Zephyr Question & Answer Index

Rupert Gamlen, an Auckland, New Zealand member, has compiled and edited this index of the topics in the BRHS Zephyrs.

Last Updated 01/27/2006
Topic Question
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14th Street Coach Yard switchers 92-6 26 26
14th Street Zephyr Pit opening 99-8 40 40
4500 cars suburban service 92-11 27 27
6100 cars suburban service 92-11 27 27
ACL/SCL car #666 97-4 36 37*
Ak-Sar-Ben consist - 1930 98-2 37 37
American Royal consist 95-6 32 33/35
American Royal, name 93-12 29 29/31
Aristocrat consist - 1930 98-2 37 38
ATC diesels 93-7 28 29
ATC experiments 91-12 25 26/29
ATC motor cars 89-7 21 22/25
ATC steam locos 89-7 21 22/25
Atomic Energy Commission guard car 97-4 36 37*
ATS diesels 93-7 28 29
Aurora - Streator motor cars 96-11 35 35/36
Aurora depot switchers 93-1 28 28
Aurora plaque 98-14 38  
Automatic Train Control diesels 93-7 28 29
Automated Train Control experiments 91-12 25 26/29
Automated Train Control motor cars 89-7 21 22/25
Automated Train Control steam locos 89-7 21 22/25
Bachman gas-electric model #9099 98-8 37 38
Baggage express cars - rebuild 89-4 21 21
Baggage express cars ex troop kitchens 89-4 21 21
Baggage salon cars, handbrakes, 91-8 24 25
Beardstown Division freight traffic 90-7 22 24
Betterment Pullmans 90-3 22 22/23
Black Hawk consist 97-5 36 36
Block & turnout signals 98-7 37 37/38
Bloomfield switchers & combines 96-8 33 33/34
Blow-up Train 98-3 37 37
Boxcars #8200-8299 98-22 39 39
Boxcars, express service, 98-22 39 39
Bridge paint scheme 95-4 32 33
Bridge rebuilding photo location 05-7 50 51
Bridgeport,Cheyenne, Sterling passenger service 00-5 41 41/44
Budd cars window tinting 90-11 23 23
Budd coach fluted skirt opening 91-7 24 24
Budd pre-war lightweight cars preservation 90-2 22 23
Burlington-Rock Island joint passenger trains 01-8 45 45
Burlington Route herald history 92-12 27 27
Burlington Truck Lines - LCL 90-13 23 23
Burlington Truck Lines trailers 90-10 23 24
Burlington-trained prominent staff 98-10 37  
Business cars heaters/boilers 96-4 33 33/34
C & BT Shops 40’ auto box car kit 89-5 21 21
C&NW lease locos 92-15 27  
Cab cars 94-10 30 31/32
Cafe-coach #351 interior arrangement 05-11 51 51
California Zephyr consists 04-6 49 49
California Zephyr sleepers, NYC/Penn 92-17 27 27
California Zephyr, foreign road sleepers 98-23 39 39
Cameron & Kansas City Railroad 02-2 45 45
Carrolton/Sedan motor cars 92-14 27 28
Cars #39000-39499 renumbering 89-5 21 21
Cars #8600-8899 - acquisition/rebuild 89-4 21 21
Cars #9000 renumbered 89-5 21 21
Central Traffic Control Galesburg 94-20 31 31
C-GI 94-11 30 30/35
Cheyenne, Sterling, Bridgeport passenger service 00-5 41 41/44
Chicago loco servicing 92-4 26 26
Chicago Union Station, mail car procedure 92-2 26 27
Chicago Union Station, track assignments 98-20 39 39
Chicago Union Station, VO-1000 93-6 28 28
Chicago-Grand Island 94-11 30 30/35
Chicago-Green River 94-11 30 30
Chicago-Kansas City (via Quincy) 95-6 32 33/35
Chicago-Kansas City renumbered/renamed 93-12 29 29/31
Chinese Red paint scheme history 94-19 31 31
Coach-parlor cars #425-6 ex-5900 series 04-3 48  
Coaches, lightweight, pre-war 90-2 22 23
Concrete mileposts, whistle posts, crossbucks 93-5 28 29-32
Congress Park train April 1965 05-14 51  
