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CBQ 9900 - The original Burlington Zephyr at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Title:  CBQ 9900 - The original Burlington Zephyr at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2018  Upload Date: 6/22/2018 11:25:36 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
The Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  The Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  At the Museum of Science and Industry
Photo Date:  2/22/2019  Upload Date: 4/20/2019 2:38:04 AM
Location:  Franklin Park, IL
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
The Burlington Zephyr
Title:  The Burlington Zephyr
Description:  CBQ 9900, Museum of Science and Industry. It was the very first Pioneer Zephyr.
Photo Date:  6/27/2021  Upload Date: 4/14/2022 7:02:57 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Clete Hastings
Categories:  Night,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Title:  CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 11:34:24 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Title:  CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 11:35:04 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Title:  CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 11:35:33 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Title:  CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 11:36:01 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Title:  CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2022  Upload Date: 6/26/2022 9:48:34 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Title:  CB&Q 9900 "Pioneer Zephyr"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2022  Upload Date: 6/23/2022 11:38:14 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Wil Hata
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  The Zephyr is the first thing you see when you enter the museum, located between the parking garage and the ticket purchase point.
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:07:54 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  This engine was completed on April 9, 1934; yet somehow, it still looks futuristic!
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:09:24 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  Amongst its other duties was carrying the mail! Talk about "express mail."
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:10:30 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  Best seats were in the back!
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:11:15 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  See what I mean? Probably nicer than your bosss office!
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:11:57 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  As comfortable as they look!
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:12:39 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  Zephyrettes, the female attendants, made sure you had everything you needed on your ride (and probably did a better job than most flight attendants do today).
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:13:53 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  But given the right platform, it could be...
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:14:34 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:15:09 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  Couplers, if necessary in case of emergency. They werent necessary on this engines record-breaking run from Denver to Chicago.
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:16:58 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:17:36 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:18:19 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  Mail sacks in the post office car.
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:19:06 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  The engine
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:19:46 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  The engine
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:20:26 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  Cab shot
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:24:18 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:24:52 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  In its most famous run, the engine went from Denver to Chicago in 13 hours and 5 minutes, averaging 77 mph and besting expectations by over an hour on May 26, 1934.
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:27:54 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:28:47 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description:  The engine then went into regular service from Kansas City to Lincoln and Omaha, hence the "Pioneer" moniker.
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:29:51 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:30:28 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:31:08 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Pioneer Zephyr
Title:  Pioneer Zephyr
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/4/2023  Upload Date: 6/25/2023 4:31:48 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBQ 9900(AA)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
A Faked Meet of The Twin Cities Zephyrs
Title:  A Faked Meet of The Twin Cities Zephyrs
Description:  This is a publicity shot of a meet was made in the darkroom, i.e., it never happen as shown. The trains were built by EMC/Budd and delivered in Apri11935. The power cars were diesels and carried a model number AA and, at least initially, could not be disconnected from the train easily. The first A in the model number I assume stood for first series (the second series were Es) and the second A stood for A-unit as opposed to B-unit. Train 9901 became The Sam Houston Zephyr and was destroyed by fire on 12/19/44. Train 9902 became The Ozark State Zephyr and retired 2/54 and scrapped 4/56. Exact date and location of the picture(s) is unknown but certainly soon after the trains were put into service in 1935 and was taken along the Mississippi River bluffs in Illinois (my guess) or Wisconsin.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:19:57 PM
Location:  Unknown, IL
Author:  CB&Q
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9901(AA) CBQ 9902(AA)
Views:  2231   Comments: 3
Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9901 "Sam Houston Zephyr"
Title:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9901 "Sam Houston Zephyr"
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1938  Upload Date: 1/8/2019 8:55:17 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Philip M. Goldstein
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9901(AA)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
Twin Cities pic of Zephyr
Title:  Twin Cities pic of Zephyr
Description:  Location Unknown...date unknown
Photo Date:  6/1/1939  Upload Date: 6/1/2010 11:52:35 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mike Cunningham
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CBQ 9901(AA)
Views:  1035   Comments: 0
Meet "Injun Joe"
Title:  Meet "Injun Joe"
Description:  Injun Joe (the name of this shovel nose stainless power unit--you can just make it out on the unit's side) is Tom Sawyers villain. The train was the Mark Twain Zephyr. The massive St. Louis Union Station is picture center. That's a TRRA Baldwin above 9903 and maybe a MoPac unit to the left. Photo date unknown.
Photo Date:  1/1/1936  Upload Date: 6/1/2007 8:19:58 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  3180   Comments: 2
CB&Q 9903
Title:  CB&Q 9903
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 9903 named Injun Joe at Denver, Colorado on July 25, 1937, photographer unknown, print by Tom Klinger, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 9903 was delivered in October 1935 specifically for service as the Mark Twain Zephyr, the daily round trip between Saint Louis, Missouri and Burlington, Iowa. However, it is seen here at Denver as Train 10, the Advance Denver Zephyr.
