It’s a miracle this unit is still around. It was sold for scrap along with all its siblings in the late 60s, and IIRC was in the scrap yard for a short period until the IRM purchased it.
I know, right!? Amazing how far advanced it looks and how far ahead of its time it was... this is 1936 piece of machinery.... and we were doing 79mph!!! Thanks for watching and commenting... have a great week!
@@ILSRWY4 no the Silver Pilot was built in 1941 and put into the service shortly afterwards. You are probably thinking about the Pioneer Zephyr that lives up in the Chicago Science and Industry Museum
Was just thinking the same thing- a real work of art. So glad they keep it running. The sequence at 5:50 (train coming around the corner) is one of the best I have seen. Nice shootin' Tex!
I maybe mistaken but if I recall only the CZ had Zephyretttes. I rode 1 and 10 a lot as I worked for the" Q" in the early to mid 60' s in passenger traffic. God I loved the"Q". When Menk came in I left as I saw what he would end up doing. He took 6 great roads and created 1 mediocre one. 😥 sad.
I’m mostly a steam locomotive guy and not a big fan of the diesel locomotives. I will admit this is one classy train! It’s a shame we can’t go back to the golden age of train travel.
Yeah. I will admit, the long distance Amtrak trains, specifically the overnights, look pretty decent. Obviously, they don’t hold a candle to the old days, but they still have some perks. (Especially the routes themselves. You can’t beat scenery when traveling by rail.)
When I was Consul General of Costa Rica in 1973 in Chicago I got to see the Zephyr at the Museum of science ando industry. I never thought I would see it running. The sight of the mail car with tiny compartments for letters is unforgetable.
This is a different Zephyr than the one you saw at the Science and industry. The one at the museum is the Pioneer Zephyr with a totally different powered car/locomotive and has never left the museum. This one here in my video is the Nebraska Zephyr and had a completely separate EMD E5 locomotive pulling the cars. Thanks for watching!
As a kid in the 50's and 60's I rode Zephyrs numerous times from Galesburg, IL to Denver, Chicago or Fremont, CA. Beautiful trains and a very nice video.
Dad was a freight conductor on the CB&Q and we lived in Galesburg. It was great to get passes and I spent a lot of time on the California Zephyr going up to Chicago or all the way out to Oakland. I remember how classy the dinning cars were in the past. In the past few years I have used the AMTRAK California Zephyr for round trips between here in UT and CA. The dining experience today is in booths and all the class is gone.
Beautiful. They used to show the E5 down at the Aurora Depot on South River St. where I used to hang out watching the E8s & E9s do the commuter route to Chicago. They were still in their silver livery before the BN green paint job.
@@ILSRWY4 I have to make a correction! It was on South Broadway on the east side of the Fox River in Aurora...that's where the Depot was. River Street is on the west side of the river.
This is the best passenger train video I've ever seen. The locomotive is still the most beautiful ever made, and the cars are right there with it. Thank you.
Brings back memories. In 1961 my Dad was on a business trip to Kansas City I was 10 years old. My Mom took me on the "L" to Chicago's Union Station and I rode the Kansas City Zephyr to Kansas City by myself. My Dad meet me at the station and we flew back to Chicago on a TWA Convair 990.
I grew up in Burlington, IA. The Nebraska Zephyr came through Burlington in the late afternoon. I remember watching it pass often. Visiting family friends in Fairfield, IA on New Years Eve in 1967, I asked if I could ride the Zephyr to Burlington and be picked up at the station. My wish was granted. The equipment was tired, shop worn and ready to be retired. From the video, what a magnificent job of restoration. Those responsible are to be congratulated for their work.
I used to see these Burlington Zephyrs every day and all day, while hanging around the old Galesburg station all through the 60's and into the 70's. Trains have never been so beautiful as they were then with all the shine. While they were stopped for passengers I would stand next to the Locomotive to listen to it idle and feel it vibrate my clothes with the sound. The Galesburg station has no personality at all now with all the concrete and after tearing down the old station, so sad. The first and only time I got to ride on the train was on July 5th, 1974, going to ChiTown to begin my military career. Now in NC and far from any tracks, this video is a treasure. When walking through the cars and Percy began to play, all I could say was "Thank You God, Thank You God..." I can't begin to describe the memories and feelings flooding over me. Thank you so much for recording this for us. That's a very special time and place for me. And that Hudson, My Dad used to Fire on it as a young man until he left for WW2. God bless...
Excellent video! Went to the IL Railway Museum for the first time ever this weekend (though I've lived in the suburbs here my entire life) and it was an amazing experience. Wanted to know more about the gorgeous streamliner I saw there and found your video! Absolutely stunning engine and rake of coaches, thank you so much for documenting and sharing. :^)
Great video. It sure bought back memories for me as I started as an operator in 1967 at 38th street tower in Denver. We were running the Denver Zepher and the California Zepher back in those days. It was part of my job to 'OS' the train to the dispatcher and one day when I counted the cars on the California Zepher as it passed, low and behold there was a passenger on the outside right behind the dome of one of the dome cars. I was new and didn't really know what to do but when I OSed to the dispatcher I ask if that was normal. His reply has stuck in my memory now for close to 50 years and your video jarred it out of my mind again! Good Job. Clarence
Awesome video, but I beg to differ re. the song -- I think the Allegro molto e vivace from Beethoven's Piano Sonata #13 in E-flat major would have been a better fit (and if you've ever heard it, you know why!)
Glad you like the video- my goal was to instill a bit of nostalgic and if I can do that with those who have connections to the CB&Q it makes it even more enjoyable!!
my dad also work at CB&Q railroad depot in Alexandria ,mo and keokuk,Iowa he went off to Korean conflict. came back from army as fireman on 4960 and works several Burlington route locomotives. especially he remember mark Twain zephyr and zephyr rocket. til he passed away in December of 2014 at 82
Wow! These were the good days. These types of excursions now don’t happen almost 10 years later... it is sad how rigid the American rail network has gotten. That magical feeling no longer exists
Wonderful! My dad took me to the Illinois Railway Museum when I was a kid and we saw the Zephyr. Unfortunately it wasn't running that day but it was impressive just to look at. Great father-son moment. Thanks so much for posting!!
Thanks! Glad you like the video! Yeah you can see it run at IRM but its nothing like seeing out where it belongs on the old CB&Q mainline running at 80mph! Thanks again and Happy New Year!
