Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad E9 9985B westbound at Naperville, Illinois on February 27, 1965, Ektachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was the first section of Train Number 11, the Nebraska Zephyr. By this photo date, Train 11 was mostly storage mail from Chicago to Lincoln, Nebraska, with a working RPO and passenger accommodations at the rear, generally the articulated coaches from the Second Twin Cities Zephyr. The second section of this train would be mostly storage mail cars, sometimes powered by freight units. |