Two iconic passenger locomotives, a Amtrak F40PH and CB&Q 9911-A, meet at Johnson siding along the IRM mainline.

With 92 scheduled to lead the coach train the following day, it takes a spin around the wye and the famous signage. Been wanting this shot for years.

Two of the very recently acquired units with very nice paint guide the coach train out on Diesel Days: Day 1 of 2025. Plans are, eventually, to return #6976 to Amtrak #644.

There is Diesel Days....then there is Diesel Days: After Hours. The positioning moves to assemble the next day's parade can be just as amazing as the show itself. #92 is one of the special units... (more)

The final mainline run for the 2025 IRM Diesel Days featured new arrival ex-METX 614 with the C&NW BiLevel train. It was the only train of the weekend oriented with the power facing west. It was... (more)

Commonwealth Edison #15 prepares to lead the caboose train out of Depot Street. Built in 1950, this unit was assigned to Commonwealth Edison's nuclear power plant in Byron, IL. It arrived at the m... (more)

IRM's three newest units sit outside Barn 2. The units are Amtrak F40PH 231, former BNSF SDP40F 6976, still wearing Maersk paint from the debut of Logistics Park Chicago in Elwood, and BNSF SD70MA... (more)

It's the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, and on this Sunday the mainline trains were running primarily with cab units. Here, CNW 411 leads the bilevel train back from the east ... (more)

It's the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, and on this Sunday the mainline trains were running primarily with cab units. Here, ATSF 92 waits in Johnson siding with the coach trai... (more)

It's the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, and on this Sunday the mainline trains were running primarily with cab units. Here, SLRG 515 waits in Johnson siding with the Nebraska ... (more)

It's the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, and on this Sunday the mainline trains were running primarily with cab units. Here, METX 308 waits in Johnson siding with the caboose t... (more)

Blue Hour Crowded Crossing. On the evening of Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the marked crossing at Springfield Avenue at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois, a number of vintage a... (more)

Monticello's weekend excursion train passes "Stair" tower at the Monticello Railway Museum.

This was C&NW Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum, where all the C&NW locomotives on museum property were given a chance to run trains on the mainline. The museum also hosted the C&NW Historica... (more)

Snow and steam heat greet passengers as they board the train to meet Santa Claus.