Pioneer Zephyr
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Science and Industry Chicago and 55th/56th/57th Street station.
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
Museum
The 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 University of Chicago campus.
55th/56th/57th Street station
Railway station
55th–56th–57th Street is a commuter rail station in Hyde Park, Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago; and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana. 55th/56th/57th Street station is situated 1,300 feet west of Pioneer Zephyr.
Robie House
The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Robie House is situated 3,600 feet west of Pioneer Zephyr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hyde Park and Indian Village.
Hyde Park
Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…
Indian Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Monika Bonckute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Indian Village is the small southeast corner of Kenwood, a community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Shore Drive to the east, Burnham Park to the north, 51st Street to the south, Harold Washington Park to the southeast, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks used by the South Shore and Metra Electric Lines to the west.
Woodlawn
Suburb
Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles south of the Loop. The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue.
Pioneer Zephyr
- Type: Locomotive
- Description: American train
- Categories: rolling stock class, named passenger train service, diesel multiple unit, passenger train, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.79164° or 41° 47′ 30″ northLongitude
-87.58294° or 87° 34′ 59″ westOpen location code
86HJQCR8+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 10301964669OpenStreetMap feature
historic=locomotiveWikidata ID
Q1670890
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Pioneer Zephyr” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “先鋒者微風號”
- Chinese: “先鋒者微風號列車”
- Dutch: “Pioneer Zephyr”
- French: “Pioneer Zephyr”
- German: “Pioneer Zephyr”
- Hungarian: “CB&Q 9900”
- Indonesian: “Pioneer Zephyr”
- Japanese: “パイオニア・ゼファー”
- Latin: “Pioneer Zephyr”
- Portuguese: “Pioneer Zephyr”
- Russian: “Pioneer Zephy”
- Russian: “Pioneer Zephyr”
- Spanish: “Pioneer Zephyr”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include U-505 Submarine and Giant Dome Theater.
Nearby Places
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