"It was a sweet ride," CB&Q president Ralph Budd said as he disembarked from the Burlington Zephyr on its May 26, 1934, Dawn-to-Dusk Run. The ride would prove historic, too, going down in the books as ...

When photos of people perched precariously atop the Minnesota Zephyr dinner train locomotives surfaced on social media after Stillwater’s Fourth of July fireworks display, city officials decided ...

The air resources board’s rule would have required the use of zero-emissions locomotives in the Golden State starting in 2030. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) derailed its controversial rule ...

Minnesota Zephyr dinner train owner Dave Paradeau contends his two abandoned locomotives — sitting on blocks on his property in downtown Stillwater — aren’t any more of an eyesore or a nuisance than ...

Sixty years ago this month, a revolutionary train swept into Chicago on waves of both acclaim and hyperbole, making Page 1 news across the country and quickly becoming a national icon. A train as ...

A wind from the west called the Zephyr–the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad’s new, diesel-powered, stainless steel, 72-passenger train–created a national sensation when it blew into town on May ...

Growing up on the West Side, Richard Gresens loved to draw moving objects and was fascinated by the designs of classic locomotives. So, it's little surprise that he's now a designer at Ford, where he ...