MILW 118C leads the Coach train back into the East Union depot at the Illinois Railway Museum.

The sunset is close to being over and the blue hour begins. In this 30 second exposure four cab units displayed, BN 1 F9A, C&NW 411 F7A, MILW 118-C F7A, and MILW 37-A E9A.

Night operations are underway for "showcase weekend" at IRM. Here the 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr are poised on station track two as a set of North Shore cars pass on the mainline.

North Shore 715 sits on display in South Elgin.

Wabash 1189 leads the NS Santa Train west into Niantic.

During IRM's Showcase Weekend the CNS&M 160 was staged at the 50 Ave elevated station. The 160 was built in 1915 by the JG Brill Company, it is operational.

CNW 411 leads the last westbound train of the day on IRM's trackage passing by CPL signals

Milwaukee Road NW2 1649 prepares to take the Monticello RR Museum's trainset back to the car barn at the end of the museum's monthly steam weekend.

SLSF 1630 holds at the IRM.

CB&Q 9911A leads the Zephyr on Track 1 at the IRM.

Rock Island 4506 rolls Eastward and approaches a farmers crossing East on the Illinois Railway Museum at Union, Illinois Sunday, July 8 2018. The newly restored locomotive debuted this weekend. St... (more)

CRIP 4506 awaits a clear signal out of Station Track 2 on its second run of the day.

Southern Pacific Golden State dining car “Golden Trencher” is freshly-painted and on display at the Union Station Railroad Museum at Mendota, Illinois, on April 8, 2016. I didn’t have the op... (more)

The NS Santa Train heads west thru Niantic, IL.

Monticello Railway Museum and Norfolk Southern every December put on a kick ass Christmas Special that runs between Decatur to Illiopolis and back that runs on the Illinois Division's Springfield-... (more)