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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. ... Illinois Railway Museum; M. Mendota station;
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 ...
The "Train of the Goddesses" arrived at the Illinois Railway Museum on September 21, 1968, and it has been in use by the museum since then; it is still operated on short runs on the museum's substantial trackage, providing train enthusiasts and tourists with an experience reminiscent of the heyday of the Burlington's Zephyr service. [7]
The Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad connected to the Aurora city system at Plum and View Streets, and went 28 miles (45 km) west through Kaneville to DeKalb. 3 passenger and 2 express cars made 9 trains each way in a day on a 90-minute and 3-hour schedule. Opened in 1905 with light steam equipment, it was electrified by 1910, and closed in ...
No. 803, is preserved in operating condition at the Illinois Railway Museum. The power system was changed from 6600 volts AC to 1500 volts DC on July 28, 1926, allowing trains to operate directly to the Illinois Central Railroad's Randolph Street Terminal (now Millennium Station) without an engine change.
At that time, the steam locomotive that shared the display space with the Zephyr, Santa Fe #2903, was donated to the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) at Union, west of Chicago, while MSI prepared a new display location for the Zephyr. [62] An overview of the renovated Pioneer Zephyr exhibit at MSI in December 2021. The wreath on the front of the ...