D1033 'Western Trooper' on 1B65 1330 Paddington to Penzance, passing City Basin Signal Box, Exeter, on Tuesday 6th April 1976.
Camera: Franka 125. Film: Agfa Dia Direct B&W Slides 32asa. 1/125sec f4
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The 'California Zephryr' Chicago - San Francisco USA train was discontinued in 1970 as competition from air and road transport took its toll. The attractive stainless-steel regular and dome cars were sold off to railroads in Canada and Mexico, plus to private purchasers.
This dome car, the 'Silver Horizon' ended up at Maricopa's railroad station where I photo'd it in 2008 during our road trip to USA South-West.
Since then it has moved a few streets away but is still in Maricopa, a fast-growing small city about 30 miles South of Phoenix, Arizona. With recent renovations it is now available for viewing inside.
Chicago to San Francisco USA by the renowned 'California Zephyr' train, taking 2.5 days, was popular in the 1950's. The train had regular and dome cars, for improved viewing of the Rocky Mountains and Sierras, and ran between 1949 and 1970.
This ad appeared in the October 1958 edition of 'National Geographic' magazine.