The Denver Zephyr (1936)
One of the 50 cards issued by Wills's Cigarettes in its 1938 series on Speed shows the Denver Zephyr streamlined diesel that ran the 1,047 miles between Chicago and Denver on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Prodigious speeds were achieved between the 11 stops on the route, with start-to-stop averages of up to 90 mph. The shovel-nosed design represents the first iteration of loco-builder EMD's streamlined style. This would soon be superseded by the classic E- and F-type style.
The Denver Zephyr (1936)
One of the 50 cards issued by Wills's Cigarettes in its 1938 series on Speed shows the Denver Zephyr streamlined diesel that ran the 1,047 miles between Chicago and Denver on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Prodigious speeds were achieved between the 11 stops on the route, with start-to-stop averages of up to 90 mph. The shovel-nosed design represents the first iteration of loco-builder EMD's streamlined style. This would soon be superseded by the classic E- and F-type style.