On May 1, 1971, Amtrak took over 300 passenger trains and cancelled a third of them. A very few passenger trains, however, continued to operate privately. The last of these, the Denver and Rio Grande Zephyr ceased operation o April 24, 1983. It ran from Denver to Salt Lake City. The Los Angeles Times marked the historic event with a six-sentence article on page two while the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and the San Diego Union failed to mention it at all. Time magazine, however, carried an excellent article by Gregory Jaynes in the May 16, 1983 issue.

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