I find it fascinating that steam with streamlining would occasionally pull the CB&Q's Zephyrs. Is there any extant film footage of a streamlined S-4a pulling a Zephyr? Thanks! Eli Santin _._,_._,_ Gr
Do you have a link by any chance? I can try finding it myself if you don't. _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#64128) | Reply To Group | Reply
Thanks for the links Kirby! It's great that Aeolus is still with us, even if the streamlining wasn't preserved. _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Onli
I did a quick search on YouTube for CB&Q Zephyrs and most of the videos that pop up are of the Nebraska Zephyr at the Illinois Railway Museum. What I'm looking for is vintage footage of the Zephyrs i
Thank you Ray! I'll check some of those out. I'm open to additional suggestions from others in this group. Eli Santin _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Repl
I found this video on YouTube of two CB&Q steam locomotives pulling the Empire Builder and Twin Cities Zephyr through Oakland Tower in St. Paul, MN during the early 1950s (according to the descriptio
Louis, Thanks so much for the info! I consulted on the Milwaukee train another group and they believe it's an F6 or F6a 4-6-4. _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.
By the way, between which cities did the CB&Q pull the Empire Builder? Was it just between Chicago and Minneapolis? Eli Santin _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.
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Louis, Great detective work! I'm writing a comment on the video explaining the details of what exactly is going on and at what time, based on my own research and helpful insight from folks like you.
Last night I had the idea to create a photorealistic 3D animation of the CB&Q's Aeolus pulling the Twin Cities Zephyr at speed during the late '30s. I figured the Aeolus would be relatively easy to d
I've always been curious about the whistles different steam locomotive classes on the CB&Q used. I've heard audio recordings of a few different classes and they all seemed to use the Q's home-built 5
How popular/well-known were the Q's Zephyrs during the '30s, '40s, and '50s? Was the ridership as good as other famous trains of the time? Eli Santin _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messag