The Texas Zephyr — Streamlined Luxury Train Travel
by Paula Bosse
Dallas — Fort Worth — Denver
by Paula Bosse
From the golden age of train travel. …I was born in the wrong era.
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Sources & Notes
Second photo showing the exterior of the “Silver Flash” passenger car on the tracks at Union Station in Dallas is from the DeGolyer Library, Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University; it was taken by Everett L. DeGolyer Jr. in 1960; more information on this photo is here.
Top and bottom images are from the wilds of the internet.
More on the Texas Zephyr here.
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Copyright © 2014 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
Flashback : Dallas 
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I used to ride the Zephyr between Houston and Dallas in the
50’s to see my grandparents in Dallas. It was a fun time!!
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we were all born in the wrong era.
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