The two-hour nonstop Fall Flyer train ride returns to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for its second year starting October 6. View the vibrant colors of autumn as the train weaves through Cuyahoga Valley National Park on weekends in October. The Fall Flyer train ride gives...
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is renaming vintage coach car no. 165 as the "George Washington Cooper". Coach car no. 165 was previously named the "Salem Inn". Doug Cooper, former President & CEO of CVSR, is renaming the car to honor his great-great-grandfather, George Washington Cooper. George...
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is thrilled to welcome Hoppin' Frog as our featured brewery for Emerging Brews. Starting over a year ago, Emerging Brews is a smaller-scale beer tasting event which allows guests to sample beer from a local brewery. "We bring craft beer enthusiasts to...
The California Zephyr cars have safety made it to Chicago after their last journey across the west. For their weekend in Chicago on September 14-16 they will be on Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Joliet Rocket excursion—where they will be pulled by Nickel Plate Road...
For the historic California Zephyr trainset, Chicago Union Station served as both a starting point for the California Zephyr route and an end point. This time, on September 12, it will be the last time the California Zephyrs pull into Chicago’s Union Station after traveling...
Silver Rapids Silver Rapids was built in 1948 by the Budd Company and served as a transcontinental sleeper car that provided coast to coast transportation for almost 20 years. Click here to view an original blue print of the sleeper car. The car was removed from the...
Silver Solarium was built in 1948 by the Budd Company for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. It was one of the 6 dome/sleeper/observation cars specifically built for the California Zephyr. Click here to download an original blueprint of the Vista Dome cars. Conceived as ‘the last...
Silver Lariat was built in 1948 by the Budd Company for the Burlington Railroad as a dome coach for service on the California Zephyr. When the California Zephyr route was first introduced, the Silver Lariat’s priority was for woman and children meaning that unescorted ladies...
The California Zephyr route was originally from San Francisco to Chicago; covering 2,523 miles across 7 states in just 2.5 days. The route of the California Zephyr traversed some of the most spectacular scenery in the United States. And the trains were scheduled to pass...
On May 26, 1934, the first of the Zephyr train consists—the Burlington Zephyr—set out on a maiden voyage that broke a number of world records in train travel. Among the world’s first trains to be streamlined and constructed of stainless steel, the Burlington Zephyr set...