Photo Date:  7/25/1937  Upload Date: 12/6/2013 12:04:03 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  unknown
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  1438   Comments: 0
CB&Q 9903
Title:  CB&Q 9903
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 9903 at Saint Joseph, Missouri on an unknown day in June 1956, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Ordered in March 1935 and delivered in October, it was virtually a duplicate of the original Zephyr 9900, later renamed the Pioneer Zephyr. It was powered by a Winton eight cylinder in-line 600 horsepower Model 201A diesel power plant. It entered service on October 28, 1935 on the 442 mile daily round trip between Saint Louis, Missouri and Burlington, Iowa, the assignment for which it had been designed and built. The entire train was named after Mark Twain characters in keeping with the train's assignment location along the Mississippi River. The power unit, which also contained the RPO, was named "Injun Joe" , a homonym for "engine". Increased passenger loads added a fourth car, and the cars were named "Becky Thatcher", "Huck Finn" and "Tom Sawyer". This trainset, as the Mark Twain Zephyr and later as the Ozark State Zephyr and finally as the Mark Train Zephyr (again), spent its entire career in Missouri and Iowa, except one turn as the Advance Denver Zephyr on May 31, 1936. It was retired in May 1958, sold to Frank Dashner (to be used as a restaurant), who died, and his estate sold the train to Midwest Old Threshers Association. It was sold again to a Kansas City banker who planned to sell it to interests in Saudia Arabia, but the banker died and it was sold again. It continues to change hands as of this upload date, and remains unrestored and deteriorating.
Photo Date:  6/1/1956  Upload Date: 5/20/2011 12:43:35 PM
Location:  Saint Joseph, MO
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  3462   Comments: 7
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description:  KANSAS CITY KS Sept. 29 1979 -- The Mark Twain Zephyr sits stored and deteriorating. At the time of this photo it was owned by Alex Barkett of the Building Leasing Corporation. For a complete history of the train see http://www.gatewaynmra.org/articles/mt-zephyr.htm.
Photo Date:  9/29/1979  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 11:31:20 PM
Location:  Kansas City, KS
Author:  Charles Stookey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  1016   Comments: 1
CB&Q 9903
Title:  CB&Q 9903
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 9903, named INJUN JOE, at Overland Park, Kansas on an unknown day in April 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9903 was ordered in March 1935, delivered by Budd in October 1935. It was built specifically for the Saint Louis - Burlington Iowa service and named the Mark Twain Zephyr. It was retired around 1958 and sold to Frank Dashner in June 1960 for use as a restaurant who died before that plan was implemented. His estate sold the train to Ernie Hays for $6,500.00 and it was displayed at the Midwest Old Threshers Association, Mount Pleasant, Iowa until the early 1970's, when it was sold to Alex Barkett of Building Leasing Corporation International, who also died before implementing any plans for the train. The train's ownership passed to Civic Plaza National Bank. In 1984, Dave Stimson, a player for the Kansas City Chiefs, purchased the equipment. After declaring bankruptcy late in 1987, the train was sold to John C. Lowe. He and two other individuals formed the Mark Twain Corporation, which was headed by Mr. Ronald. This group started the monumental task of trying to restore the train, but ran into challenges along the way. The train was stored in the Joliet, Illinois area awaiting additional investors to help fund its completion.
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/17/2015 12:00:17 PM
Location:  Overland Park, KS
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  904   Comments: 2
CB&Q Zephyr 9903
Title:  CB&Q Zephyr 9903
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 9903 at Overland Park, Kansas on an unknown day in April 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 5/2/2015 12:51:43 PM
Location:  Overland Park, KS
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description:  The Mark Twain Zephyr is on the move again, but not on it's own power, after many years of being stored at the Joliet arsenal it was moved to the Relco Yard in Minooka, IL. Now Relco is moving to Iowa and so once again Injun Joe is homeless, destination, unknown.
Photo Date:  1/9/2008  Upload Date: 1/10/2008 8:42:46 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Bill Grenchik
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  965   Comments: 4
Mark Twain Zephyr
Title:  Mark Twain Zephyr
Description:  After many years of sitting at Relco in Minooka, the Mark Twain Zephyr is now loaded up on flatcars waiting for the EJ&E to pick up. The trainset will be heading to Granite City, IL and Relco in Minooka is now closed.
Photo Date:  1/12/2008  Upload Date: 1/12/2008 2:09:00 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  1341   Comments: 2
Injun Joe
Title:  Injun Joe
Description:  The Injun Joe sits at Relco waiting for the EJE to pick him up, and start his way down to St. Louis.
Photo Date:  1/13/2008  Upload Date: 1/14/2008 1:12:04 AM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Dan Kuchta
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  373   Comments: 0
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description:  Effie Dean
Photo Date:  1/15/2008  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 11:44:12 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Bill Grenchik
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  668   Comments: 0
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description:  Huckleberry Finn
Photo Date:  1/15/2008  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 11:44:26 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Bill Grenchik
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  610   Comments: 0
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description:  Becky Thatcher
Photo Date:  1/15/2008  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 11:31:55 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Bill Grenchik
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/15/2008  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 11:45:17 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Bill Grenchik
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/15/2008  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 11:30:51 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Bill Grenchik
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
CBQ 9903
Title:  CBQ 9903
Description:  The Mark Twain Zephyr is ready to roll, Injun Joe, Becky Thatcher, Effie Dean, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are All Aboard, Final stop, Granite City, IL
Photo Date:  1/15/2008  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 11:31:25 PM
Location:  Minooka, IL
Author:  Bill Grenchik
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBQ 9903(AA)
Views:  3872   Comments: 15


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