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The City of Denver was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Union Pacific Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. It operated between 1936 and 1971. From 1936–1955 the Chicago and North Western Railway handled the train east of Omaha, Nebraska; the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") handled it thereafter. The train was the fastest long-distance train in the United States when it debuted in 1936, covering 1,048 miles (1,687 km) in 16 hours. For almost its entire career its principal competitor was the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Denver Zephyr. When Amtrak assumed operation of most intercity trains in the United States in 1971, it discontinued the City of Denver, preferring to use the Burlington's route between Ch

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  • City of Denver (Zug) (de)
  • City of Denver (train) (en)
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  • Der City of Denver war ein von 1936 bis 1971 durch die Union Pacific in Kooperation mit der Chicago & North Western (ab 1955 mit der Milwaukee Road) betriebener luxuriöser Nacht-Reisezug zwischen Denver in Colorado und Chicago. Der westwärts fahrende Zug lief unter Nr. 111, während Zug-Nr. 112 in Richtung Osten verkehrte. Um 1940 galt der „City of Denver“ mit 118,9 km/h Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit als der weltweit schnellste planmäßige Fernzug auf einer 1.000 Meilen-Distanz. (de)
  • The City of Denver was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Union Pacific Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. It operated between 1936 and 1971. From 1936–1955 the Chicago and North Western Railway handled the train east of Omaha, Nebraska; the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") handled it thereafter. The train was the fastest long-distance train in the United States when it debuted in 1936, covering 1,048 miles (1,687 km) in 16 hours. For almost its entire career its principal competitor was the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Denver Zephyr. When Amtrak assumed operation of most intercity trains in the United States in 1971, it discontinued the City of Denver, preferring to use the Burlington's route between Ch (en)
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  • City of Denver (en)
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