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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.
Western Pacific (WP) operated the California Zephyr passenger train with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The WP handled the "Silver Lady" from Oakland, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah from 1949 to 1970. The Western Pacific owned several connecting short-line railroads.
Pages in category "Passenger trains of the Western Pacific Railroad" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The largest collection of preserved equipment can be found in Portola, California, at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. One locomotive and four cars are currently preserved there as part of the museum's "Zephyr Project" restoration program. Western Pacific 805-A is the last intact locomotive built specifically for the California Zephyr.
Built as Union Pacific Railroad 1000, obtained by Western Pacific Railroad in 1968, transferred to Sacramento Northern Railroad in 1973, re-acquired by Union Pacific in 1982; donated to Deer Creek Scenic Railway, later sold to Nevada Southern Railroad. [6] 608 Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California: 705: October 1952
It opened in 1910 as the western terminus of the Western Pacific Railroad, located on 3rd Street with street running tracks at the corner of Washington Street. [4] It was the last stop of the original California Zephyr, [5] and earlier Exposition Flyer. The station closed in 1970 with the end of the service. [6]
Fast Western Express: Michigan Central Railroad and affiliated lines Boston, Massachusetts - Chicago, Illinois - Cincinnati, Ohio [1890] 1885-1905 Feather River Express: Western Pacific Railroad: San Francisco, California - Portola, California [1931] 1931-1932; 1939-1948 Federal / Federal Express: New Haven Pennsylvania Penn Central (1969-1971)
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railroad: New York City–Philadelphia–Chicago [1916] 1908–1916 New York and Florida Special: Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Florida East Coast Railway: New York, New York–Key West, Florida: 1888–1920 New York and Memphis Limited