The Clean “Mister Pop” — Past Prime

The Clean “Mister Pop” — Past Prime

In 1961 the city of Austin debuted “The Zilker Eagle,” a pint sized train that rolled around Zilker Park at a max speed of ten miles an hour, relieving exhausted parents and delighting their inexhaustible children. By 2011 The Eagle had been rechristened “The Zilker Zephyr” and, though it had seen better days, The Zephyr still provided hours of locomotive amusement for our young family. More recently The Zilker Zephyr was replaced with an upgrad…