Nebraska Zephyr
Nebraska Zephyr was a named passenger train of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ), commonly known by the shorter name of "Burlington". One of the trains used in the Nebraska Zephyr service which operated in the era between the 1930s and the 1970s was donated to the large Illinois Railway Museum at Union, west of Chicago, Illinois. It is powered by one of the large "E" series passenger diesel-electric locomotives made in nearby LaGrange, Illinois by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. The train features the distinctive and durable stainless steel fluting made famous by the original "Silver Streak" Pioneer Zephyr, it is still operated on short runs on the Museum's substantial trackage, providing train enthusiasts and tourists with an experience reminiscent of the heyday of the Burlington's Zephyr service. See also Pioneer Zephyr for the history, development, and record-braking inaugural run of the first Burlington Zephyr in 1934.
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