An Illinois & Midland wind turbine base train heads down TZPR's Ice House track, which will diverge to a path along the Illinois River, avoiding traffic tie-ups in downtown Pekin.

Expecting a rinky dink operation we found instead a museum superior in every respect. Here SOU 2-8-0 401 is being moved into winter storage after she was fired up and blown down to evaporate wate... (more)

An Illinois & Midland RR transfer takes interchange from the Tazewell & Peoria yard. The paint scheme leaves no doubt where the IMRR got this locomotive. This was acquired in the 2014 sale of th... (more)

IMRR 31 departs downtown Monticello with a photo freight.

IMRR 31 departs downtown Monticello with a photo freight.

A Tazewell & Peoria industry job pulls empties through Peoria's revitalized warehouse district after working the PMP plant.

TZPR's Industry-2 crew pulls out for head room to double a long train into the yard.

Tazewell & Peoria's Industry-2 job works the ADM dock along the Illinois River. I-474 is overhead.

IMRR 31 heads up a hill and through a tunnel of trees on the Monticello Railway Museum mainline during Monticello Railroad Days 2021.

I&M RS1325 31, one of two such units built, departs with a throttle time run in Monticello. The unit was saved by the MRM last year she will eventually be returned to C&IM green.

I&M RS1325 31, one of two such units built, departs with a throttle time run in Monticello. The unit was saved by the MRM last year she will eventually be returned to C&IM green.

I&M RS1325 31, one of two such units built, rests between throttle time runs in Monticello. The unit was saved by the MRM last year and will eventually be returned to C&IM green.

IMRR 31 leads a photo freight over Camp Creek in Monticello Illinois

Illinois & Midland's train from the TZPR yard takes the alternate route back home down the TZPR "Ice House" track past the Illinois river. The John T. McNaughton bridge is in the backgr... (more)

The newest arrival at the Monticello Railway Museum is former Chicago & Illinois Midland, then Illinois & Midland RS1325 31, being shoved towards the diesel house on Museum grounds. The locomotiv... (more)