Before Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days parade kicks off in the afternoon, a variety of classic locomotives including MILW 37A, an Ex-UP EMD E9A, NP ALCO S1 14, and MILW 760, the first H10-44 locomotive, and also the first locomotive built by F-M waits their turn to proceed on the IRM mainline trackage for preparation of the Diesel Days Parade.