I discovered the Texas Zephyr, the C&S's premier passenger train that ran from Denver to Dallas, in 1957. I was aboard the D&RGW "Ski Train" that was loading passengers like myself from the platform of Denver's Union Station when I saw the round-end observation car "Silver Bowl" at the end of a train on the track next to the coach that I was sitting in. I grabbed my skis and left the ski train before it departed and thus began weekly day-long adventures exploring the numerous passenger trains that came in and went out of the Denver Station, something that I preferred to any sport, including skiing. Pictured above are two Texas Zephyrs - the original version, photographed on June 19, 1957 when it came back on replacement duty 3 days after a new Texas Zephyr had been christened. The new Texas Zephyr was actually the old"Denver Zephyr" now replaced by a shiny new train from the Budd car builders, sold to the C&S by its parent company, the CB&Q. I was there for the christening by Denver student Diane Bowman on June 16, 1957 and the other photos of the new Texas Zephyr were taken on the same day - except for last photo on the right that I shot in the Rice Yard on February 15, 1958 as the train was departing Denver. The first four photos on the left show one of the original round-end observation cars assigned to the original Texas Zephyr