" ▁through ▁the ▁Rock ies . ▁ ▁Ze phy rett es ▁ ▁The ▁brain child ▁of ▁Vel ma ▁Mc Pe ek , ▁the ▁Bur ling ton ' s ▁Super visor ▁of ▁Pass enger ▁Train ▁Services , ▁the ▁Ze phy rett es ▁were ▁train ▁host esses ▁who ▁performed ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁roles , ▁from ▁tour ▁guide ▁to ▁first ▁aid ▁res ponder ▁to ▁b ab ys itter . ▁After ▁debut ing ▁on ▁the ▁Den ver ▁Ze ph yr ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁they ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁California ▁Ze ph yr ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁Descri bed ▁by ▁former ▁Ze phy ret te ▁Jul ie ▁Ann ▁L yman ▁as ▁" the ▁rail road ' s ▁answer ▁to ▁the ▁air ▁line ▁ste ward ess ", ▁the ▁various ▁duties ▁of ▁the ▁position ▁included ▁wel coming ▁passengers , ▁making ▁announ c ements , ▁sending ▁tele gram s , ▁making ▁dinner ▁res erv ations , ▁and ▁generally ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁l ia ison ▁between ▁the ▁train ' s ▁passengers ▁and ▁its ▁crew . ▁At ▁any ▁one ▁time , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 0 ▁or ▁ 1 1 ▁Ze phy rett es ▁who ▁were ▁act ively ▁employed . ▁When ▁Am tra k ▁rev ived ▁the ▁California ▁Ze ph yr ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁it ▁invited ▁a ▁former ▁Ze phy ret te , ▁Be ul ah ▁Ba uman , ▁to ▁christ en ▁the ▁train . ▁ ▁A ▁pair ▁of