service: March 20, 1949: Last service: March 22, 1970: Successor: Rio Grande Zephyr: Former operator(s) Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Burlington Northern Railroad (during March 1970) Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Western Pacific Railroad: Route; Termini: Chicago ...

  5. Naperville train disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Advance Flyer and Exposition Flyer were diesel-powered high-speed inter-city passenger trains; the Exposition Flyer would be replaced by the famed California Zephyr within three years. Both trains were scheduled to leave Chicago's Union Station at 12:35 PM, the Advance Flyer took a two-minute lead as they both sped west.

  6. Cy Warman - Wikipedia

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    Warman achieved national recognition in 1892 when, after riding from New York City to Chicago in the cab of the locomotive The Exposition Flyer, he wrote his first railroad story, "A Thousand Miles in a Night" for McClure's Magazine. [5] This was the first of a series of widely popular "True Tales of the Railroad" articles written for McClure's.

  7. Naperville station - Wikipedia

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    Naperville station was originally built in 1910 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. [3] On April 26, 1946, the station was the site of a collision between the CB&Q's Exposition Flyer and Advance Flyer. On April 26, 2014, a memorial entitled Tragedy to Triumph was dedicated at the train station. The sculpture by Paul Kuhn is ...

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  9. Golden Gate International Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway started a passenger train, the Valley Flyer, to carry passengers between Bakersfield and Oakland during the exposition. [30] The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, and the Western Pacific Railroad launched the Exposition Flyer passenger service between ...