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CB&Q 'Nebraska Zephyr' & E5 9911A 'Silver Pilot' at Chicago Union Station on 22.09.12
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Күн бұрынThis really is history in the making! September 22nd, 2012 marks the first time since 1968 that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's 'Nebraska Zephyr' (now beautifully preserved by the Illinois Railway Museum) departed Chicago Union Station on its original home rails. The articulated, streamlined train set is led by EMD E5 #9911A, the 'Silver Pilot', a beautiful, classic passenger unit. The train is bound for the Mississippi Valley city of Quincy, Illinois on an Illinois Railway Museum-organized excursion trip.
@mathuetax 12 жыл бұрын
I love how they even listed the Zephyr on the arrival monitors!
@kevinhoward9593 5 жыл бұрын
***DEPARTURE***
@russgrunert4730 3 жыл бұрын
Those E5s were the most beautiful locomotives 🚂 ever
@kasdem8311 2 жыл бұрын
I would agree the E5s and E6s are my personal favorites
@andrewherrera9651 2 жыл бұрын
That's why I have the E5 AB set in HO scale with working mars light.
@backhaul1 11 жыл бұрын
This absolutely gorgeous train is why passenger rail service should be expanded in the U.S.
@JR-playlists 3 жыл бұрын
I remember sparks flying from under the carriage as the Zephyr slowed down rapidly, coming into Aurora back in the 60's
@agentorange153 2 жыл бұрын
Must have been braking pretty hard in order to keep the average speed high!
@houseofsolomon2440 6 жыл бұрын
My favorite locomotive design 👍 That raked front is beautiful
@andrewherrera9651 2 жыл бұрын
Have to agree with you. I have the E5 AB unit in HO scale with working mars light.
@spahlsr Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting. I just so happen to be the engineer on that particular trips out of Chicago. It was your greed to watch this video. I really wanted to head for 40 mile an hour like the old Q guys used to go and then set the air for Canal Street which is 25 mile an hour but I thought they’d be too many cameras out there and too many eyes. Lol 😂
@mrserious55 4 жыл бұрын
i helped put pistons in that E5...also served as a conductor one weekend at Union
@hockeyman1054 6 жыл бұрын
Substantially Awesome. I have seen The Pilot up close over at IRM. Thanks so much for this very cool clip....
@samtrak1204 Жыл бұрын
Amazing train and video. Thanks for sharing.
@jtgordon100 12 жыл бұрын
My God! What a beautiful train! Thank you for making and sharing this video.
@johnalder6028 Жыл бұрын
Magnificent ! Greetings from Port Saint Lucie Florida.
@crazyman762 12 жыл бұрын
I am a card carrying Tuscan bleeding Slobbering Pennsy Freak. All of that polished Stainless Steel is just stunning! Great job on the recording for being hand held. It makes me wish I was there as well taking my own photos and video. Thanks very much for sharing.
@davidswitzer9329 5 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely gorgeous.
@RailTime1786 9 жыл бұрын
No way that showed up. Awesome video.I can see what it once looked like standing by the platform awaiting passengers. Thanks for sharing.
@DrKelly666 9 жыл бұрын
Very nice.
@Nachtwolf1 12 жыл бұрын
The UP unit was needed for ATS on the Geneva Sub, which the Nebraska Zephyr took to get from the Illinois Railway Museum to Chicago. They dropped it off in the Amtrak Yard and will pick it up on Sunday when the train goes back to the museum.
@ACLTony 12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for uploading this. Very enjoyable seeing this restored, classic American beauty rolling speed.
@midwestrailfan1550 4 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!!!!!!! I never even knew Special trains come at the Union station!
@yixnorb5971 7 жыл бұрын
Advantages of a train for trips too long for a car and too short for a plane: comfort, cost savings, service, and scenery.
@josephlevendusky7136 4 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the possibility of more leisurely interaction with your fellow Americans.
@agentorange153 2 жыл бұрын
Only problem is, here in America the vast majority of trips are too long for trains -- so this only works on certain selected routes!
@amtrak_121 Жыл бұрын
It was until amtrak decided to step in.
@FringeSabercat 11 жыл бұрын
That is absolutely beautiful!
@charlesbutler4646 5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful art deco design.. great video.
@xenaphile815 12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful !!! I will watch this again and again. You made my day.
@danieltaz6555 4 жыл бұрын
I remember it passing my former place in Brookfield,Illinois back in sept 2012
@ChicagoJoe57 12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! That is all I can say!
@Nachtwolf1 12 жыл бұрын
It really was. Quite an amazing experience.
@fillup40 2 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous train, never again will that exists.
@billconner6234 6 жыл бұрын
I rode this train from Childress Tx to Ft.Worth Tx.
@amtrak706 4 жыл бұрын
Good god that is gorgeous
@cherryb0mbz591 10 жыл бұрын
It would be cool if it was still used in service today! I mean a train from (What year?) Still being on the tracks of Chicago carrying passengers! How cool would that be?!
