Two (pretend) CB&Q employees unload the baggage/RPO car when the steam coach train comes to a stop in Union, IL.

CNW 6847 and several of IRM's other diesels sit during the Diesel Days 2021 event.

Illinois Terminal 101 (built in 1917) zips down the rails at the Illinois Railway Museum, returning from Kishwaukee Grove.

Streamliner meets Zephyr. CBQ E5 9911A Holds for CNW 411 leading the Coach train down the IRM main!

Diesel Days 2021 at the Illinois Railway Museum is well underway as the CRIP 4506 is on the approach to Seeman Road with the coach train. Originally built as the CRIP 1266 in 1952, she later becam... (more)

Shay 5 was the only steam locomotive operated at IRM in 2020. Here it is departing East Union with a train of socially-distanced passengers.

The fireman aboard Shay 5 scores a direct hit to the fireman on Frisco 1630 as they pass at Johnson Siding, just east of Union.

Both of IRM's operating steam locomotive are seen at the East Union station platform during Labor Day weekend, 2019.

The Chicago and North Western 411 poses at IRM.

The sun sets as CNW 6847 and UP 1848 rest at the Illinois Railway Museum.

The sun sets as BN 1 departs East Union Depot with the Coach train, seen here passing East Switch.

BN 1 leads the coach train on the Illinois Railway Museum Mainline, seen here exiting Johnson Siding.

Burlington Northern EMD SD24 No. 6244 shows off its high nose, culminated by a Mars signal light, as the locomotive sits on display at the Illinois Railroad Museum in Union, Illinois, on June 25, ... (more)

IRM's steam powered passenger train departs from the depot as a work train pulls up behind. A pair of CA&E interurban cars wait to haul passengers after the steam train returns.

The first locomotive to built at the FM plant in Beloit, WI still works as intended switching cars at its home at the Illinois Railway Museum.