Pioneer Zephyr
Videos
The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, commonly known as the Burlington Route. The trainset was the second int
A postcard advertising the newly introduced Burlington Zephyr, later officially renamed Pioneer Zephyr
The coach seating area of Pioneer Zephyr as it appears on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
The front of the Zephyr power car during the 50th anniversary celebration of its historic non-stop run
A Zephyr coach on a flatcar at the Budd Company plant in Philadelphia
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is a private, non-profit science museum located in Jackson Park, the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois. It is adjacent to Lake Michigan and the Unive
Pioneer Zephyr
…City, Missouri; Omaha, Nebraska; and Lincoln, Nebraska. It operated this and other routes until its retirement in 1960, when it was donated to Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry, where it remains on public display. The train is generally regarded as the first successful streamliner on American railroads. In the early 1930s, the…
The south facade of the Museum overlooks a reflecting lagoon in Jackson Park, 2007.
Palace of Fine Arts floor plan
Interior of Palace of Fine Arts. Unlike other structures at the World's Fair, the palace was constructed to be more permanent.
Museum of Science and Industry from 1700 East 56th Street