Thank you very much! Yes this engine is kept at IRM... and it goes out onto their tracks occasionally. However, I don't think it will make an excursion like the one in this video anytime soon... unfortunately.... money is the problem. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch and for the support! Have a good week!
OMG!!! I remember them carrying the truck-less, restored body through my neighborhood, on it's way to the Museum! Since then, I had moved out West - and had NO idea that she was OPERATIONAL!!! :O Thank you for this - it was breathtaking.
Thanks for stopping by to watch! Actually there are lots of "live working EMDs" still operating. for example...GP9, GP30, GP35, GP38, GP40, SD40, Sd50/60 and the new SD70ACe, for which BNSF is the largest operator of. What you are seeing in this video (and probably what you really meant) is an "F" or "E" unit. This is the only EMD E-unit of its kind (E5) left in the world! There are some E8s operating with museums but only a few. Thanks again for stopping by!
I remember the passenger trains of the ACL, then the SCL as a kid way back in the 1960s. It's soooo cool to look back at these vintage trains. Many thanks for this video.
Great scene you described there.... would be neat if we could go back in time! LOL :) BTW- that shiny aluminum is actually Stainless Steal. That's why its never corroded (like aluminum) or rusted (like sheet metal). Just a nice polish to brighten it up! :) Thanks for watching and taking time on commenting! Glad you liked it!
Yup, one of the most beautiful trains in existence in my opinion. Thank you so much for sharing. We are so lucky the IRM treasures this beauty and shows it off. Thumbs up.
Awesome videoing of an awesome train, a first class job. Here in Australia we have very few early diesel era luxury train recreations. and they never run even close to 80 MPH. That said, our old overnight express were similar to American trains of the era like this. CHEERS ( with Coopers Ale not bland Fosters)
Hi John... thanks for stopping by to watch my video and glad you liked it.... I just wished the ride was a bit smoother while I was walking about... made for a shaking picture, but hey, the ol' girl is 78 years old! :) "CHEERS ( with Coopers Ale not bland Fosters)" Hey- if you are offering... I'll take anything.. I'd just be glad to share one with ya! :) Thanks again and have a great weekend!
Sorry about taking so long to reply I've re watched the vid several times but didn't notice the comments. Probably because the Zephyr blowing the crossing away 21:40 makes me go silly & the only remedy is MORE TRAINS! ( & maybe a Coopers or 2, the Ale ( red label) not the Pale ( green label) Though the Pale Ale is still better than Fosters. This man dos not like bland ( & that goes for my trains too) CHEERS, BUDDY! PS, were you up in the loco ? Cause locos buck & rock around a lot.
John Sergei Thanks and no, I was not up in the cab. It was a Rough ride, rocking and teeth jarring and even bottoming-out going over crossings, but hey.. this thing is an original 81 year old (built in 1936) restored train... and we were doing 80 miles an hours. :) so yes.. a buck and rock ride but well worth it! Thanks so much for watching again and commenting!
I would really enjoy the rock and roll ride. I've found that even on the same track ( welded & smoother that is was 20 years ago) the older rollingstock is not a quiet nor as smooth riding as new trains. The new trains are so sterile, you don't even notice the speed at 100MPH But locos are something else. I'd give anything for an 80MPH ride in an this E3, even my Coopers.
As a Chicago native I *absolutely* agree with the guy talking about the Sears Tower!! It always has been and always will be The Sears Tower NOT the Willie Tower. GREAT video and the best music!!!
I really wish we in Florida had a museum like Illinois, because then we could have the FEC Champion blazing down the line. You're lucky to have this silver beaut running.
Hey Joe: A fantastic video and all the work you put into making it really paid off. Being able to see both the inside and outside of this vintage equipment was awesome. The ride must have been memorable to say the least. I enjoyed every minute of your video. Thanks so much for all your hard work and for sharing it.
Thank you very much for the kind comments! Well appreciated for sure! My goal was to put something together that ALL railfans would enjoy! And as nice as this video came out... I could have never done it with out the help of those who gave me their videos to edit into this one video here! They are were all super nice about me using their work in my video! Yes the Ride was memorable, especially since the 2nd trip which was supposed to happen this year to Minneapolis was cancelled. Makes the one I was on here that more special! Thanks again for taking time to watch, and comment and thank you for the support! Have a great weekend! ~Joe
A glimpse of how train travel used to be. While we still travel exclusively via train, its still very comfortable but not quite as nice and luxurious as it used to be. The bedrooms and roomettes are pretty good though
This indeed was a very awesome excursion done by the Nebraska zephyr for 2012. I wish I could have ridden this train with one of my friends. I'm from saint Louis Missouri and we don't have anything like the Nebraska zephyr for a classic passenger train, just amtrak of course. I hope the Nebraska zephyr does a trip like this from Chicago to west Quincy And back in 2014 and in the next several years to come after that.
Thank you very much for stopping by to watch and comment... Unfortunately don't count on seeing this on the open rails for sometime. My friend Harold who is telling us about the Rock Island Mofia here in the video told me that it was very expensive and the the second day (this video) excursion did not do good in sales. There was talk about doing a trip to Minneapolis-St Paul to honor the Twin Cities Zephyr... but that fell through. So nothing is in the works for the future. Thanks again, have a great week!
+winterjason81 - You might not have an operating classic streamliner, but you DO have an outstanding Museum of Transportation with a Zephyr engine (9908 - Silver Charger) and a LOT of other great trains on display !!
Thanks for this video! My son and I were at the Plano, IL station on the day of this ride. My son is a train addict and we spend quite a few hours watching and talking trains. He's very concerned about people who don't observe railway rules as well. Again, thanks for this video!
I am from Streator, I know Ed B. as well, my Sophmore Year of High School he did operation lifesaver presentation for my drivers ed class as well as helped me Senior Year with a paper about the advantages/ disadvantages to a career on the rails. What a man of great knowledge to learn from :D :D
Ed is a close family friend. Known him for a long time. He certainly gets around. can't have dinner with him anywhere in the Illinois Valley without someone coming up to Eddie and us... and then either give me a hard time (jokingly) for being seen with him, or give him a hard time (jokingly) for being seen in public.. LOL! Yes he knows his stuff for sure. He still does Operation Life safer too. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment! Have a great weekend and Happy New Year.
