Call NumberDPL-33Date1936 November 20SummaryView of the damaged Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad "Denver Zephyr" after being hit broadside by an oncoming D. & R. G. W. locomotive on November 20, 1936.Physical Description1 photographic print ; 14 x 24 cm (5 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectChicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad CompanyUnion Station (Denver, Colo.)Denver Zephyr (Express train)--Colorado--DenverRailroad accidents--Colorado--DenverDenver (Colo.)Railroads--Colorado--DenverRailroad stations--Colorado--DenverDiesel locomotives--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: R7300000338Type of MaterialNews photographsPhotographic printsNotesAn open switch did this to the glistening Denver Zephyr, the Burlington railroad's crack s[tain-]less steel train, a few minutes after it pulled out of the union station [at ??] p.m. Thursday on its regular run to Chicago. Five coaches of the streamlined train derailed when the eighth coach [was] struck broadside by a D. & R. G. W. passenger locomotive which ran thru an open switch as a result of a mixup in yard sig[nals]. No one was injured in the accident. Not a pane of glass was broken in the Zephyr. from clipping fragment attached to verso. "When the eighth coach of the Zephyr was struck by the oncoming D. R. & G. passenger locomotive, approaching at a[n angle], the rear trucks of the coach jumped a crossover and were sent down another set of tracks. As a result, the coach swung a[round, came to a] halt at the top of a V---the front set of trucks being on one track and the rear trucks on another track. Following the imp[act the] first seven cars broke loose from the five rear coaches." from clipping fragment attached to verso. F37615; Title derived from newspaper photo caption.DonorMax-12.
Denver Zephyr: An open switch did this. (1936 November 20). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 12/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1132825
