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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:7/22/2011 - 7/23/2011
Album Info:One of the most iconoclastic trains ever built were the articulated, streamlined, sleek Zephyrs. The Nebraska Zephyr, built in 1936, still exudes a grace liket no other train can. Lucky for the visitors to the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival to have the Nebraska Zephyr there to admire.
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CBQ 960 - Nebraska Zephyr Combo Venus
Title:  CBQ 960 - Nebraska Zephyr Combo Venus
Description:  Even under gray skies, the silver fluted skin of the Nebraska Zephyr shines at the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:32:01 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  269   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A - Nebrask Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 9911A - Nebrask Zephyr
Description:  The regal face of the last remaining E5, the "Silver Pilot", still shines under gray skies at the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:23:23 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Description:  The shovel nosed Silver Pilot is still an impressive unit and last of its kind. It definitely caught the attention of the visitors to the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:23:47 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Description:  The "E5" label denotes its place in history of EMD design and in railroading. Sad this is the only remaining EA, now preserved at the Illinois Rwy Museum but on display temporarily at the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:24:07 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Description:  Still a beauty in stainless steel is this last surviving E5, the Silver Pilot, now preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum and luckily on display at the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:24:25 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Description:  Sleek, streamlined, and shining - the last surviving E5 unit stands in beauty at the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:24:38 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr
Description:  Finally sun shone on the Silver Pilot while on display at the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:24:51 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr Info Sign
Title:  CBQ 9911A - "Silver Pilot" - Nebrask Zephyr Info Sign
Description:  The descriptive sign explained the Silver Pilot's place in railroading history to the visitors of the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:25:03 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9911A(E5A)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Description:  Beautiful in its streamline stainless steel with its iconoclastic tail lights and silver lighted drumhead, the Juno parlor car delighted the visitors to the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:32:10 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  347   Comments: 0
CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Description:  Beautiful in its streamline stainless steel with its iconoclastic tail lights and silver lighted drumhead, the Juno parlor car delighted the visitors to the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:32:36 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  303   Comments: 0
CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Description:  The lighted "drumhead" of the Nebraska Zephyr still is a sleek end to an iconoclastic train.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:32:58 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  266   Comments: 0
CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Title:  CBQ 225 - Juno Parlor Car - Nebraska Zephyr
Description:  The fluted stainless steel sides of the Nebraska Zephyr still gleams even under overcast skies at the 2011 Rock Island Train Festival.
Photo Date:  7/23/2011  Upload Date: 7/29/2011 7:33:09 AM
Location:  Rock Island, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  206   Comments: 0


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