Great job with the video! Wow, what a special trip that must have been. I've been to IRM and rode it out & back sitting where you did - awesome experience. If memory serves, IRM "loaned" the 9911 to BN when they rolled out the first SD70-MAC in Ft. Worth, in the 90's. So I knew it had been out on the open rails at least once. I've been a lifelong Q fan, growing up in Lincoln, NE (my great-grandfather was Lines West President's personal secretary). Rode the Denver Zephyr round-trip from Omaha to Chicago in 1961 with my parents. Still remember the Vista-Dome experience! Amtrak is OK & really, all we've got, but those Superliner cars can't match the charm and uniqueness of a real Vista-Dome !
Thank you! It could have very-well done that BN deal with the SD70-mac, as it has been on the rails many times before special events.. BUT what made this trip in this video so special and so rare, is it was a "regularly-scheduled" passenger-paying-revenue run. In that, it was actually scheduled on the time-table at Amtrak at Union Station, and that passengers could walk up and buy a ticket and that this was the first time since 1968 that it was a passenger paying run on a scheduled time table.
+ILSRWY4 - I DO realize how special your trip was ! It was great to see 9911 hitting those high speeds for a sustained trip. She evidently has been well-enough restored that the IRM officials are OK with not having to "baby her" too much. I wonder if there's a log of the trips she has made since first coming to the museum?
Although I am a member of the IRM, I didn't know about this trip till 12-13. In watching the fantastic video and reading the comments, I never saw who sponsored the venture. It obviously took extensive planning and someone had to make a large financial commitment. As a Q fan it is a natural for me but it should appeal to all vintage passenger train followers as there is nothing else like it! JP Hinsdale High '64.
Hi John. Nope! Nobody sponsored the event. It was entirely done with IRM money and 100 percent volunteers. BNSF & Amtrak, and a few other small entities were given credit in the program for donating time, manpower, and trackage rights. But other than that, it was completely-privately done for a "true" Zephyr revenue run. And sales were somewhat poor... So all these factors are why it will be a very... VERY... LONG time before anything like this happens again. Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support! Have a great week! ~Joe
WIU was also my alma mator in 1970's. I took the train from Macomb to Chicago numerous times. I don't think it was called Nesbraka Zepher then. Great video! I love it and it reminds so much about those years in Western Illinois, home of Ronald Reagan.
Thanks so much for watching.... I took the train too! I used to get off at Princeton!! I never knew Ronald Reagan had anything to do with Western Illinois... I live 40 miles from his birthplace, Tampico, IL and he grew up in Dixon, IL and went to Eureka College near Peoria, but I have never head of him associated with Western Illinois? Thanks again for watching! Have a great weekend...
Thanks! I really appreciate the time you took to stop by to watch and comment and thanks for the support! :) Yeah the guy in the Hawks jersey was hilarious!!! I personally hate hockey and could care less about the Black Hawks... but it was just fun having him in the video because we had just passed him by and I saw him from the train! Thanks again! have a great weekend!
Amazing video with a great piece of railroad history you must have had a great experience. Galesburg rings a bill as we used to have a lot of guys with Stearmans fly up for a home coming flyin every year. I have been in the sears tower and I would not change the name. Thanks for sharing a great piece of history.
Thanks so much Nick... It was a once in a lifetime experience... This is why I contacted all those others with their videos so I could combine them into this video montage. Yes... "The Stearman Fly-in" every September. I have been to 3 or 4 of those. A local pilot friend of the family (WWII pilot in his 90s) flies there all the time in his Stearman. I only live about 40 miles from Galesburg. I also fly there with my students on x-country flights. Yes SEARS TOWER forever! lol :)
I live in Brazil I enter every day to see this train nebraska zephyr, here in Brazil we have no more trains beautiful as this, my dream is to one day be able to travel in nebraska zefhyr, the American people is to be congratulated because it preserves its railroads, God bless america , thank you
Hey~ So for the late reply~ I don't know how I missed your comment here! Thanks so much for the stopping by to watch and more importantly for the kind words of encouragement! I really appreciate it! :-)
Its a sense of pride being a Nebraskan to see The Nebraska Zephyr (one of the last zephyrs in existence). Very Very nice machinery. To bad the IRM won't restore CBQ 3007 to add to the zephyr roster.
Yes.... and keep in mind that the E5 in this video is the ONLY on in existence...anywhere... in the world!!! So not only is it that rare and special but still operating too! :) Thanks for stopping by to watch and comment! I really appreciate it! :)
haaa! Thanks! it was one worth being that... They may be doing another to the twin cities, MN and keep an eye out at Illinois Railway Museum for details so you don't miss it! THanks for watching! :)
Thanks for sharing this experience. Also that I live in Germany, I am interrested in American Railroads, especiallly the streamlined trains. I have some streamliners in HO-Scale for the Marklin AC-System and a lot of literature about american railroads, most about streamliners. On the 22th of October 2016 I made a visit to your Illinois Railway Museum. A great experience, I could travel aboard the old streecars from 1926 and 1928.
next time you come to the United States and you go to Illinois Railway Museum, try to go on weekends, they run trains and you can even ride this very streamliner in this video. There is a 5 mile section of track they use for giving rides. And this Nebraska Zephyr is used for rides Check with museum first before coming. Thanks for watching!
@@ILSRWY4 Thank you very much for your fast reply and recommendation. I hope to make 2022 my next trip to the US with my favorite airplane Boeing 747 und visit again the Illinois Railway Museum. Now for exactly six years I'm owner of a Dodge RAM 1500 HEMI V8 4x4, the most reliable car I ever had.
@@CorneiliusLibowitzYes, the production stops next year for the freighter. No more passenger versions are made. Lufthansa has already nineteen of the newest version 747-8. But it remains the most succesfull big passenger plane with nearly 1575 made. The A 380, L 1011 and Lockheed Tristar each reached around 250, the DC 10 ca. 500 planes (if I remember correctly).
@@matthiasrosenhagen2162 Yup. I worked on them many times... -100's, -200's, SP's, -400's.....but mostly -400's.... As well as Dizzy 10's and -30's.....
The Zephyr is the only trainset I've ever seen on American rail. What I mean is that, as is common with European high-speed trains, the bogies are shared between cars, so the consist remains constant from run to run.
thanks for watching. The Zephyr is the only one you have seen "Today" but in the years past, there were lots of trains where the trucks (as you call bogies) were between the cars. One example is the M10000. Some modern commuters are like that, but the practice is often shied away from because its harder to separate the cars for maintenance. If the cars don't share the same trucks, and are built with their own trucks, then its easier to take one car out of service and replace it with another.
