Two unique noses... As a storm nears, the Nebraska Zephyr rapidly off loads passengers on station 1 while the CSS 803 holds down station track 2 in the back ground.

Two CB&Q icons repose in waiting for Friday night's photo session during IRM's 60th Anniversary event. Everyone at the Museum took cover for nearly an hour as a storm dumped buckets onto the museu... (more)

Before its departure, a family poses with the one and only CB&Q 9911-A.

CB&Q 3007 heads into Station Track 1 while some yard power waits their next assignment.

CB&Q 504 and 9255 wait their next assignment at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Fancy commuter train... Back in March a movie company rented the use of the Nebraska Zephyr and built a little whistle stop station on the grounds at IRM. Here the 9911-A leads her train in for a... (more)

The power for the "Diesel Days" freight train sits on the west wye.

With Christmas in the air and an increase in passenger traffic, the first section of the normally-combined North Coast Limited-Empire Builder wears green as it roars through La Grange, Illinois on... (more)

Chicago Burlington and Quincy's famed "Nebraska Zephyr" passenger train makes a VERY SPECIAL appearance on the BNSF. This train was brought out of the Illinois Railway Museum for a weekend of excu... (more)

Visitors of the Museum of Science and Industry can view the Pioneer Zephyr inside and out. Here is a view of the cab.

One can almost smell and hear the story of this impressive engine

Just like 1968 all over again, the Nebraska Zephyr departs Chicago Union Station on a sunny morning in September.

Reminds me to Hoss and Little Joe..

The Burlington and the The Burlington. CB&Q 4-6-4 3003, in fresh paint, resides in close proximity to Burlington's namesake hotel along the Mississippi River.

The afternoon passing of the California Zephyr through the Chicago suburbs always held a special allure for me while I was growing up. Here she blasts through Riverside, Illinois on CB&Q's famed "... (more)