Wow, that is a great book! I know, it is my general response to books, but this book is a goldmine of info on how the respective CB&Q, D&RGW and WP handled the train, how the train was staffed, great pics of the train in action, the human element of the train's service, the scenery it traversed, from inside the domes, the inception, the demise and final runs of the California Zephyr. It also had some good Rio Grande Zephyr footage as well. the book seems to concentrate on WP, but there's plenty of CB&Q and D&RGW coverage as well. A very comprehensive book for any fan of 18-8 stainless. There's even shots of the cars in the erection bays at Budd's assembly plant! There's great cabshots, shots at the Naperville curve, 80-plus in Nebraska, some neat C&S shots in Denver--didyaknow the C&S handed the CZ off to D&RGW from CB&Q as train 33 and 42 west and eastbound? C&S steam was the only steam that regularly powered the Zephyr. And only for 1 mile, at that! Great photos by Steinheimer, Benson, Kindig, Dorn, and many more. A must-have addition to any streamliner fan's library!
