Nebraska Zephyr Schedule from Union, IL to Rock Island, IL:
Depart Illinois Railway Museum at 7:45am, west to Rockford, arrival approximately 9:45am.
Depart Rockford, IL at 10:00am, South to Davis Junction, arrival approximately 11:10am.
Depart Davis Junction at 11:20am, West to Savanna, no ETA after this point as other rail traffic is unknown.
Track the progress of the Nebraska Zephyr via GPS.
All schedules subject to change without notice.
The Illinois Railway Museum will offer dinners aboard the Nebraska
Zephyr at the Train Festival 2011 event in Rock Island, Illinois on July
21, 22, and 23, 2011 as a fundraiser for the continued restoration of the Nebraska Zephyr. Seating will be extremely limited on each night. The train will be stationary for these dinners. Ticket prices are $75 per guest. Click here to purchase tickets or view additional information.
Your four course dinner will include:
Dill Cucumber Tomato Tea Sandwiches
Fresh Garden Salad
Pork Medallion in Creamy White Wine Sauce
Rustic Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Steamed Carrots
Caramel Apple Crisp a la Mode
Comments
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...