@@ILSRWY4 You're welcome, and you're right. I have seen them on freight trains, just not on passenger trains. I'm not surprised more have existed. The Zephyr is a beautiful train and I'm glad it made that run.
What an awesome train to have ridden on. The best way to have seen portions of our beautiful country. Too bad our youth no longer has the option to experience it. No idea what's been given up for a faster paced life.
I rode this exact same train, and BEHIND this E-5A, way back in 1963, from Fairfield IA to Chicago. Of course, there were two E-units, and the trainset was 9 cars long, but time intervenes. In revenue service, however, the Nebraska Zephyrs never went to Quincy IL, their route being on the Burlington's principal main line, Chicago-Denver, where of course, the pair of NZ trains ran between Lincoln NE and Chicago. There is nothing to compair with riding one of these Budd articulated trains--a smoothness and freedom from the usual slight jerkiness of individual coupled passenger cars.
+Art Anderson Thanks for watching and commenting!! Yes we were all aware that it never went to Quincy - They just picked that route because it was all that was available from BNSF, that would make for a day long trip. At Galesberg the original service would have gone to Burlington just as you mentioned , but we were unable to do that, so at G'berg we turned south towards Quincy. So from Chicago to G'berg it was original route. Although I wouldn't exactly call this "Smooth" ride as you can see in the video...prob because its so old. It was rather jerky and swaying a lot, and there were times we actually bottomed out going across grain-crossing... Still very nice though!
I was told I saw the E5 as a kid when I was in Chicago back in the late-ish 90's visiting my grandparents. The Silver Pilot was on static display at the time and unfortunately, I don't remember seeing her but I hope to do so again some day. It's so nice to see these old girls proving that they can still do their jobs and do them just as well as the day they were first brought into service.
Thanks for the comment and for taking time to watch! I agree with you.. especially when one like this is the only one left in the world!! :) Have a great weekend!
That was just TOO COOL!! You normally don't get vid from inside and outside a trip like that. Great job putting that together and giving the foamers their props and channel links.
I'm just now catching this video in 2020. I am a bit confused because I thought the Nebraska Zephyr went through Burlington, Ottumwa and Creston Iowa on it's way to Omaha. At least that's what I thought I was riding in around 1962 from Ottumwa to Omaha. Regardless, it was a memorable experience. I was about 12 years old travelling with a bunch of 4H kids to visit Omaha. What I remember the most was when departing Ottumwa, it seemed like the outside started moving instead of the train. It was that smooth starting that you felt no movement. Thanks for the memories! (quote from Bob Hope)
It did. But for this excursion we just went to Quincy. The only "real" part of the trip was from Chicago to Galesburg, from there instead of going the original route we turned went to Quiney. The reason was time and because there was a wye we could use to turn around.
It brightens up my day to see these streamliners still operating! I personally think they looked and look better than the modern diesels.
It’s a miracle this unit is still around. It was sold for scrap along with all its siblings in the late 60s, and IIRC was in the scrap yard for a short period until the IRM purchased it.
interesting... thanks for the info!
The E5 has to be one of the most beautiful locomotives I've have ever seen
I completely agree! And thanks for stopping by to watch and comment!
Honestly, it looks like some state of the art train that Amtrak should be introducing for Midwest corridor service.
I know, right!? Amazing how far advanced it looks and how far ahead of its time it was... this is 1936 piece of machinery.... and we were doing 79mph!!! Thanks for watching and commenting... have a great week!
LOL...I loled hard as an Amtrak passenger since I was a child.
@@ILSRWY4 What? 1936? I thought this was introduced after WW2! Wow!
@@icyhugs yes . put into service in 1936.
@@ILSRWY4 no the Silver Pilot was built in 1941 and put into the service shortly afterwards. You are probably thinking about the Pioneer Zephyr that lives up in the Chicago Science and Industry Museum
That E5 diesel has to be one of the most beautiful locomotives ever built.
Oh I totally agree! Thanks so much for watching my video and taking time to comment! Have a great week!
Exactly, it's so much better than today's designs.
Was just thinking the same thing- a real work of art. So glad they keep it running. The sequence at 5:50 (train coming around the corner) is one of the best I have seen. Nice shootin' Tex!
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such a beauty
That is one classically and beautifully designed train.
I just love the way the EMC 1800 B-B purrs.
The only thing missing is the Zephyrette! Will someone please bring this glamorous form of transportation back please! I"ll stop flying!
I maybe mistaken but if I recall only the CZ had Zephyretttes. I rode 1 and 10 a lot as I worked for the" Q" in the early to mid 60' s in passenger traffic. God I loved the"Q". When Menk came in I left as I saw what he would end up doing. He took 6 great roads and created 1 mediocre one.
😥 sad.
I’m mostly a steam locomotive guy and not a big fan of the diesel locomotives. I will admit this is one classy train! It’s a shame we can’t go back to the golden age of train travel.
Yeah. I will admit, the long distance Amtrak trains, specifically the overnights, look pretty decent. Obviously, they don’t hold a candle to the old days, but they still have some perks. (Especially the routes themselves. You can’t beat scenery when traveling by rail.)
The horn on that thing sounds so beautiful... I wish to see the zephyr myself but I live rather far away. Hope you see and ride it again!
When I was Consul General of Costa Rica in 1973 in Chicago I got to see the Zephyr at the Museum of science ando industry. I never thought I would see it running. The sight of the mail car with tiny compartments for letters is unforgetable.
This is a different Zephyr than the one you saw at the Science and industry. The one at the museum is the Pioneer Zephyr with a totally different powered car/locomotive and has never left the museum. This one here in my video is the Nebraska Zephyr and had a completely separate EMD E5 locomotive pulling the cars. Thanks for watching!
I LOVE classic trains like this. I wish train travel was still this wonderful.
As a kid in the 50's and 60's I rode Zephyrs numerous times from Galesburg, IL to Denver, Chicago or Fremont, CA. Beautiful trains and a very nice video.
thanks!!!
Dad was a freight conductor on the CB&Q and we lived in Galesburg. It was great to get passes and I spent a lot of time on the California Zephyr going up to Chicago or all the way out to Oakland. I remember how classy the dinning cars were in the past. In the past few years I have used the AMTRAK California Zephyr for round trips between here in UT and CA. The dining experience today is in booths and all the class is gone.
In the 50's and 60's the French Toast in the dining car was the best I have ever had.
Yes! And, I loved the BLTs.
Beautiful. They used to show the E5 down at the Aurora Depot on South River St. where I used to hang out watching the E8s & E9s do the commuter route to Chicago. They were still in their silver livery before the BN green paint job.
