The Nebraska Zephyr heads under the poles and wires along the IRM mainline in rural Illinois.

The "Silver Pilot" departs Union with an exclusive dinner train for the showcase weekend, as part of an all night event.

CB&Q E5 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr East on a night run at IRM. In celebration of the museum's 70th anniversary, they pulled a all-nighter and ran trains the entire night from 9/16 into 9/17.

Looking like a Zephyr streaking through northern Illinois on the C&I, or maybe across Iowa farmland on the Q main line, is Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Bu... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner trainset runs north past houses and driveways on Division Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on September 3... (more)

One of those days it paid to be up early.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner trainset rests in a siding at Burlington, Wisconsin, on the night of September 29, 1993. This classy Z... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner trainset curves over the top of Byron Hill at Byron, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1993. This classy Zep... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner crosses the Fox River at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1993. This classy Zephyr from the Illino... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner trainset climbs Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of September 30, 1993. This classy... (more)

IRM used their Nebraska Zephyr trainset to run a pair of excursions to Quincy via Chicago Union Station on this splendid September weekend.

Still displaying its “Texas Zephyr” lettering, Colorado & Southern EMD E5 No. 9952-A powers a passenger special at the Illinois Railroad Museum at Union, Illinois, in September 1984. In more r... (more)

A lucky little boy gets to ride in the fireman’s seat of Colorado & Southern EMD E5 No. 9952-A as it powers a passenger train at the Illinois Railroad Museum in September 1984. C&S was a subsidi... (more)

CB&Q 9911-A sits on display inside Barn 9 during the IRM holiday event.

CBQ 9911A heads west on the IRM mainline before pulling into the depot.