Coppock water supply 05-9 50  
Costello Tower 96-9 35 35/36
Council Bluffs, Old Grow Tower 97-10 36  
Coupling, F-3 units 99-7 40  
Crossbucks, concrete 93-5 28 29-32
CTC Galesburg-Busnell 94-20 31 31
CTC signals 98-7 37 37/38
Cylindrical hopper, Intermountain 00-1 41 41
Deadwood branch abandonment 96-6 33 33/34
Denver Zephyr cars, Saudi Arabia 94-7 29 29
Denver Zephyr consist 97-11 36 37
Denver Zephyr letterboards 01-5 44 44
Denver Zephyr pooled slumber coaches 01-7 45 45
Depots, two story, Lines East 95-1 32  
Diamond Prospecting Company 98-15 38  
Diesel units referred to as "motors" 01-6 45 45
Diesels, Chinese Red painting 95-5 32 32/33
Dining cars, CZ consist 98-23 39 39
Dining car stove fuel 01-4 44 44
Dinkies name 94-13 30 31
Dome car conversion Silver Castle 99-5 40  41
Dome cars - Q built "patterns" 91-11 25 25
Dome cars (pattern) assignments 98-19 39 39
Douglas Park suburban service 93-2 28 28
Drovers ex-Pullman 90-5 22 22
Dubuque Depot 03-1 46 47
Dynamometer #30 - NYC work 98-5 37  
E-5 nose platform 94-4 29 29
E-7 # 9949 numbering 90-1 22 22
E-7 #9926 numbering 98-6 37  
E-7 nose stripes & side panels 92-21 27 27
E-7 numbering allocation 90-1 22 22
E-7A nose platform 94-4 29 29
E-8 numbering allocation 90-1 22 22
EA Zephyr units, suburban service 98-18 39 39
EMD switcher paint 93-4 28 28
Eola local freight power 89-9 21 23
E-unit lettering 05-3 50 51
E-unit nose herald differences 05-10 51  
E-unit truck brace 94-18 31  
E-unit, nose stripe, paint 89-1 21 21
E-units, push-pull 94-17 31 31
E-units, suburban service 92-5 26 26
Everywhere West logo history 92-12 27 27
Ex-Burlington prominent staff 98-10 37  
Exhaust stack (additional) SD-7/9 89-3 21 21
Exhaust stacks - VO-1000 89-6 21 21
Exposition Flyer 94-15 31 31
Express #14 90-4 22 22
Express service boxcars 98-22 39 39
Ex-Pullman sleepers - renumbering 90-5 22 22
Ex-Santa Fe cabooses 94-3 29 29
F-3 freight paint scheme 97-6 36 36
F-3 radios and antennas 99-7 40  41
F-3 regeared/repainted for freight service 89-2 21 21
F-3 unit couplers 99-7 40  41
F-7B hostler windows 92-18 27 27/28
Fan trip locos 96-3 33 33
Fan trips 93-9 28 28/30
Fan trips 94-8 30 30/31
Fast Mail train numbers and consists 01-1 43 43/44
Fence posts, concrete 93-5 28 29-32
Flatcars #90000-499 FM-7 93-10 28 29
FM-7 flatcars 93-10 28 29
Fruehauf trailers 90-10 23 24
Ft Madison switchers & combines 96-8 33 33/34
F-unut lettering 05-3 50 51
F-unit numbering, C&S, FW&D 96-13 35 36
Fuel for dining car stoves 01-4 44 44
Galena & Chicago Union loco Pioneer 04-11 49  
Galena Junction track removal 96-6 33 33/34/35
Galena service 97-11 36  
Galesburg - Seminary Street Tower 97-7 36 37*
Galesburg tie plant, narrow gauge/3 track 98-17 39  
Galesburg track encirclement 00-8 42 42
Galesburg-Busnell double track 94-20 31 31
Galesburg-St Louis night service 98-12 38  
Gas-electric #9099, Bachman model 98-8 37 38
Gas-electrics, Black Hills, S.D. 00-12 43 43
GE-44 ton diesels 99-1 40 40
Gondola paint 98-13 38 38
GP-7 & 9 auxiliary heaters 99-3 40 40
GP-7 conduit etc 03-3 46 47
GP-20 horns 94-9 30 30
Grand Canyon Railway ex #4960 94-6 29 31
Group photo members' identity 05-2 50 51
Guard car #666 97-4 36 37*
H.E.P. 94-17 31 31
Handbrakes, baggage salon cars 91-8 24 25
Head End Power 94-17 31 31
