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Googling Pioneer Zephyr yields a lot of photos (though I'm not sure they are all captioned properly) and a Wikipedia discussion of the PZ and a link to the Mark Twain Zephyr (the last one built). In that discussion there is a link to this write-up:

http://www.gatewaynmra.org/200...q-mark-twain-zephyr/

which has a nice discussion of the history of the MTZ as well as some historical photos. As another poster pointed out, the windshields of the MTZ (and apparently those of the sister Twin Cities Zephyrs) did not have the dip in the 'brow' that the original Pioneer Zephyr did. You'll note that somewhere along the timeline the Zephyrs acquired a mars light mounted on top of the original headlight.

According to this article and the Wikipedia piece, the MTZ is stored in deteriorating condition in Illinois east of St. Louis...

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