Though retired from service 26 years to the day after its triumphant run from Denver to Chicago, the Pioneer Zephyr has long remained a shining symbol of the streamliner era. The train was ...

Read more about the Pioneer Zephyr and its shiny legacy ... followed by the increase in train length and receiving the latest equipment – notably receiving the 1936 "Train of Goddesses" set ...

Mike Sarna is the curator of the Pioneer Zephyr exhibit, which displays a restored streamliner train at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. He describes what makes these trains so special.

Terry Abrisz had some help Saturday morning as he traced railroad history in Burlington, Lee County and Illinois during the ...