@agentorange153 7 жыл бұрын
1940 or 1941 -- and yes, a train like this (but upgraded with modern technology) would do a GREAT job carrying passengers between Chicago and nearby cities like Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit and St. Louis!
@GNF54 2 жыл бұрын
@@agentorange153 there are all those former CB&Q/BN E8s and E9s sitting around all over the USA. They could easily be rebuilt and used
@agentorange153 2 жыл бұрын
@@GNF54 I was thinking something more modern in terms of motive power, like the F59PHI!
@vettebecker1 8 жыл бұрын
Great catch, beautiful train!!
@andreware2039 5 жыл бұрын
Sweet.
@DelayInBlockProductions 12 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Nice meeting you yesterday!
@UPRR11 12 жыл бұрын
Oh, okay. Thanks!
@telsport 5 жыл бұрын
Prettiest diesel consist I have seen...
@tsaarmartijn 5 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. I enjoyed it.
@Nachtwolf1 12 жыл бұрын
Thank you- likewise! :)
@dmann3042000 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing day don't run these silver streaks anymore. They were beasts.
@tedsmith1295 3 жыл бұрын
awesome, nothing pulls like a shovel nose
@trainzaholic 10 жыл бұрын
Ive seen the neb. zephyr being pulled out of its barn at the IRM, but that is one sexy-ass trainset.
@amtrak_121 Жыл бұрын
The way it should’ve stayed
@Randoman35 4 жыл бұрын
How much does it cost to ride this beauty?
@CSXOhio 12 жыл бұрын
Great video and shot! I want to go here sometime.
@marvinmartion1178 2 жыл бұрын
It seems sad that something so old looks and seems more advanced than anything we have today. The usa is on such a reverse trajectory. Sad.
@UPRR11 12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Great video! But why was there a UP GP15-1 in Amtrak's Yard?
@Wollenschrank 5 жыл бұрын
Great video, very great train. One question: Is the last car a driving trailer so that the whole train can be used as a commuter train? Greatings from Magdeburg, Germany. God bless you.
@kevinhoward9593 5 жыл бұрын
No its an observation lounge.
@mr.sir. 2 жыл бұрын
**typical train ride to Quincy 1956 colorized**
@UP4014SteamTrainFan 8 жыл бұрын
when they depart union station do they give 2 blats of horn or leave the bell on?
@trainzaholic 10 жыл бұрын
I ve never noticed this before; but does the engine have a split-manifold 3 chime horn? 5:54
@DMTruckSpotting 3 жыл бұрын
No, it has a Leslie S2M and a Leslie A200 or WABCO E2
@dcwarr14 11 жыл бұрын
I "kinda" wish that the Burlington station here in Omaha would be purchased by the Durham Museum at some point and then possibly used for a base of such excursions. I'd say that's partly just me wanting to see the bridge between the two stations rebuilt for historical purposes. As well as to prevent the Burlington station from being transformed into some pointless overpriced residential project next to active railroad mainlines. But hey, if I were King, things would be different.
@iheart707 11 жыл бұрын
How do you guys find out about events like these? Do you have to be member of the Museum to find out about this? I always ride on the Southwest Service, but I have yet to witness great things like what you saw in this video. Usually our line is very quiet, and strictly passenger traffic for the majority of the day. The only exciting thing that I was able to watch from a far was when they were filming the movie Source Code on our line.
@TPNitrocircus199 11 жыл бұрын
Dude thats fucking gorgeous
@mr.conductorfromsts4204 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god...
@nikolt2000 11 жыл бұрын
How did you find out that they are going to put it there??? Isn't it in Illinois Railway Museum??
@midwestrailfan1550 3 жыл бұрын
Recorded on National Train Day?
@willibill1 10 жыл бұрын
I think the Zephyr could use a ring job.
@agentorange153 7 жыл бұрын
I think so too -- but its engines are so old that GM doesn't make parts for them anymore, so every spare part has to be made to order!
@artfulldodger5597 6 жыл бұрын
Part of the issue is she spends lots of time at low rpm idling at the museum, this loads up the manifolds/mufflers with carbon and the rings on the pistons get gummy and sticky. If you notice it clears up. some of that was for show as well, he probably went to run 8 from almost idle once in the clear of the building. She is non turbo charged. So he cleared her throat. I bet she was burning much cleaner after this excursion that stretched her legs a bit and ran both prime movers at higher rpms and full engine temp for several hours.
@agentorange153 2 жыл бұрын
@@artfulldodger5597 Right, so this high-speed run actually did the old lady some good! (Oh, and BTW, after I watched this clip I actually did a writing exercise picturing what an E5 would be like in Thomas & Friends, and actually came up with a new character for that show, "Zelda the Zephyr" -- so what you told me here actually helped me come up with the details of Zelda's health condition!)
@Thisuserhasntaname 11 жыл бұрын
I didn't know they still ran E7s and Ltwt cars
@agentorange153 7 жыл бұрын
That's an E5 you saw in this video, and this was a special excursion, not a regular passenger run.
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