Nostalgia & History > Zephyr through Naperville

A few years ago the Zephyr from the Illinois RR Museum ran some trips from Chicago to Galesburg and return. This is a video of a late return passing through the Naperville station. 

   Tom

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That's how passenger trains should look!

Ain't that the truth!

yup

That old E unit can still pick em up and lay em down!

Cool 
 

I justed googled the museum.  There was a listing about the train in 2012 making trips to Quincy and coach tickets listed at $129.  What a trip that would have been.  It was listed as the first run for that train since 1968!!

Wonderful video -- thanks for posting that!

Gordon

The IRM people did a great job. My wife and I rode in the Parlor Car for the roundtrip between Galesburg and Quincy on the Saturday. Even the long delay sitting in West Quincy since we were accused of setting line side fires didn't dampen the day. 

SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> I justed googled the museum.  There was a listing
> about the train in 2012 making trips to Quincy and
> coach tickets listed at $129.  What a trip that
> would have been.  It was listed as the first run
> for that train since 1968!!

​   That was the trip this video was taken of,on the Sunday return.First time since 68 it ran at mainline speed I believe,and I don't think it's run on it's own on a mainline,at track speed since. It does run at the museum fairly often though. Now that you mention it,it did in fact go to Quincy.I think it ran Chi-Galesburg,for Railroad Days,with the option of continuing on to Quincy.

Nice flashback to the way back on its home track! And fast too! What was he doing there? Looks 70-ish to me. 

towazy Wrote:
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> SPDRGWfan Wrote:
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> > I justed googled the museum.  There was a
> listing
> > about the train in 2012 making trips to Quincy
> and
> > coach tickets listed at $129.  What a trip
> that
> > would have been.  It was listed as the first
> run
> > for that train since 1968!!
>
> ​   That was the trip this video was taken
> of,on the Sunday return.First time since 68 it ran
> at mainline speed I believe,and I don't think it's
> run on it's own on a mainline,at track speed
> since. It does run at the museum fairly often
> though. Now that you mention it,it did in fact go
> to Quincy.I think it ran Chi-Galesburg,for
> Railroad Days,with the option of continuing on to
> Quincy.

No Railroad Days is the last weekend of June. This trip was in late September of 2012. It was broken up into 3 segments. Chicago - Quincy Roundtrip
Chicago-Galesburg Roundtrip (you had 2 hours or so to wait on it to return from the Quincy run.)
Galesburg-Quincy Roundtrip

The E5 and Nebraska Zephyr cars have been on the mainline at track speed since '68. It ran to Galesburg RR Days in 1994. Video on YouTube shows it overtaking a SP stack train east of Galesburg at 79mph. It also ran down to Texas in '94 to help dedictate the new SD70MAC's. Here is a link that shows all the places it went that year
http://www.irm.org/railwire/rw153.html

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/16 17:59 by Spoony81.

I'd say 79, when you see how quickly it races away'
A terrific video which I have added to my favorites.  --Kelly

Absolutely terrific video !  Thanks for sharing.  
I rode Galesburg to Quincy and return. What a ride at 79 mph !
Wish there would be another fast running excursion like that one. How about it IRM ?   --Kelly
 

wp1801 Wrote:
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> That's how passenger trains should look!

Really needs a dome!

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

ntharalson Wrote:
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> wp1801 Wrote:
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> > That's how passenger trains should look!
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> Really needs a dome!
>
> Nick Tharalson,
> Marion, IA

Don't think those articulated train sets could handle the increased weight of a dome car, even if the dome car had been invented back in the mid to late 1930s.