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Denver Zephyr
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<p>The <i>Denver Zephyr</i> was a <a href="/facts/Streamliner/DE0SCQf1">streamlined</a> <a href="/facts/Passenger_train/0mkFQDg9">passenger train</a> operated by the <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad/9NmAud4K">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad</a> between <a href="/facts/Chicago%2c_Illinois/yPMokrXH">Chicago, Illinois</a>, and <a href="/facts/Denver%2c_Colorado/KWUnuDSu">Denver, Colorado</a>. In peak years it ran to Colorado Springs. It operated from 1936 to 1973. The <i>Denver Zephyr</i> continued operating after the <a href="/facts/Burlington_Northern_Railroad/fQ2W9ywe">Burlington Northern Railroad</a> merger in 1970. BN conveyed the train to <a href="/facts/Amtrak/cHtG5Ub3">Amtrak</a> in 1971; Amtrak merged it with the Denver–Oakland <i><a href="/facts/City_of_San_Francisco_(train)/SkTHWT25">City of San Francisco</a></i> to form the <i><a href="/facts/San_Francisco_Zephyr/kTAkqIoo">San Francisco Zephyr</a></i> and dropped the "Denver" name in 1973. </p>