CB&Q rests at IRM.

BN F9 1 sits on display at the IRM.

CNW 411 reverses at the Illinois Railway Museum.

CNW 411 leads the bilevel train west past the searchlight east of Union.

Illinois Railway Museum operated night trains on 9/1 1nd 9/2. North Shore cars are getting ready for next run at museums main station.

Old passes new as C&NW 6847 passes UP 1995 at the Illinois Railway Museum.

CB&Q 9911, the last EMD E5 left in existence, powers away from the huge crowd of onlookers (not pictured) at IRM Diesel Days.

Only at a museum, the Illinois RR Museum in this case, could you see such an eclectic mix of power. Minnesota Transfer RS-3 #200, leads MILW H10-44 #760 and Illinois Terminal GP7 #1605 for a phot... (more)

MNS 21 is on display at Diesel Days at the Illinois RR Museum in July of 2009. Thank goodness these museums exist to preserve what would otherwise likely be lost.

Thank goodness for railway museums and their ability to keep and show locomotives that would otherwise be lost to the scrappers torch. SP 1518, the first SD7 built, pulls a short freight at Diesel... (more)

A CNW line up at IRM with the 411, 4160, 1689, 6847, 8646. The CNW 4160 has since been stripped of its CNW paint in preparation for a fresh paint job.

Sometimes at a photo shoot the best shots aren't even part of the shoot. With the CNW night shoot at IRM all done, and the only people left are the crews putting power away we find 8701 sitting ou... (more)

A pair of BN veterans sit in repose at the Illinois Railway Museum. 5383 hasn't ran in a couple years because of a faulty traction motor. BN-3 is fully operational and would look nice painted back... (more)

CB&Q 504 and the caboose train wait out the night at the East Union depot during IRM's "Diesel Days" event.

The CNW 411 and it's matching bilevel set rests overnight after Saturday's operations at IRM.