California Zephyr 11 car Set #3

California Zephyr 11 car Set #1

The legendary California Zephyr operated jointly by the CB&Q, D&RGW and WP between Chicago and Oakland. Scaling both the Rockies and the Sierras it was the most scenic train route in North America. The CZ travelled 2,438 miles starting in 1949 until 1971 when Amtrak took over. All passenger cars were made by Budd. Originally a 10 car consist in 1951, but increased to 11 in 1952. AZL also offers the single PRR car that ran weekly as a through service to and from New York City. The CZ railroads ordered 6 complete sets and AZL have made 4! All three railroads used EMD F3s as pulling power which AZL also offers separately. The correct F3 assignments were: CB&Q A-B-A, D&RGW A-B-B-A and WP A-B-B. 

The sets and car configurations are as follows. It is important to note that the listing is in order on how the cars would have appeared in the train. The listings are road name, road number, car name and car type:

• Silver Antelope #1100
• Silver Dollar #811
• Silver Saddle #4721
• Silver Bronco #1105
• Silver Chalet #831
• Silver Shore #424
• Silver Valley #428
• Silver Banquet #1115
• Silver Palm #871
• Silver Creek #1133
• Silver Sky #1145