The Pioneer Zephyr: America's First Diesel-Electric Stainless Steel
Streamliner
Paperback – January 1, 2005
by _Carl R. Byron_
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ancerank) (Author), _Robert W. Rediske_
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ISBN-13: 978-0911581584 ISBN-10: 0911581588
Available at Amazon Books, $45.00
Bob Arthur
In a message dated 5/26/2014 11:45:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:
Their is a book, originally started by a guy named Reziscki or something
like that who was on the trip..He was at the 2001 BRHS Fall Annual meetiing
at Paducah...I had some lengthy visits with him..I think the book is
titled just something like Pioneer Zephyr...I have a copy. Mr. R died before
hec completed the book, but someone else finished it up and published it Mr.
R was the last survivor of those who were on the trip..Now there are none.
All of the questions you guys are asking and "speculating about" area
answered in that book...
I have the book, but it's downstairs and it's nearly 11:00pm...If anyone
wants the title post your request and I'll put it on here.
I'm sure it's available
.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: clipperw@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, May 26, 2014 8:30 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Special Day in Q History
Doug,
There are only about 10-12 divisions between Denver and Chicago. They
could have easily had a pilot for every division on board. After all, they had
a Rocky Mountain canary (a donkey) on board. A few more people would not
have made any difference. It would be interesting to know what arrangements
were made for the trip with the various labor organizations. I would think
that they would have had to have conductors and brakemen represented in
addition to any pilot engineers. The 16 hour law would have applied at that
time
and they completed the trip in 13 hours, five minutes even though it
covered more than one division. As for a road foreman operating the train,
many
of the Q steam excursion had road foremen at the throttle. I am sure with
all the fanfare, special arrangements were made. They may have even invited
union management along for the ride. Is there a list of people on board
that trip available? One of the things that Ralph Budd was good at was PR,
probably within the RR as well as the general public.
When Union Pacific runs their steam locomotives over the system, they have
both an engineer and a conductor pilot on board for every division. The
steam crews are rotated out if the trip exceeds 12 hours.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
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