Very interesting! Thanks for watching!
@@ILSRWY4 I have to make a correction! It was on South Broadway on the east side of the Fox River in Aurora...that's where the Depot was. River Street is on the west side of the river.
This is the best passenger train video I've ever seen. The locomotive is still the most beautiful ever made, and the cars are right there with it. Thank you.
Thanks! and sorry for the really long reply! LOL
Brings back memories. In 1961 my Dad was on a business trip to Kansas City I was 10 years old. My Mom took me on the "L" to Chicago's Union Station and I rode the Kansas City Zephyr to Kansas City by myself. My Dad meet me at the station and we flew back to Chicago on a TWA Convair 990.
I grew up in Burlington, IA. The Nebraska Zephyr came through Burlington in the late afternoon. I remember watching it pass often. Visiting family friends in Fairfield, IA on New Years Eve in 1967, I asked if I could ride the Zephyr to Burlington and be picked up at the station. My wish was granted.
The equipment was tired, shop worn and ready to be retired. From the video, what a magnificent job of restoration. Those responsible are to be congratulated for their work.
Thanks- its the work of the guys at IRM (Illinois Railway Museum). The trip was a blast!
Thanks for stopping by to watch!
love the 40s music glen miller totally cool.
Thanks SO much for stopping by! I really appreciate you taking time to watch and comment- and glad you enjoyed! HAve a great week!
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I love the gorgeous streamlining and spit and polish of this train.
Fantastic. If only dvd's were available of recordings like this by amazing people.
Haha.. Thanks!
wonderful video makes me lonesome for the good old days. late 40s 50s and early 60s. best days of our lives.
Your coverage is epic, I have SO many great memories aboard the Zephyr, well done indeed!
I used to see these Burlington Zephyrs every day and all day, while hanging around the old Galesburg station all through the 60's and into the 70's. Trains have never been so beautiful as they were then with all the shine. While they were stopped for passengers I would stand next to the Locomotive to listen to it idle and feel it vibrate my clothes with the sound. The Galesburg station has no personality at all now with all the concrete and after tearing down the old station, so sad. The first and only time I got to ride on the train was on July 5th, 1974, going to ChiTown to begin my military career. Now in NC and far from any tracks, this video is a treasure. When walking through the cars and Percy began to play, all I could say was "Thank You God, Thank You God..." I can't begin to describe the memories and feelings flooding over me. Thank you so much for recording this for us. That's a very special time and place for me. And that Hudson, My Dad used to Fire on it as a young man until he left for WW2. God bless...
A complete train set! I didn't know any of the classics still existed, just the odd car. How beautiful and special. Thanks!
Excellent video! Went to the IL Railway Museum for the first time ever this weekend (though I've lived in the suburbs here my entire life) and it was an amazing experience. Wanted to know more about the gorgeous streamliner I saw there and found your video! Absolutely stunning engine and rake of coaches, thank you so much for documenting and sharing. :^)
Thanks for Watching! IRM one of my favorite museum!
you are all awesome for contributing your respective videos to make this. long live the Nebraska Zephyr!
Great video. It sure bought back memories for me as I started as an operator in 1967 at 38th street tower in Denver. We were running the Denver Zepher and the California Zepher back in those days. It was part of my job to 'OS' the train to the dispatcher and one day when I counted the cars on the California Zepher as it passed, low and behold there was a passenger on the outside right behind the dome of one of the dome cars. I was new and didn't really know what to do but when I OSed to the dispatcher I ask if that was normal. His reply has stuck in my memory now for close to 50 years and your video jarred it out of my mind again! Good Job. Clarence
clhidy Great memories! Thanks for sharing with us! And glad you like the video!
love the Glen Miller - In The Mood opening. Im a big jazz fan. perfect for this train.
thebrakeman17 Thanks! I though it was a fitting song for an opener! :)
Awesome video, but I beg to differ re. the song -- I think the Allegro molto e vivace from Beethoven's Piano Sonata #13 in E-flat major would have been a better fit (and if you've ever heard it, you know why!)
One of my granfather's CB&Q posts was Keokuk, Iowa. He was also Mayor of Birmingham, Iowa for a bit.
Glad you like the video- my goal was to instill a bit of nostalgic and if I can do that with those who have connections to the CB&Q it makes it even more enjoyable!!
my dad also work at CB&Q railroad depot in Alexandria ,mo and keokuk,Iowa he went off to Korean conflict. came back from army as fireman on 4960 and works several Burlington route locomotives. especially he remember mark Twain zephyr and zephyr rocket. til he passed away in December of 2014 at 82
Wow! What a beautiful train, a reminder of an age of elegance sadly now long gone. Thank you for posting.
Thanks for watching!!!
Wow! These were the good days. These types of excursions now don’t happen almost 10 years later... it is sad how rigid the American rail network has gotten. That magical feeling no longer exists
Wonderful! My dad took me to the Illinois Railway Museum when I was a kid and we saw the Zephyr. Unfortunately it wasn't running that day but it was impressive just to look at. Great father-son moment. Thanks so much for posting!!
Thanks! Glad you like the video! Yeah you can see it run at IRM but its nothing like seeing out where it belongs on the old CB&Q mainline running at 80mph! Thanks again and Happy New Year!
Awesome video man! I got to see this train at the IRM one time!
Thank you very much! Yes this engine is kept at IRM... and it goes out onto their tracks occasionally. However, I don't think it will make an excursion like the one in this video anytime soon... unfortunately.... money is the problem.
Thanks so much for stopping by to watch and for the support! Have a good week!
*****
Thanks! You too!
OMG!!!
I remember them carrying the truck-less, restored body through my neighborhood, on it's way to the Museum!
Since then, I had moved out West - and had NO idea that she was OPERATIONAL!!! :O
Thank you for this - it was breathtaking.
The "truckless" one you are thinking of is the "Pioneer Zephyr" which is different than this one. This one has always had the trucks on the cars.
***** DERF!!!! Of course it is!! :O
The articulated streamliner...
Well, I'm a Dunce - and that's still sweet!
Amazing! I am a amateur railfanner and I have never seen a live working EMD! Thanks for showing us all.
