The Nebraska Zephyr thundered through Western Springs this morning, welcoming in the Fall season:
The old girl can still run with the best of them. Thankfully, it wasn't the dark and stormy morning the weather-guessers were originally predicting.
Rusty
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Cool photos! Its in Kewanee right now, heading back to Chicago. It has reached 81 MPH on this trip!
You can track it on GPS here:http://www.irm.org/events/zephyrtracking.html
Here's a vid (not mine) of it travelling through Huntley on the trip downtown yesterday.
Nice video, that E5 is a treat to see.
Here's a vid (not mine) of it travelling through Huntley on the trip downtown yesterday.
Agreed. Good video.
The Zephyr looks good anywhere she goes. A "symphony of stainless steel" as I like to say.
Rusty
There's at least one more video (not mine) showing it passing through South Elgin on Friday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajotDWoPQzU
I haven't yet seen any from yesterday's 500-mile round trip to Quincy, but I assume they will be posted soon. Those will be interesting, especially if they catch her at 84 MPH or include pacing shots from Route 34, etc.
Very nice stuff Rusty! Since I am at our daughter's house, out in Kansas, right now, I was unable to watch the train set run through Western Springs (our home town), this weekend. Beautiful train consist and hope everything goes smothly for the IRM's trips.
I isn't easy keeping the RR stuff built during the 1940s, or befor, running well, diesel OR steam!
Here's this morning's run, minus a pesky Metra dinky which passed through a few minutes earlier, through the Highlands depot:
According to the GPS, she was going 71mph through Congress Park, slowed to around 40 mph through Highlands.
Rusty
Wow, 81 mph now.
Us railfans in the Hinsdale area in the 1950's used to hold the sneering view that "diesels are all the same under the paint". EXCEPT the E5's, which we deemed "honorary steam locomotives"! Best looking 72 year old in the country!
Here is another video...she sure looks good.
Well I will share my video that I took Saturday with my son....
The Zephyr as she comes into Galesburg, IL from Chicago...
This was shot on the curve at Buda, IL; again, not my video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiNjLHoLuAE
It certainly is a fine sight and sound -- the E5 wide open, Mars Light wig-wagging in a figure 8, single note "blaster" air horn, and everything shined up to perfection. I can imagine this stylish train making a trademark Burlington passenger train stop -- coming in hot and spotting the baggage door right next to the wagon on the platform. Good memories.
My hat is off to every person who volunteered in some way to make this happen.
Cool shots, awesome videos - thanks for posting!
/Mitch
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