BN 5383 rests away in Barn 9 at the Illinois Railway Musuem during Labor Day Weekend 2020.

The North Shore Line Electroliner sits on display at 50th Avenue for Museum Showcase weekend. The Electroliner was recently restored to operating condition but will require interior work to the ca... (more)

Milwaukee Road 118C and the freshly repainted Milwaukee Road dynamometer car are at the head end of the IRM coach train as it comes into the station in Union, IL.

While shoving west, the CB&Q 1923 makes a Railroad Post Office demonstration catch.

ATSF 92 meets BN 5383 at Johnson siding during the 2021 Diesel Days event.

Two (pretend) CB&Q employees unload the baggage/RPO car when the steam coach train comes to a stop in Union, IL.

CNW 6847 and several of IRM's other diesels sit during the Diesel Days 2021 event.

Illinois Terminal 101 (built in 1917) zips down the rails at the Illinois Railway Museum, returning from Kishwaukee Grove.

Shay 5 was the only steam locomotive operated at IRM in 2020. Here it is departing East Union with a train of socially-distanced passengers.

The fireman aboard Shay 5 scores a direct hit to the fireman on Frisco 1630 as they pass at Johnson Siding, just east of Union.

Both of IRM's operating steam locomotive are seen at the East Union station platform during Labor Day weekend, 2019.

The sun sets as CNW 6847 and UP 1848 rest at the Illinois Railway Museum.

The sun sets as BN 1 departs East Union Depot with the Coach train, seen here passing East Switch.

BN 1 leads the coach train on the Illinois Railway Museum Mainline, seen here exiting Johnson Siding.

IRM's steam powered passenger train departs from the depot as a work train pulls up behind. A pair of CA&E interurban cars wait to haul passengers after the steam train returns.