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Burlington Zephyr Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives.

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Burlington-Zephyr Passes Through

May 26, 1934 – The Burlington-Zephyr train’s first passage through Downers Grove, traveling at 85 mph.

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