French Riviera the weather between various locations. Strong winds such as the Mistral, a cold dry wind from the northwest or from the east, are another characteristic, particularly in the winter. Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes département are sheltered by the Alps. The winds are usually gentle, from the sea to the land, though sometimes the mistral blows strongly from the northwest, or, turned by the mountains, from the east. In 1956 a mistral from the northwest reached at Nice Airport. Sometimes, in summer, the sirocco brings high temperatures and reddish desert sand from the Sahara. (See Winds of Provence.) Rain can be
Pioneer Zephyr train located in the historic city of Stillwater, Minnesota, although it was not directly associated with the historic Burlington "Zephyr" fleet. Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania has a miniature replica train ride called "Zephyr" which was built in 1935 and helped the park survive the Great Depression. Due to the "Zephyr"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s place in American railroad history, many model railroaders have built their own versions of the "Pioneer Zephyr" in miniature. Several model manufacturers are now producing commercial ready-to-run models or kits of the train for modelers to build. This list is ordered by the manufacturer's release date: