Looking like a Zephyr of old dashing through the midwestern countryside, the Illinois Railway Museum’s Chicago, Burlington and Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr trainset during ... (more)

When Ralph Budd and Edward Budd teamed up to create a modern streamliner that would run faster and cheaper than anything on the CB&Q rails, they came up with this beautiful train set, which ran al... (more)

power at ex C&S Santa Fe Rice yard Denver

power at BN ex CB&Q Sioux City engine facility

The Pioneer Zephyr sits entombed in the parking garage of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago IL. It's a beautiful train in a beautiful museum.

Two unique noses... As a storm nears, the Nebraska Zephyr rapidly off loads passengers on station 1 while the CSS 803 holds down station track 2 in the back ground.

Two CB&Q icons repose in waiting for Friday night's photo session during IRM's 60th Anniversary event. Everyone at the Museum took cover for nearly an hour as a storm dumped buckets onto the museu... (more)

Before its departure, a family poses with the one and only CB&Q 9911-A.

CB&Q 3007 heads into Station Track 1 while some yard power waits their next assignment.

CB&Q 504 and 9255 wait their next assignment at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Fancy commuter train... Back in March a movie company rented the use of the Nebraska Zephyr and built a little whistle stop station on the grounds at IRM. Here the 9911-A leads her train in for a... (more)

The power for the "Diesel Days" freight train sits on the west wye.

With Christmas in the air and an increase in passenger traffic, the first section of the normally-combined North Coast Limited-Empire Builder wears green as it roars through La Grange, Illinois on... (more)

Chicago Burlington and Quincy's famed "Nebraska Zephyr" passenger train makes a VERY SPECIAL appearance on the BNSF. This train was brought out of the Illinois Railway Museum for a weekend of excu... (more)