Thank you for posting. I just so happen to be the engineer on that particular trips out of Chicago. It was your greed to watch this video. I really wanted to head for 40 mile an hour like the old Q guys used to go and then set the air for Canal Street which is 25 mile an hour but I thought they’d be too many cameras out there and too many eyes. Lol 😂
The UP unit was needed for ATS on the Geneva Sub, which the Nebraska Zephyr took to get from the Illinois Railway Museum to Chicago. They dropped it off in the Amtrak Yard and will pick it up on Sunday when the train goes back to the museum.
I am a card carrying Tuscan bleeding Slobbering Pennsy Freak. All of that polished Stainless Steel is just stunning! Great job on the recording for being hand held. It makes me wish I was there as well taking my own photos and video. Thanks very much for sharing.
It would be cool if it was still used in service today! I mean a train from (What year?) Still being on the tracks of Chicago carrying passengers! How cool would that be?!
1940 or 1941 -- and yes, a train like this (but upgraded with modern technology) would do a GREAT job carrying passengers between Chicago and nearby cities like Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit and St. Louis!
Great video, very great train. One question: Is the last car a driving trailer so that the whole train can be used as a commuter train? Greatings from Magdeburg, Germany. God bless you.
How do you guys find out about events like these? Do you have to be member of the Museum to find out about this? I always ride on the Southwest Service, but I have yet to witness great things like what you saw in this video. Usually our line is very quiet, and strictly passenger traffic for the majority of the day. The only exciting thing that I was able to watch from a far was when they were filming the movie Source Code on our line.
I "kinda" wish that the Burlington station here in Omaha would be purchased by the Durham Museum at some point and then possibly used for a base of such excursions. I'd say that's partly just me wanting to see the bridge between the two stations rebuilt for historical purposes. As well as to prevent the Burlington station from being transformed into some pointless overpriced residential project next to active railroad mainlines. But hey, if I were King, things would be different.
Part of the issue is she spends lots of time at low rpm idling at the museum, this loads up the manifolds/mufflers with carbon and the rings on the pistons get gummy and sticky. If you notice it clears up. some of that was for show as well, he probably went to run 8 from almost idle once in the clear of the building. She is non turbo charged. So he cleared her throat. I bet she was burning much cleaner after this excursion that stretched her legs a bit and ran both prime movers at higher rpms and full engine temp for several hours.
@@artfulldodger5597 Right, so this high-speed run actually did the old lady some good! (Oh, and BTW, after I watched this clip I actually did a writing exercise picturing what an E5 would be like in Thomas & Friends, and actually came up with a new character for that show, "Zelda the Zephyr" -- so what you told me here actually helped me come up with the details of Zelda's health condition!)
Those E5s were the most beautiful locomotives 🚂 ever
I would agree the E5s and E6s are my personal favorites
That's why I have the E5 AB set in HO scale with working mars light.
I love how they even listed the Zephyr on the arrival monitors!
***DEPARTURE***
This absolutely gorgeous train is why passenger rail service should be expanded in the U.S.
Thank you for posting. I just so happen to be the engineer on that particular trips out of Chicago. It was your greed to watch this video. I really wanted to head for 40 mile an hour like the old Q guys used to go and then set the air for Canal Street which is 25 mile an hour but I thought they’d be too many cameras out there and too many eyes. Lol
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My favorite locomotive design 👍
That raked front is beautiful
Have to agree with you. I have the E5 AB unit in HO scale with working mars light.
Substantially Awesome. I have seen The Pilot up close over at IRM. Thanks so much for this very cool clip....
i helped put pistons in that E5...also served as a conductor one weekend at Union
Amazing train and video. Thanks for sharing.
My God! What a beautiful train! Thank you for making and sharing this video.
Magnificent ! Greetings from Port Saint Lucie Florida.
The UP unit was needed for ATS on the Geneva Sub, which the Nebraska Zephyr took to get from the Illinois Railway Museum to Chicago. They dropped it off in the Amtrak Yard and will pick it up on Sunday when the train goes back to the museum.
That was absolutely gorgeous.
I am a card carrying Tuscan bleeding Slobbering Pennsy Freak. All of that polished Stainless Steel is just stunning! Great job on the recording for being hand held. It makes me wish I was there as well taking my own photos and video. Thanks very much for sharing.
AMAZING!!!!!!! I never even knew Special trains come at the Union station!
