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The California Zephyr

Reel Number: 220490-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1949-50

Country: USA

Location: Chicago, IL,denver, co,ia,NV,oakland, ca,San francisco, ca,sierra nevadas, ca,ut

TC Begins: 08:41:52

TC Ends: 08:50:20

Duration: 00:08:28

The California Zephyr LS San Francisco. Map of route. MS Union Station, Chicago. Passengers boarding, stainless steel-clad train departing. VS train en route through countrside, across river etc. VS INT, passengers in dining carriage and “Vista Domes” enjoying scenery, buffet lounge, steward preparing bedroom. Zephr goes through carwash. Locomotive changed at Denver. 08:44:45: Passengers watch as train climbs up into mountains. PoV carriage roof. Through Rockies and Moffat Tunnel. Down through Gore Canyon and Glenwood Canyon, CO. Winds way through Sierra Nevadas, CA. AVs Feather River Canyon and bridge. Arrival at Oakland station, passengers depart. VS ferry crossing San Francisco Bay.

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