The one and only CB&Q 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr east at IRM.

BN E9 3 pinch hits on the point of the Nebraska Zephyr during Labor Day weekend.

CB&Q 9911-A departs off station track 1 at the IRM with the Nebraska Zephyr.

The Nebraska Zephyr departs off station track 2 at the IRM.

Shoving back to Olson Road, the Nebraska Zephyr would be pulling into the station within a few minutes to take on more passengers.

CB&Q 9911-A, named the Silver Pilot, is the last E5 in existence. Built in 1940, she's still going strong at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union. Here's to many more years!

Departing the station for her last time this year, the 9911A heads east for Kishwaukee Grove.

The Nebraska Zephyr splits the semaphores at Olson Road.

CB&Q SD24 504 pinch hits for the day on the Nebraska Zephyr at the IRM.

Museum Showcase weekend at IRM featured the Frisco 1630 with a 11 car train, a train set representative of a 1950's C&NW scoot powered by an RSD5, many electric passenger cars, and this, the sole ... (more)

CB&Q 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr wait to depart east out of the IRM depot.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 9911-A, EMC E5 diesel "Silver Pilot," with the preserved Nebraska Zephyr, is shown crossing the Mississippi River bridge, approaching West Quincy, Missouri.

Classic Q. In a scene that just screams CB&Q, E5 #9911A powers the Nebraska Zephyr excursion under the classic signal bridge that has guarded this spot for decades. With a new tri-light can... (more)

After slowing for a track defect, the Silver Pilot races back to track speed rolling through the TP&W crossing at Bushnell.

Coasting in for the Galesburg station stop, the Zephyr passes below one of the remaining, original, CB&Q signal bridges.