Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora, Ill., to a connection with the Galena & Chicago Union (forerunner of the ...

If the glory years of the Burlington Railroad began in 1934, with the Burlington Zephyr's phenomenal Dawn-to-Dusk run, surely they culminated in 1949, with the arrival of the California Zephyr.

If the glory years of the Burlington Railroad began in 1934, with the Burlington Zephyr's phenomenal Dawn-to-Dusk run, surely they culminated in 1949, with the arrival of the California Zephyr.

This history starts in the late 1700s with the first set of mills ... Lawrence River in Canada to the north, Burlington became a major international inland port and industrial center. And when ...

UNITED STATES v. BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1879. The case was argued before the court on January ...