In September 2012 the Illinois Railway Museum's Burlington Route E5, the only one left in existence, piloted the "Nebraska Zephyr," on a scheduled-passenger excursion on its original tracks for the first time since its 1968 retirement. These tracks are the Mendota sub, of the BNSF line- and were the original CB&Q main running from Chicago to Quincy, IL with a stop in Galesburg, IL. I rode this on Sunday the 23rd. I covered all the on board shots in this video. Unfortunately- the train did a lot of rocking and it was hard to hold a steady shot with my camera when i was walking around. I also gathered videos of various fans who followed us on this historic trip and included them with this video. My seat was the last chair, in the last window, in the last car (the Parlor/observation Car). Joining me was my good friend Eddie B.- engineer for Iowa Interstate RR, my other friend from the IRM museum and director of operations for this excursion Harold K. and my mom. This is the entire round trip. So sit back and enjoy the ride! ~joe
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