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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 .
Union was the site of the world's first fully automatic electrical substation, on the current site of the water tower just east of Main Street. [11] Union is home to the Illinois Railway Museum and the McHenry County Historical Society. [12] It was formerly the home of Donley's Wild West Town amusement park, now closed. [13]
Pages in category "Railroad museums in Illinois" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Springfield Union Station (Illinois) W.
The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum, Ashburton, New Zealand. [39] 2588 2-4-4T May 1880 Illinois Central Railroad #201: Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois. [27] 3327 4-4-0 August 1883 Canadian Pacific Railway No. 136 South Simcoe Railway, Tottenham, Ontario, Canada. [40] 4493 4-6-0: March 1891
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
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway 1630 is a preserved Ye class 2-10-0 "Decapod" type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. [1] Today, Frisco No. 1630 is currently one of two operating Decapods in service in America , the other being former Great Western No. 90 at the Strasburg Rail Road outside ...
6925 – Stored at Dakota Southern Railway’s rail yard located in Chamberlain, South Dakota, having been used as a parts source and for fuel storage. It was owned by the Nebraska Railroad Museum, until October 2022, when it was sold to a private owner in Kansas City. [13] 6930 – Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois. Originally donated ...