Heaters, auxiliary/overnight, GP/SD 7/9 99-3 40 40
Heavyweight cars, suburban service 92-11 27 27
Herald differences, E units 05-10 51  
Herald history 92-12 27 27
Hopper, cylindrical, Intermountain 00-1 41 41
Hopper, USRA, (C&S) lettering 00-6 42 45
Hoppers, HT-10, #170490-9, orange paint 91-10 24 25
Horns, EMD 94-9 30 30
Horns, SD-24 92-1 26 26
Hostler windows, F-7B 92-18 27 27/28
Hot box cooler 04-2 48 49
Hudsons, suburban service 93-8 28 28
Ice supply 94-14 30  
Illinois Midland Railway 05-15 51  
Inspection cars, paint and numbers 96-12 35 35/36
Insulated boxcar paint 92-16 27 27
Insulated boxcar roofs 99-8 41  
Kansas City-Chicago renumbered/renamed 93-12 29 29/31
Kedzie Avenue Tower 93-2 28 28
K-line name origin 99-6 40  41
Keokuk coaling facilities 02-1 45 45
LaGrange freight house 03-4 46 47
LaGrange track arrangement, pre-1900 05-12 51  
LCL service termination 90-13 23 23
Leased out locos, WWII 01-2 43 43/44/45
Less Than Car Load service termination 90-13 23 23/24
Letterboards, Denver Zephyr 01-5 44 44
Lettering, C&S USRA hoppers 00-6 42 45
Lewistown wye track 05-13 51  
Lightweight cars, pre-war - history 90-2 22 23
Lines East two story depots 95-1 32  
Lisle overbridges 94-5 29 29
Location of interior photos 97-7 36 37
Loco #1548 history 01-3 44  
Loco #4960 history 94-6 29 31
Loco #4960 history 98-1 37 38
Loco #4978 history 98-4 37 38
Loco #4981, final disposition 00-7 42 42
Loco #5632 history 98-1 37 38
Loco #5632 (0-5-B) photo location 05-5 50 51
Loco Missouri & RPO replica (H&St J) location 05-6 50 51
Loco servicing, Chicago 92-4 26 26
Locos, leased out, WWII 01-2 43 43/44/45
Loco servicing, Chicago 92-4 26 26
M.O.W. tank cars 90-12 23 23
M.O.W. tenders 91-1 24 24
Mail cars, Chicago Union Station procedure 92-2 26 27
Maintenance of way paint 93-3 28 28
Marquette Cement, LaSalle, reciprocal switching 99-9 40  41
Meat packers 92-9 26 26
Mendota/Savanna iron ore traffic 92-13 27 29
Mileposts, concrete 93-5 28 29-32
Milk car #951 04-7 49 49
Minnekahda Club 98-16 39 39
Minnisota Club 98-16 39 39
Missouri Limited name change 93-12 29 29/31
Model designation plates 92-20 27 27
Moline E-unit assignments trains #45, 47, 48 & 52 05-16 51 51
Monmouth signal tower 96-9 35 35/36
Monmouth signal tower, paint 97-3 36 37*
Motor car #9099, Bachman model 98-8 37 38
Motor car #9849 photo location 04-4 48 49
Motor cars #9814-6 92-8 26 26
Motor cars, Aurora - Streator 96-11 35 35/36
Motor cars, Black Hills, S.D. 00-12 43 43
"Motors" as a term for diesel units 01-6 45 45
Munitions train 98-3 37 37
NE-10 waycar orange paint 90-8 23 23
NE-12 waycar assignment 91-5 24 25
NE-12 waycar orange paint 89-8 21 22
Nebraska City depot 04-1 48 49
Nebraska roundhouses 98-21 39  44
Nebraska Zephyr additional cars 91-4 24 24
New York Central sleepers, Cal. Zephyr 92-17 27 27
North Coast Limited pooled slumber coaches 01-7 45 45
NP sleeper relettering 03-6 46 47
NW-2 steam loco-type pilot 90-14 23 25
O-1A #4960 - excursion engine 98-1 37 38
O-1A 2-8-2, C&S use 96-1 33  
O-5 A/B cab roofs 96-10 35 35
O-5B #5632 - excursion engine 98-1 37 38
O-5B, gold paint 93-9 28 28
Office car #92 group 04-9 49  
Office cars boilers/heaters 96-4 33 33/34
Old Grow Tower, Council Bluffs 97-10 36  
Ottawa branch shippers 92-3 26 26
Ottawa local freight power 89-9 21 23
