The record breaking run took place on May 26, 1934 by the CB&Q's first
Zephyr in a time of 13 hours and 5 minutes to Halstead St. in Chicago. I'm
afraid I can't supply the name of the engineer.
Duncan Cameron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles A. Duncan" <cduncan@c...>
To: "Burlington Route Historical Society" <BRHSlist@Y...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:48 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Zephyr
> During the 1930's the Q set a new speed record with I believe the Denver
> Zephyr. Can someone supply me with the date and the name of the train
> and engineer of that record. I believe the engineer was killed some
> years later in a wreck while running the Zepher.
> Our kindergarten class (ca 1936/37) made a mock-up of the train fo
> parents day and the engineer visitedour show. I believe his name was
> Boyer.
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> Thanks.
> Chuck Duncan
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