{"id":23020,"date":"2018-12-08T09:44:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=23020"},"modified":"2018-12-07T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:48:19","slug":"burlingtons-zephyr-on-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/burlingtons-zephyr-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Burlington\u2019s Zephyr on Display"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy\u2019s famous Zephyr\u00a0<\/em>is one of the most significant trains of the 20th<\/sup>Century.<\/p>\n

In November, I photographed the preserved Zephyr\u00a0<\/em>at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, where the historic train set is proudly display in the lobby.<\/p>\n

It was great to see the Zephyr\u00a0<\/em>in person again. Last time I saw the train back in the 1990s, it was undergoing a thorough cosmetic restoration in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written extensively about the Zephyr, <\/em>describe the train\u2019s context, history and technology.<\/p>\n

The Zephyr\u00a0<\/em>set important technological precedents. For propulsion, it was the first train powered by the Winton 201 diesel engine, which made it America\u2019s first diesel-powered streamliner\u2014a bit of trivia that might have been less important if the diesel had not ultimately vanquished steam. From a streamlined perspective it was significant as well. The body was the work of Philadelphia-based Edward G. BuddCompany and was constructed from shot-welded stainless-steel using Budd\u2019s proprietary welding technique developed for automobile construction<\/span>\u2014From my book Streamliners\u2014Locomotives and Trains in the Age of Speed and Style<\/em>.<\/h5>\n

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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy\u2019s famous Zephyr\u00a0is one of the most significant trains of the 20thCentury. In November, I photographed the preserved Zephyr\u00a0at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, where the historic train set is proudly display in the lobby. It was great to see the Zephyr\u00a0in person again. Last time I saw the train … Continue reading Burlington\u2019s Zephyr on Display<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[4537,7535],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/CBQ_Zephyr_Chicago_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_DSCF8707-1.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Zi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23020"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23020"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23031,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23020\/revisions\/23031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}