Overbridge artwork 04-10 49  
Overnite Denverite consist 98-11 37 38
Paint - aluminum 90-3 22 22/23
Paint - blackbird scheme gold 91-9 24 25
Paint - Chinese Red, change 89-1 21 21
Paint - E-unit, nose stripe 89-1 21 21
Paint - F-3 freight scheme 97-6 36 36
Paint - inspection cars 96-12 35 35/36
Paint - Monmouth signal tower 97-3 36 37*
Paint - NE-10 waycar 90-8 23 23
Paint - NE-12 waycars - orange 89-8 21 22
Paint - O-5 A/B roofs 96-10 35 35
Paint - orange hoppers 91-10 24 25
Paint - rebuilt heavyweight Pullmans 90-3 22 22/23
Paint - reefers, C&S/FW&D 97-9 36 36
Paint - shadow lining 90-3 22 22/23
Paint - Silver Pendulum 90-3 22 22/23
Paint - steam loco roofs 96-10 35 35
Paint - switcher gray (blackbird) 91-3 24  
Paint - switcher numerals 91-9 24 25
Paint - waycar interiors 97-8 36 36
Paint , signal bridges/structures 92-10 26 26
Paint scheme VO-1000 94-12 30 31
Paint, Chinese Red & gray formulas 93-13 29 29
Paint, Chinese Red scheme history 94-19 31 31
Paint, Chinese Red, diesels 95-5 32 32/33
Paint, E-7 nose stripes 92-21 27 27
Paint, gold steam locos 93-9 28 28/30
Paint, gondola 98-13 38 38
Paint, heavyweight cars 93-11 28 29
Paint, insulated boxcars 92-16 27 27
Paint, insulated boxcar roofs 99-8 41  
Paint, locos, gold 93-9 28 28/30
Paint, M.O.W. orange 93-3 28 28
Paint, Pullman Green 93-11 28 29
Paint, structures/buildings 94-16 31 31
Paint, SW-1 93-4 28 28
Paint, through girder bridge 95-4 32 33
Pattern dome cars assignments 98-19 39 39
Pattern domes 91-11 25 25
Pennsylvania sleepers, Cal. Zephyr 92-17 27 27
Photo location - retarder control panel 97-7 36  
Photo location - track diagram 97-7 36 37*
Piggyback trailers 90-10 23 24
Pioneer loco Galena & Chicago Union/Aurora Branch 04-11 49  
Plaque ex-Aurora 98-14 38  
Pool #DP5 assignment cycle details (c 1955) 05-16 51 51
Pool service - waycars 91-5 24 25
Preservation - Budd cars 90-2 22 23
Preservation - waycars 91-2 24 24
Preservation, C&S waycars 96-7 33 33/34/35
Pullman sleepers acquired 1948 90-5 22 22
Pullman tourist cars acquired 1947/1954 90-5 22 22
Pullmans (heavyweight rebuilds) paint 90-3 22 22/23
Push-pull operation 94-10 30 31/2
Push-pull service modification 94-17 31 31
Quincy Local 97-2 36 36
Radios F-3 99-7 40  41
RBL paint 92-16 27 27
Reciprocal switching Q/RI, Marquette Cement 99-9 40  41
Reefer paint scheme, C&S/FW&D 97-9 36 36
Regearing of F-3 for freight service 89-2 21 21
Repainting of F-3 for freight service 89-2 21 21
Retarder control panel photo 97-7 36  
Roofs, insulated boxcars 99-8 41  
Roundhouses, Nebraska 98-21 39 44 
RPO replica & loco Missouri (H&StJ) location 05-6 50 51
S-4/S-4A, suburban service 93-8 28 28
Salon-Bedroom car 98-16 39 39
Sam Houston Zephyr consists 92-7 26 26
Saudi Arabia, Q/C&S equipment 95-3 32  
Saudi Arabian ex-Budd cars 94-7 29 29
Savanna/Mendota iron ore traffic 92-13 27 29
SCL/ACL car #666 97-4 36 37*
SD-7 & 9 auxiliary heaters 99-3 40 40
SD-9 variations 94-2 29 29
SD-24 air horns 92-1 26 26
SD-40, C&S/FW&D 92-19 27 27
Sedan/Carrolton motor cars 92-14 27 28
Seminary Street Tower, Galesburg 97-7 36 37*
Shabbona 98-13 38 38
Shadow line paint 90-3 22 22/23
Sheridan, WY tie plant, narrow gauge/3 track 98-17 39  
Shoreham Shops cars, interiors 96-2 33 35
Signal bridges, paint 92-10 26 26