Wow! Thanks for uploading this. Very enjoyable seeing this restored, classic American beauty rolling speed.
Beautiful art deco design.. great video.
Beautiful !!! I will watch this again and again. You made my day.
That is absolutely beautiful!
Advantages of a train for trips too long for a car and too short for a plane: comfort, cost savings, service, and scenery.
Not to mention the possibility of more leisurely interaction with your fellow Americans.
Only problem is, here in America the vast majority of trips are too long for trains -- so this only works on certain selected routes!
It was until amtrak decided to step in.
I remember it passing my former place in Brookfield,Illinois back in sept 2012
Nice video! Nice meeting you yesterday!
Beautiful! That is all I can say!
It really was. Quite an amazing experience.
I rode this train from Childress Tx to Ft.Worth Tx.
Great catch, beautiful train!!
Gorgeous train, never again will that exists.
Very nice video. I enjoyed it.
Good god that is gorgeous
Great video and shot! I want to go here sometime.
It would be cool if it was still used in service today! I mean a train from (What year?) Still being on the tracks of Chicago carrying passengers! How cool would that be?!
1940 or 1941 -- and yes, a train like this (but upgraded with modern technology) would do a GREAT job carrying passengers between Chicago and nearby cities like Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit and St. Louis!
@@agentorange153 there are all those former CB&Q/BN E8s and E9s sitting around all over the USA. They could easily be rebuilt and used
@@GNF54 I was thinking something more modern in terms of motive power, like the F59PHI!
Oh, okay. Thanks!
awesome, nothing pulls like a shovel nose
Sweet.
Wow! Great video!
But why was there a UP GP15-1 in Amtrak's Yard?
when they depart union station do they give 2 blats of horn or leave the bell on?
Ive seen the neb. zephyr being pulled out of its barn at the IRM, but that is one sexy-ass trainset.
I ve never noticed this before; but does the engine have a split-manifold 3 chime horn? 5:54
No, it has a Leslie S2M and a Leslie A200 or WABCO E2
How much does it cost to ride this beauty?
It seems sad that something so old looks and seems more advanced than anything we have today. The usa is on such a reverse trajectory. Sad.
Thank you- likewise! :)
Great video, very great train. One question: Is the last car a driving trailer so that the whole train can be used as a commuter train?
Greatings from Magdeburg, Germany. God bless you.
No its an observation lounge.
Prettiest diesel consist I have seen...
Amazing day don't run these silver streaks anymore. They were beasts.
How do you guys find out about events like these? Do you have to be member of the Museum to find out about this? I always ride on the Southwest Service, but I have yet to witness great things like what you saw in this video. Usually our line is very quiet, and strictly passenger traffic for the majority of the day. The only exciting thing that I was able to watch from a far was when they were filming the movie Source Code on our line.
I "kinda" wish that the Burlington station here in Omaha would be purchased by the Durham Museum at some point and then possibly used for a base of such excursions.
I'd say that's partly just me wanting to see the bridge between the two stations rebuilt for historical purposes. As well as to prevent the Burlington station from being transformed into some pointless overpriced residential project next to active railroad mainlines.
But hey, if I were King, things would be different.
How did you find out that they are going to put it there??? Isn't it in Illinois Railway Museum??
The way it should’ve stayed
Oh my god...
Recorded on National Train Day?
Dude thats fucking gorgeous
**typical train ride to Quincy 1956 colorized**
I think the Zephyr could use a ring job.
I think so too -- but its engines are so old that GM doesn't make parts for them anymore, so every spare part has to be made to order!
Part of the issue is she spends lots of time at low rpm idling at the museum, this loads up the manifolds/mufflers with carbon and the rings on the pistons get gummy and sticky. If you notice it clears up. some of that was for show as well, he probably went to run 8 from almost idle once in the clear of the building. She is non turbo charged. So he cleared her throat. I bet she was burning much cleaner after this excursion that stretched her legs a bit and ran both prime movers at higher rpms and full engine temp for several hours.
@@artfulldodger5597 Right, so this high-speed run actually did the old lady some good! (Oh, and BTW, after I watched this clip I actually did a writing exercise picturing what an E5 would be like in Thomas & Friends, and actually came up with a new character for that show, "Zelda the Zephyr" -- so what you told me here actually helped me come up with the details of Zelda's health condition!)
I didn't know they still ran E7s and Ltwt cars
That's an E5 you saw in this video, and this was a special excursion, not a regular passenger run.