Greetings Gerry,
I?ve sent a copy of this email to our Yahoo Email group, the BRHSlist to
expand your search base. The BRHS Archives does have a folder on the early
Zephyrs with several photos. The BRHS also has published Burlington
Bulletin No. 13, which provides comprehensive coverage of the shovelnoses.
This issue is still available for purchase through the BRHS Company Store.
Go to our web site at www.BurlingtonRoute.com
<http://www.burlingtonroute.com/> and follow the link to the Company Store.
I can provide low res scans of the photos in the BRHS Archives if that would
be helpful.
David Lotz
BRHS Archives
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From: Avril 1 Group, Inc. [mailto:avril1grp@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:55 AM
To: brhs@nsn.org
Subject: Pioneer Zephyr new book query
To anyone who has considerable knowledge of the early CB&Q Zephyrs, the
later E model Zephyrs and the wannabe Zephyrs (Rebel, Flying Yankee, etc.).
The publishers of the "Tech" series of books (WarbirdTech, CarTech, etc.)
are starting a new series: TrainTech. They've commissioned me to write one
of the first books aimed at modelers and rivet counters. I was on one of the
creative teams responsible for the Pioneer Zephyr display at the Museum of
Science and Industry as team historian. I've written a half-dozen train
books, helped the Museum of S&I catalog their Chicago Railroad Fair archive
and do museum-quality railroad modeling. I'm looking for anyone who might
have construction drawings and photographs of the any of the 9900 series
Zephyrs; anyone with constuction diaries, notes, etc of the Winton diesel
engine or the shotweld process. I have the Nebraska Zephyr at the Illinols
RR Museum and the Burlington archive is at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
Any photographs of the operating Zephyrs are appreciated as well.
The Pioneer Zephyr reconstruction company, Northern Rail Car Co., no longer
has a Web site, but hopefully the Museum has some of their paperwork. Any
leads to resources will help me concentrate on the quality of the book for
readers. Your help will be greatly appreciated. You can Google my name and
check out our Web site www.avril1.com <http://www.avril1.com> , to see this
is a legitimate request.
Thanks for any help in our behalf,
Gerry Souter
847-398-3074
avril1grp@comcast.net <mailto:avril1grp@comcast.net>
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