Signal tower, Monmouth 96-9 35 35/36
Silver Arrow, E-5A and sleeper 00-9 42 42
Silver Arrow, E-5A and sleeper 00-10 43 43
Silver Castle conversion to dome car 99-5 40  41/42
Silver Chef/Tureen stove fuel 01-4 44 44
Silver Dome 94-15 31 31
Silver Pendulum 00-3 41 41
Silver Pendulum assignments 00-11 43 43/44
Silver Pendulum paint 90-3 22 22/23
Silver Treasure steam generator 98-9 37 38/39
Silver Tureen/Chef stove fuel 01-4 44 44
Skirt (fluted) square opening 91-7 24 24
Sleepers, foreign road, CZ consist 98-23 39 39
Slumber coaches pooled with NP 01-7 45 45
South Bend, NE ballast pit, narrow gauge/3 track 98-17 39  
Spacing standards, track 94-1 29 29
St Louis-Galesburg night service 98-12 38  
Steam excursion engines 98-1 37 38
Steam generator - baggage car 98-9 37 38
Sterling coaling facilities 02-3 45 45
Sterling, Cheyenne, Bridgeport passenger service 00-5 41 41/44
Streator branch shippers 92-3 26 26
Streator local freight power 89-9 21 23
Structures & buildings paint scheme 94-16 31 31
Suburban service cab cars 94-10 30 31/32
Suburban service E-units 92-5 26 26
Suburban service heavyweights, 1949 92-11 27 27
Suburban service S-4/S-4A 93-8 28 28
Suburban service, EA Zephyr units 98-18 39 39
Sugar Grove wreck 92-22 27  
SW-1200 #608 FW&D 99-4 40 40
Switcher auxiliary heaters 99-3 40 40
Switcher hood stripes 05-4 50  
Switcher numerals - paint 91-9 24 25
Switchers, 14th Street Coach Yard 92-6 26 26
Switching Q/RI, Marquette Cement 99-9 40  41
Tank cars, auxiliary 90-12 23 23
Tenders ex F-2 & T-1 to M.O.W. 91-1 24 24
Texas Zephyr cars, Saudi Arabia 94-7 29 29
Tinted windows Budd coaches 90-11 23 23
Tinted windows, ex-CN&W coaches 90-11 23 23
Towers at Seward, York, Harvard, Sutton 05-1 50  
Track assignments, Chicago Union Station 98-20 39 39
Track diagram photo 97-7 36 37*
Track spacing 94-1 29 29
Train #37 consist 98-11 37 38
Train #14 90-4 22 22/23
Troop kitchen cars acquisition/rebuild 89-4 21 21
Truck journals 91-6 24 25
Tug boats 97-1 35 35
Turnout & block signals 98-7 37 37/38
Type/model identity plates 92-20 27 27
Union Pacific combined train 94-11 30 30
USRA hopper, C&S lettering 00-6 42 45
Vapor heater exhaust/allocation 89-3 21 21
VO-1000 exhaust stack types 89-6 21 21
VO-1000 paint scheme 94-12 30 31
VO-1000, Chicago Union Station 93-6 28 28
Way of the Zephyrs logo history 92-12 27 27
Waycar #13609 04-5 48  
Waycar assignment NE-12 91-5 24 25
Waycar electric lighting 90-8 23 23
Waycar interior paint scheme 97-8 36 36
Waycar NE-10 orange paint 90-8 23 23
Waycar NE-12 orange paint 89-8 21 22
Waycar preservation 91-2 24 24
Waycars, ex-Santa Fe 94-3 29 29
Waycars, radio equipped 90-8 23 23
Waycars, C&S, preservation 96-7 33 33/34/35
Westerfield double-sheath boxcar kit 90-6 22 22
Western Avenue roundhouse closure 99-8 40 40
Whistle posts, concrete 93-5 28 29-32
Whitebreast Tower location 04-8 49 49
Wreck, Elsberry, Mo. 00-4 41  
Wreck train consist 90-9 23 23
XA-16 auto box renumbering 89-5 21 21
XM-24 double sheath box kit 90-6 22 22
Zephyr #9902 history 96-5 33 33/34
Zephyr photo identification 99-2 40 41 
Zephyr Pit opening 99-8 40 40
Zephyr Rocket 98-12 38  
Zephyr Rocket, joint Burlington-Rock Island 01-8 45 45

* Question/answer number variation

Question 95-2 "missing"

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