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Nostalgia & History > San Fransisco Zephyr #16Date: 02/01/05 22:25 San Fransisco Zephyr #16 Author: xtra1188w The headend still looked like it was an SP train. Here is SP FP-7 #6461 heading up the east bound SFZ #16 at Sacramento in July 1972.
Con  Date: 02/01/05 22:26 Re: San Fransisco Zephyr #16 Author: xtra1188w Here's one more view of #16 on the same day, and the same place as before.
Con  Date: 02/02/05 05:24 Re: San Fransisco Zephyr #16 Author: bnsfbob Cool shots. Just so you know, the SF Zephyr was Nos. 5 & 6. Amtrak's train No 16 was the eastward Houston-Chicago Texas Chief/Lone Star, discontinued in 1979. Bob
Date: 02/04/05 19:56 Correct Numbers Author: JAChooChoo As of 7-12-1971:
The Amtrak trains were Daily 1 & 2 CHI-DEN Triweekly 101 & 102 DEN-OAK D&RGW Triweekly 17 & 18 DEN-OGD Date: 02/04/05 21:13 Re: San Fransisco Zephyr #16 Author: DanV The Lone Star # 16, had a nice dinner on that train in the "High Liner" diner one evening. As I remember it stopped in Kansas City in the early morming and exchanged passengers with the "Southwest Limited".
Dinner was announced not by someone from the diner walking through yelling "First Call... First Call.", but rather some one from the dinner walking through playing the chimes. |