Led by Burlington E5 9911-A, the "Silver Pilot," the beautifully restored Nebraska Zephyr arrives at the platform during IRM's Museum Showcase Weekend.

UP Centennial 6930 sits on display at the IRM in need of some TLC. Behind it are the famed CNW twins which are in storage here at the museum until called back to service.

WC SD45 7525 rests at IRM, awaiting Showcase Weekend in a few weeks.

Since last year, the CNW twins have been in storage at the Illinois Railway Museum and spend their days around the museum grounds. Here, they slumber away on a mainly clear night.

CNW 411 poses during Diesel Days at IRM in July of 2009. We should be thankful places like this exist to preserve a piece of history.

With severe storms rapidly approaching IRM the decision was made to cancel the night photo shoot due to the heavy rains and lightning, which was a great call as those storms were intense. Though t... (more)

A quartet of C&NW locomotives head down the main at the Illinois Railway Museum during the annual diesel days celebration. RSD-5 #1689 and SD40-2 #6847 are owned by the IRM while C44-9W's #8701 an... (more)

Are we back in 1990? Yeah right, I wish, although I would not even have been born for another 7 years. Anyways BN-1 and BN-3 patiently await the start of Illinois Railway Museum's Diesel Days to s... (more)

J. Neils Lumber Shay No. 5 being worked on by volunteers inside the IRM steam shop.

J. Neils Lumber Shay No. 5 is in the final stages of restoration inside the IRM steam shop. Once a staple of the operating fleet, the Shay hasn't been under steam in nearly two decades.

Commonwealth Edison 4, a 1911 Alco-GE Steeplecab, passes Frisco 2-10-0 1630 at Johnson Siding.

1630 is being fired up at Union in the company of Southern Pacific (T&NO) 2-10-2 No. 975. The latter, donated to the city of Beaumont, Texas, in 1957, would have certainly been scrapped had IRM n... (more)

1630 smokes it up at Seeman Road with the coach train consist in tow.

Frisco 1630 sits idle while its compressor runs while the CA&E cars start pulling out of the station for their run out on the main during IRM's Traction Weekend. The 431 is a 1927 car built by the... (more)