Engineer was Jack Ford I believe
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From: "Cynthia & Duncan Cameron" <d.cameron@s...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Zephyr
> 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.
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> Duncan Cameron
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> From: "Charles A. Duncan" <cduncan@c...>
> To: "Burlington Route Historical Society" <BRHSlist@Y...>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:48 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Zephyr
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> > 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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