Thanks for stopping by to watch! Actually there are lots of "live working EMDs" still operating. for example...GP9, GP30, GP35, GP38, GP40, SD40, Sd50/60 and the new SD70ACe, for which BNSF is the largest operator of. What you are seeing in this video (and probably what you really meant) is an "F" or "E" unit. This is the only EMD E-unit of its kind (E5) left in the world! There are some E8s operating with museums but only a few. Thanks again for stopping by!
in 1967 my dad and i rode the nebraska zepher to chicago , and came back on the aksarben zepher pullman both ways
I remember the passenger trains of the ACL, then the SCL as a kid way back in the 1960s. It's soooo cool to look back at these vintage trains.
Many thanks for this video.
glad you enjoyed the video... thanks for watching!
the most beautiful train in the world
This is so well put together! I loved every minute of it. The added shots of the Sears Tower were also a delight!
It’s so dreamy! Someone needs to film a movie based in late 30s / early 40s and have it be a part of the movie!
Great scene you described there.... would be neat if we could go back in time! LOL :) BTW- that shiny aluminum is actually Stainless Steal. That's why its never corroded (like aluminum) or rusted (like sheet metal). Just a nice polish to brighten it up! :)
Thanks for watching and taking time on commenting! Glad you liked it!
Yup, one of the most beautiful trains in existence in my opinion. Thank you so much for sharing. We are so lucky the IRM treasures this beauty and shows it off. Thumbs up.
Awesome videoing of an awesome train, a first class job.
Here in Australia we have very few early diesel era luxury train recreations. and they never run even close to 80 MPH.
That said, our old overnight express were similar to American trains of the era like this.
CHEERS ( with Coopers Ale not bland Fosters)
Hi John... thanks for stopping by to watch my video and glad you liked it.... I just wished the ride was a bit smoother while I was walking about... made for a shaking picture, but hey, the ol' girl is 78 years old! :)
"CHEERS ( with Coopers Ale not bland Fosters)"
Hey- if you are offering... I'll take anything.. I'd just be glad to share one with ya! :) Thanks again and have a great weekend!
Sorry about taking so long to reply I've re watched the vid several times but didn't notice the comments.
Probably because the Zephyr blowing the crossing away 21:40 makes me go silly & the only remedy is MORE TRAINS! ( & maybe a Coopers or 2, the Ale ( red label) not the Pale ( green label) Though the Pale Ale is still better than Fosters.
This man dos not like bland ( & that goes for my trains too) CHEERS, BUDDY!
PS, were you up in the loco ? Cause locos buck & rock around a lot.
John Sergei Thanks and no, I was not up in the cab. It was a Rough ride, rocking and teeth jarring and even bottoming-out going over crossings, but hey.. this thing is an original 81 year old (built in 1936) restored train... and we were doing 80 miles an hours. :) so yes.. a buck and rock ride but well worth it! Thanks so much for watching again and commenting!
I would really enjoy the rock and roll ride. I've found that even on the same track ( welded & smoother that is was 20 years ago) the older rollingstock is not a quiet nor as smooth riding as new trains.
The new trains are so sterile, you don't even notice the speed at 100MPH
But locos are something else. I'd give anything for an 80MPH ride in an this E3, even my Coopers.
What a beauty!
Great video! Now THAT is a passenger train. Can't wait to see this unit at Spencer next week.
Oh, and agreed, it will always be the Sears Tower. :)
Did you get to see it in Spencer? :)
Yes, the event was spectacular. The museum alone should be on every railfan's bucket list.
SEARS TOWER
Brings a tear to ones eye. Great trip.
As a Chicago native I *absolutely* agree with the guy talking about the Sears Tower!! It always has been and always will be The Sears Tower NOT the Willie Tower. GREAT video and the best music!!!
That guy was me! ;) Thanks for watching
They don't make em' like they used to. Such a beautiful consist.
agreed!
I really wish we in Florida had a museum like Illinois, because then we could have the FEC Champion blazing down the line. You're lucky to have this silver beaut running.
Thanks - that's how I felt riding it.... "Lucky" Thanks for watching!
***** No problem! :)
That would be a memorable time! One I truly wish I could have had. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Joe: A fantastic video and all the work you put into making it really paid off. Being able to see both the inside and outside of this vintage equipment was awesome. The ride must have been memorable to say the least. I enjoyed every minute of your video. Thanks so much for all your hard work and for sharing it.
Thank you very much for the kind comments! Well appreciated for sure! My goal was to put something together that ALL railfans would enjoy! And as nice as this video came out... I could have never done it with out the help of those who gave me their videos to edit into this one video here! They are were all super nice about me using their work in my video! Yes the Ride was memorable, especially since the 2nd trip which was supposed to happen this year to Minneapolis was cancelled. Makes the one I was on here that more special! Thanks again for taking time to watch, and comment and thank you for the support! Have a great weekend! ~Joe
A glimpse of how train travel used to be. While we still travel exclusively via train, its still very comfortable but not quite as nice and luxurious as it used to be. The bedrooms and roomettes are pretty good though
Fabulous. Train, music, people, atmosphere! Thanks for putting this together and sharing it with us :-)
Thank you so much for stopping by to watch! I really appreciate it! have a great weekend!
One of the best railfanning videos on RUclips.
+JacksonAndLansing Railroad Thank you!!! Glad you liked it! have a great weekend!
This indeed was a very awesome excursion done by the Nebraska zephyr for 2012. I wish I could have ridden this train with one of my friends. I'm from saint Louis Missouri and we don't have anything like the Nebraska zephyr for a classic passenger train, just amtrak of course. I hope the Nebraska zephyr does a trip like this from Chicago to west Quincy And back in 2014 and in the next several years to come after that.
Thank you very much for stopping by to watch and comment... Unfortunately don't count on seeing this on the open rails for sometime. My friend Harold who is telling us about the Rock Island Mofia here in the video told me that it was very expensive and the the second day (this video) excursion did not do good in sales. There was talk about doing a trip to Minneapolis-St Paul to honor the Twin Cities Zephyr... but that fell through. So nothing is in the works for the future. Thanks again, have a great week!
+winterjason81 - You might not have an operating classic streamliner, but you DO have an outstanding Museum of Transportation with a Zephyr engine (9908 - Silver Charger) and a LOT of other great trains on display !!
Thanks for this video! My son and I were at the Plano, IL station on the day of this ride. My son is a train addict and we spend quite a few hours watching and talking trains. He's very concerned about people who don't observe railway rules as well. Again, thanks for this video!
dadgoesmissing Glad you like the video! Thanks for stopping by to watch!
Man, that took me back to things I haven't seen in decades. The E5 blasting by was uber cool!
