CNW 1689 and Milwaukee 760 sit near the diesel shop at IRM before the start of diesel days.

Milwaukee 760 waits for its spot for the parade of power during the 2014 Diesel Days.

Frisco 1630 pulls the heavyweight coach train east down the IRM mainline.

CB&Q Hudson #3007 peeks out of the barn at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Raindrops on steam trains and whiskers on diesels
Restored black kettles and silver streamliners
Brown color ballast multiple trains
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CTA 2200s being moved back into Barn 4 for a new traction motor.

A fresh and clean UP SD70AH sits in display for the Diesel Day's event at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union IL.

IRM's Nebraska Zephyr rolls through the Illinois countryside, giving riders a taste of what it was like to ride a streamlined passenger train in the 1950s.

The Frisco 1630 waits to run her last train of the evening. During the Illinois Railway Museum's showcase weekend event, Saturday included night running.

Museum Showcase weekend at IRM featured the Frisco 1630 with a 11 car train, a train set representative of a 1950's C&NW scoot powered by an RSD5, many electric passenger cars, and this, the sole ... (more)

Museum Showcase weekend at IRM featured the Frisco 1630 with a 11 car train, the beautiful Silver Pilot pulling the Nebraska Zephyr train set, many electric passenger cars, and this, representativ... (more)

A work train dumping rock on an obscure UP branch line? Think again. This contemporary railroad scene was brought to you by the Illinois Railway Museum, which has seen fit to preserve a 1988-bui... (more)

Frisco 1630 lopes along past a farm in rural Union, Illinois.

You'd never mistake this steam locomotive for anything but Frisco! The St. Louis - San Francisco began using the "coonskin logo" in the late 1800s. Legend has it that it started when t... (more)

Freshly restored Frisco 2-10-0 1630 rolls through the wire jungle at Seemann Road, heading for the end of the line.