A line up outside the diesel shop during IRM's showcase weekend. Included here is the CB&Q 504 EMD SD24, the CRIP 4506 EMD GP7R, the ATSF 92 EMD FP45 and the CB&Q 9255 EMD SW7.

WC 7525, a SD45 originally built for Burlington Northern, sits tucked away in an engine line at the Illinois Railway Museum during Showcase Weekend.

J. Niles Lumber Co 5 departs the East Union depot in a cloud of smoke.

M&E C424 18 sits on display at the IRM.

Railroading in 2020. Labor Day Weekend marked the first event the Illinois Railway Museum held due to COVID-19. As the sun begins to set, one of the steam crew volunteers applies some fresh oil to... (more)

At 69 years old, SP 1518 still earns its keep at the Illinois Railway Museum, being used occasionally on their mainline trains. On August 16th, 1518 was put to work on the coach train, following a... (more)

C&NW SD40-2 sits in the sun outside of the Illinois Railway Museum's diesel shop. This locomotive was on display during 2019's Diesel Days where members of the public are treated to a massive disp... (more)

Illinois Railway Museum personnel are using their former C&WI crane to unload Union Electric Company #4 onto museum property. Tom Golden photo.

ATSF FP45 number 92 poses for a photo during Diesel Days at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Illinois Railway Museum personnel are in the process of unloading Union Electric Company #4 from a flatcar. The Porter 0-4-0 was built in 1946. Tom Golden photo.

GBW 2407 puts on a show for the long line of photographers during IRM's Diesel Day Weekend

Milwaukee Road Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 No. 760 pulls a Rock Island commuter coach out on the main line at the Illinois Railroad Museum in September 1984. Just repainted in fresh Milwaukee colors, N... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Illinois Terminal interurbans are seen operating at Illinois Railway Museum. Tom Golden photo.