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The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, reporting mark IRMX) is the largest railroad museum in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois , 55 miles (89 km) northwest of downtown Chicago .
Pages in category "Railroad museums in Illinois" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Mendota station; Monticello Railway Museum; R.
Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City, Nevada: 1848: August 1988 General Electric (GE) GE B40-8: B-B Operational Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois. [28] 2804: June 1966 General Electric (GE) U28C: C-C Static display National Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri: Sectioned 3105: June 1979 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) SD40 ...
Illinois Oil Field Museum: Oblong: Crawford: Southern: Industry: Oil industry tools and equipment, Illinois Basin and surrounding areas of the oil boom era and the oil industry of that area [38] [39] Illinois Railway Museum: Union: McHenry: Northern Illinois: Railway: Includes steam, diesel and electric trains and heritage train rides
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
During the summer of 1969, Jensen made several arrangements to remove No. 4963, CB&Q 4-8-4 No. 5632, and his large collection of locomotive parts and tools off the property; it involved making plans to relocate them to either the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) or the Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad (CWPS), and he purchased some empty ...
Illinois Central 2613 was a 4-8-2 "Mountain" type 2600 class steam locomotive built in April 1943 by the Illinois Central Railroad's Paducah Shops in Paducah, Kentucky.No. 2613 and its classmates were the most powerful 4-8-2 locomotives ever built.
Illinois Railway: Illinois River Railroad: 1853 1864 Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad: Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company: 1867 1878 St. Louis Bridge Company: Illinois and St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company: SOU: 1865 1889 Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated Railroad: Illinois South Eastern Railway: B&O: 1867 1870