("HO" version expected delivery "about" early Spring 2005.
("N" version expected delivery "about " a few months after the HO version.

We were overly optimistic on how much time it would take us to complete the engineering, tool making time (tens of thousands of tool-making man hours), and final production time it was going to take to finish this great model. As of Jan. 2005 everything is finished except we are working out some of the details for the interior lighting and the final packaging. We expect delivery towards the end of March for the HO Models and the N models a few months after than.

Those that have seen the pre-production samples in our office are already drooling over it.

Photo of the Zephyr Pre-Production train, taken by Kalmbach Publishing.

Engineering Drawing of Front of the "A" Car.

Engineering Drawing of 3/4 Side of the "A" Car.

Engineering Drawing of 3/4 Side of the "B" Car.

Engineering Drawing of 3/4 Side of the "C" Car.

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In light of the Boss's planned Semi-Retirement, he has also decided this production will be a "Limited Run" of only 2400 sets for the HO version and 2,000 sets for the N Version. We expect these quantities will sell out quickly and the collectors will be seeking them out. Order yours now, or be sorry.

This model will be of the original Pioneer Zephyr 3 car train.

The Pioneer Zephyr is a name that has become synonymous with the word "Streamliner: and needs no introduction. Almost all railfans the world over instantly recognize the name. While the Union Pacific was running their M-10000 "Streamliner" some months before the Zephyr was put into service in May of 1934, the Zephyr stole the public relations show and is better-known and more widely remembered than the UP's M-10000.

The Zephyr's distinctive nose began making the newspapers and newsreels. As a symbol, the train had a distinctiveness, a sleekness, an "image" if you will, that made it easy for the pulbic to identity. When it made ists record breaking 1015 mile run on May 26th from Denver to Chicago,it gained even more PR. It traversed the 1015 miles non-stop in 13 hours, 4 minutes and 58 seconds to arrive at the Opening of the Century of Progress Exposition.

It was one of the biggest attractions at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago during the summer of 1934. Before it went into regular service in the Fall of 1934, it was taken on tour. During 1934 it traveled to over 220 different American cities and was toured by over 2 million People.

So even if you are not a Burlington Route Fan, it is quite possible that the Zephyr visited your city and you could run it on your layout as a white flagged special just like the real train did during its travels in 1934 over many different railroads in the East, Midwest and Western USA.

The Pioneer Zephyr also stared in its own Movie, "Silver Streak" and was seen by millions more people all over the world.

The model will be made first in "HO" Scale, and we hope to have it ready in early Spring of 2005. It will be followed a few months later by the "N" Scale version.

Design Features of the 1934 Pioneer Zephyr

Following are the tentative design features of this model, the list may be amended as we go along so we wind up with the best possible model.