CA&E 309 takes its turn out on the main as the motorman wraps the controller into full series during the IRM 2015 Trolley Pageant

Indiana Railroad 65, the Illinois Railway Museum's first car, heads out onto the main for a trip down the line during the 2015 Trolley Pageant

CTA 4391, the last surving CTA Green Hornet PCC, makes its appointed rounds on the streetcar loop during the 2015 Illinois Railway Museum Trolley Pageant

CA&E 431 leads as its train moves out onto the main during the 2015 Illinois Railway Museum Trolley Pageant

Frisco 1630 takes its turn out on the main during the 2015 Trolley Pageant at the Illinois Railway Museum

Chicago Aurora and Elgin 36 and its train wait for the days first departure to kick off the 2015 Trolley Pageant at the Illinois Railway Museum

IC 3039 sits alongside a rotary as the morning sun lingers over the Illinois Railway Museum, on a warm, mild Independence Day

UP "Big Blow" Gas Turbine 18 sits on display at the Illinois Railway Museum, two of these engines still survive, one in Ogden, UT and this one in Union, IL

Silverliner 251 leads a North Shore train past East Union depot at the Illinois Railway Museum

A pair of CRT "Woodies" wait at East Union depot for their trip down the main during IRM's Trolley Pageant

The Illinois Railway Museum's open car from Veracruz, Mexico crosses Central Avenue late in the afternoon on the day of the annual Trolley Pageant.

IRM's newest acquisition is a four-car set of ex-Illinois Central "Highliner" double-deck MU cars. Within days of arrival they are sitting outside the electric car shop being inspected.... (more)

Chicago streetcar 3142, built by Brill in 1923, passes under trolley bus overhead as it crosses Central Avenue at the Illinois Railway Museum. The car is signed for Cicero Avenue, a route in Chic... (more)

Chicago Aurora & Elgin 36 is the oldest operating piece of equipment at the Illinois Railway Museum. Built in 1902 by the John Stephenson Company of Elizabeth, NJ, the car was acquired from an Ohi... (more)

CNW 1689 and Milwaukee 760 sit near the diesel shop at IRM before the start of diesel days.