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Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR (page 1/1) ------ performed by Hank Williams Factual errors in California Zephyr lyrics | Reviewer: Long John | 6/22/09 This actually IS a great song, albeit with some rather glaring errors in the song... The California Zephyr train was NEVER on the Union Pacific... It was on the Western Pacific, D& RG, & Burlington.. And it ran from Oakland to Chicago, and it was NEVER in LA or Santa Fe...The Western Pacific RR took it from Oakland to Salt Lake City, D&RG took it to Denver, and the Burlington took it to Chicago... And lastly, the Zephyr NEVER made the sound of a "Lonesome Whistle Scream", but rather th esound of air horns mounted on one of several EMD-F series diesel locomotives... I think what might have happened is the in the songwriters mind, ANY and ALL Dome Cars were considered to be a California Zephyr train, which simply is not the case, and while the general public might not notice the factual errors in this great song, anybody familier with the actual California Zephyr knows better... Add Your New Review About The Song