1630 is being fired up at Union in the company of Southern Pacific (T&NO) 2-10-2 No. 975. The latter, donated to the city of Beaumont, Texas, in 1957, would have certainly been scrapped had IRM n... (more)
1630 smokes it up at Seeman Road with the coach train consist in tow.
Frisco 1630 sits idle while its compressor runs while the CA&E cars start pulling out of the station for their run out on the main during IRM's Traction Weekend. The 431 is a 1927 car built by the... (more)
On May 6th, the new Kansas City Streetcar officially opened. But during the 1940s, streetcars in Kansas City looked like this. Car 755 is the last Kansas City Public Service PCC in original colo... (more)
Most of the diesel days power sits awaiting the event to start
CB&Q 9911A, Silver Pilot shows off its nose in one of the sheds at the Illinois Railroad Museum at Union, IL. The unit is the locomotive that is used to run the Nebraska Zephyr that is part of the... (more)
Diesel Days at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Metra 305 at the 1999 Illinois Railway Museum Diesel Days before being repainted to CN&W colors.
Four Wagons sit at IRM in the nice morning sunlight.
CB&Q SD24 504 leads the heavyweight coach train past the restored Spaulding Tower at IRM.
BN-1 and BN-3 await the Diesel Days event to start
Frisco 1630 leads the coach train past the semaphores at East Switch.
Frisco 1630 smokes it up as it departs off of station track 2.