I am still watching this. Josh, this is the closest thing to heaven!
When I was living on the CB&Q lucky enough to see it in service.
I am from Streator, I know Ed B. as well, my Sophmore Year of High School he did operation lifesaver presentation for my drivers ed class as well as helped me Senior Year with a paper about the advantages/ disadvantages to a career on the rails. What a man of great knowledge to learn from :D :D
Ed is a close family friend. Known him for a long time. He certainly gets around. can't have dinner with him anywhere in the Illinois Valley without someone coming up to Eddie and us... and then either give me a hard time (jokingly) for being seen with him, or give him a hard time (jokingly) for being seen in public.. LOL! Yes he knows his stuff for sure. He still does Operation Life safer too. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment! Have a great weekend and Happy New Year.
Im so happy i saw the Nebraska Zephyr running during Diesel Days this year. (2018)
Amazing video! This is a beautiful train. Nice to see that trainandhawksfan17 was mentioned, I am a fan of his channel.
Thank you for stopping by and for commenting... yes Mark is a great guy- he has a cool channel!
Great job with the video! Wow, what a special trip that must have been. I've been to IRM and rode it out & back sitting where you did - awesome experience. If memory serves, IRM "loaned" the 9911 to BN when they rolled out the first SD70-MAC in Ft. Worth, in the 90's. So I knew it had been out on the open rails at least once. I've been a lifelong Q fan, growing up in Lincoln, NE (my great-grandfather was Lines West President's personal secretary). Rode the Denver Zephyr round-trip from Omaha to Chicago in 1961 with my parents. Still remember the Vista-Dome experience! Amtrak is OK & really, all we've got, but those Superliner cars can't match the charm and uniqueness of a real Vista-Dome !
Thank you! It could have very-well done that BN deal with the SD70-mac, as it has been on the rails many times before special events.. BUT what made this trip in this video so special and so rare, is it was a "regularly-scheduled" passenger-paying-revenue run. In that, it was actually scheduled on the time-table at Amtrak at Union Station, and that passengers could walk up and buy a ticket and that this was the first time since 1968 that it was a passenger paying run on a scheduled time table.
+ILSRWY4 - I DO realize how special your trip was ! It was great to see 9911 hitting those high speeds for a sustained trip. She evidently has been well-enough restored that the IRM officials are OK with not having to "baby her" too much. I wonder if there's a log of the trips she has made since first coming to the museum?
Although I am a member of the IRM, I didn't know about this trip till 12-13. In watching the fantastic video and reading the comments, I never saw who sponsored the venture. It obviously took extensive planning and someone had to make a large financial commitment. As a Q fan it is a natural for me but it should appeal to all vintage passenger train followers as there is nothing else like it! JP Hinsdale High '64.
Hi John. Nope! Nobody sponsored the event. It was entirely done with IRM money and 100 percent volunteers. BNSF & Amtrak, and a few other small entities were given credit in the program for donating time, manpower, and trackage rights. But other than that, it was completely-privately done for a "true" Zephyr revenue run. And sales were somewhat poor... So all these factors are why it will be a very... VERY... LONG time before anything like this happens again. Thanks so much for watching and I appreciate the support! Have a great week! ~Joe
Great looking train ! Once a common sight now a rare treat. Greetings from Port Saint Lucie, Florida,July 2023.
thanks for watching!
WIU was also my alma mator in 1970's. I took the train from Macomb to Chicago numerous times. I don't think it was called Nesbraka Zepher then. Great video! I love it and it reminds so much about those years in Western Illinois, home of Ronald Reagan.
Thanks so much for watching.... I took the train too! I used to get off at Princeton!! I never knew Ronald Reagan had anything to do with Western Illinois... I live 40 miles from his birthplace, Tampico, IL and he grew up in Dixon, IL and went to Eureka College near Peoria, but I have never head of him associated with Western Illinois? Thanks again for watching! Have a great weekend...
Thanks! I really appreciate the time you took to stop by to watch and comment and thanks for the support! :) Yeah the guy in the Hawks jersey was hilarious!!! I personally hate hockey and could care less about the Black Hawks... but it was just fun having him in the video because we had just passed him by and I saw him from the train!
Thanks again! have a great weekend!
Amazing video with a great piece of railroad history you must have had a great experience. Galesburg rings a bill as we used to have a lot of guys with Stearmans fly up for a home coming flyin every year. I have been in the sears tower and I would not change the name. Thanks for sharing a great piece of history.
Thanks so much Nick... It was a once in a lifetime experience... This is why I contacted all those others with their videos so I could combine them into this video montage. Yes... "The Stearman Fly-in" every September. I have been to 3 or 4 of those. A local pilot friend of the family (WWII pilot in his 90s) flies there all the time in his Stearman. I only live about 40 miles from Galesburg. I also fly there with my students on x-country flights. Yes SEARS TOWER forever! lol :)
I live in Brazil I enter every day to see this train nebraska zephyr, here in Brazil we have no more trains beautiful as this, my dream is to one day be able to travel in nebraska zefhyr, the American people is to be congratulated because it preserves its railroads, God bless america , thank you
I really enjoyed this video, it was the next best thing to taking the journey on the Zephyr- thanks tons for upload..
+Hudson River Glad you liked it thanks for stopping by!!!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate you taking time to watch and comment! :)
Have a great labor day holiday!
Hey~ So for the late reply~ I don't know how I missed your comment here!
Thanks so much for the stopping by to watch and more importantly for the kind words of encouragement! I really appreciate it! :-)
Hey Joe... thanks! I really appreciate you watching and for the support!
Have a great week!
Gorgeous machine and a beautifully sentimental journey 🌸
Gotta love that stainless steel
I tip my hat to the people responsible for preserving this train 👍
Its a sense of pride being a Nebraskan to see The Nebraska Zephyr (one of the last zephyrs in existence). Very Very nice machinery. To bad the IRM won't restore CBQ 3007 to add to the zephyr roster.
+HotRod Buick - You donate enough $ to IRM & I'll bet they do it !! :-)
🔰🇺🇸 - I wasn’t around in the heyday of rail travel but I gotta tell you…THAT IS CLASSY❗️
Even on a Museum Excursion it was classy... can only imagine what it was like for real back in the day. THanks for watching!
A great video. I was on that excursion from Galesburg to Quincy and back. Put together well!
+bemseer Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Wow man what an excellent video living the old style. As they say new is not always better especially when it concerns Amtrak
Thanks for the compliment and for watching!
Yes.... and keep in mind that the E5 in this video is the ONLY on in existence...anywhere... in the world!!! So not only is it that rare and special but still operating too! :)
Thanks for stopping by to watch and comment! I really appreciate it! :)
Beautiful train. How often do they run the special from Chicago ? I'd like to ride on this zeypher someday.
it only runs locally at the museum's 5 miles of track. If you want to ride it you can on select day at the museum, but its very slow.
beautiful piece of machinery!
haaa! Thanks! it was one worth being that... They may be doing another to the twin cities, MN and keep an eye out at Illinois Railway Museum for details so you don't miss it! THanks for watching! :)
We used to call "foamers" the "thundering herd" when we ran Southern steam. Awesome video! :)
Thanks for sharing this experience. Also that I live in Germany, I am interrested in American Railroads, especiallly the streamlined trains. I have some streamliners in HO-Scale for the Marklin AC-System and a lot of literature about american railroads, most about streamliners. On the 22th of October 2016 I made a visit to your Illinois Railway Museum. A great experience, I could travel aboard the old streecars from 1926 and 1928.
next time you come to the United States and you go to Illinois Railway Museum, try to go on weekends, they run trains and you can even ride this very streamliner in this video. There is a 5 mile section of track they use for giving rides. And this Nebraska Zephyr is used for rides Check with museum first before coming. Thanks for watching!
@@ILSRWY4 Thank you very much for your fast reply and recommendation. I hope to make 2022 my next trip to the US with my favorite airplane Boeing 747 und visit again the Illinois Railway Museum. Now for exactly six years I'm owner of a Dodge RAM 1500 HEMI V8 4x4, the most reliable car I ever had.
@@matthiasrosenhagen2162 Unfortunately, the B747 is going the same way as the Zephyr trains...........
@@CorneiliusLibowitzYes, the production stops next year for the freighter. No more passenger versions are made. Lufthansa has already nineteen of the newest version 747-8. But it remains the most succesfull big passenger plane with nearly 1575 made. The A 380, L 1011 and Lockheed Tristar each reached around 250, the DC 10 ca. 500 planes (if I remember correctly).
@@matthiasrosenhagen2162 Yup. I worked on them many times... -100's, -200's, SP's, -400's.....but mostly -400's.... As well as Dizzy 10's and -30's.....
The Zephyr is the only trainset I've ever seen on American rail. What I mean is that, as is common with European high-speed trains, the bogies are shared between cars, so the consist remains constant from run to run.
thanks for watching. The Zephyr is the only one you have seen "Today" but in the years past, there were lots of trains where the trucks (as you call bogies) were between the cars. One example is the M10000. Some modern commuters are like that, but the practice is often shied away from because its harder to separate the cars for maintenance. If the cars don't share the same trucks, and are built with their own trucks, then its easier to take one car out of service and replace it with another.
@@ILSRWY4 You're welcome, and you're right. I have seen them on freight trains, just not on passenger trains. I'm not surprised more have existed. The Zephyr is a beautiful train and I'm glad it made that run.
What an awesome train to have ridden on. The best way to have seen portions of our beautiful country. Too bad our youth no longer has the option to experience it. No idea what's been given up for a faster paced life.
I rode this exact same train, and BEHIND this E-5A, way back in 1963, from Fairfield IA to Chicago. Of course, there were two E-units, and the trainset was 9 cars long, but time intervenes. In revenue service, however, the Nebraska Zephyrs never went to Quincy IL, their route being on the Burlington's principal main line, Chicago-Denver, where of course, the pair of NZ trains ran between Lincoln NE and Chicago. There is nothing to compair with riding one of these Budd articulated trains--a smoothness and freedom from the usual slight jerkiness of individual coupled passenger cars.
+Art Anderson Thanks for watching and commenting!! Yes we were all aware that it never went to Quincy - They just picked that route because it was all that was available from BNSF, that would make for a day long trip. At Galesberg the original service would have gone to Burlington just as you mentioned , but we were unable to do that, so at G'berg we turned south towards Quincy. So from Chicago to G'berg it was original route. Although I wouldn't exactly call this "Smooth" ride as you can see in the video...prob because its so old. It was rather jerky and swaying a lot, and there were times we actually bottomed out going across grain-crossing... Still very nice though!
one of my top favorite trains of the past. wonderful video.
I was told I saw the E5 as a kid when I was in Chicago back in the late-ish 90's visiting my grandparents. The Silver Pilot was on static display at the time and unfortunately, I don't remember seeing her but I hope to do so again some day. It's so nice to see these old girls proving that they can still do their jobs and do them just as well as the day they were first brought into service.
Thanks for the comment and for taking time to watch! I agree with you.. especially when one like this is the only one left in the world!! :)
Have a great weekend!
That was just TOO COOL!! You normally don't get vid from inside and outside a trip like that. Great job putting that together and giving the foamers their props and channel links.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the kind words and the support! Have a great week!
Man that thing can still fly!!!!! I wish I had known about this!!!
Nice Video. Appreciate the work you put into this!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the time you took to come watch and comment! Glad you enjoyed... have a great week! :)
You know~ I never noticed that! ;)
Thanks for the stopping by to watch and taking time to comment- I really appreciate it! :-)
Such a great video. I watch it all the time.
+Bill Brett Thanks! I really appreciated and glad you enjoy it... have a great weekend!
Mine too! Thanks so much for stopping by and taking time to watch and comment! Really appreciate the support! :-)
What a beauty ! Excellent video
I agree... and Thanks
Je suis en admiration devant ces trains d’une beauté et qui roulent.....👏👏👏
J'aime ces trains aussi. J'étais impressionné de monter dessus. Merci d'avoir regardé, passez une bonne journée.
I'm just now catching this video in 2020. I am a bit confused because I thought the Nebraska Zephyr went through Burlington, Ottumwa and Creston Iowa on it's way to Omaha. At least that's what I thought I was riding in around 1962 from Ottumwa to Omaha. Regardless, it was a memorable experience. I was about 12 years old travelling with a bunch of 4H kids to visit Omaha. What I remember the most was when departing Ottumwa, it seemed like the outside started moving instead of the train. It was that smooth starting that you felt no movement. Thanks for the memories! (quote from Bob Hope)
It did. But for this excursion we just went to Quincy. The only "real" part of the trip was from Chicago to Galesburg, from there instead of going the original route we turned went to Quiney. The reason was time and because there was a wye we could use to turn around.
I wish I was on the train it is so beautiful.