IRM's coach train, powered by Shay 5, crosses Olson Road as the sunset glints of it's side.

The Illinois Railway Museum "Happy Holiday Railway: The Holiday Light Experience" included a small train lead by Lake Superior & Ishpeming 35 (2-8-0, Baldwin, 1916). With the cooperation... (more)

The Illinois Railway Museum "Happy Holiday Railway: The Holiday Light Experience" included former Chicago & North Western SD40-2 6847 and a small train lead by Lake Superior & Ishpeming ... (more)

The Illinois Railway Museum "Happy Holiday Railway: The Holiday Light Experience" included former Chicago & North Western SD40-2 6847. With the cooperation of the museum, photography of ... (more)

CNW 6847 sits on display all decked out for Christmas.

A two car CA&E train heads east out of Johnson's siding.

As the evening light begins to creep in, the IRMs Showcase Weekend is still in full swing. After a successful trip to Kishwaukee Grove, the shiny high hood geep pair, Rock Island #4506 and Illinoi... (more)

Still displaying its “Texas Zephyr” lettering, Colorado & Southern EMD E5 No. 9952-A powers a passenger special at the Illinois Railroad Museum at Union, Illinois, in September 1984. In more r... (more)

Throwback to the final weeks of summer in 2020... During the IRMs annual showcase weekend, the museum assembled a pretty large "Demonstration" freight consist for their locomotives to shuttle a... (more)

The M&E 18 sits, displayed in yard 5, with the C&NW 6847, UP 1848 and the Nekoosa Paper 14.

Shay 5 makes the reverse move from the siding and starts the return trip to the East Union depot.

My 1970 Chevelle and SP 1518 pose next to each other on Labor day eve 2020.

RI 4506 picks CBQ 9255 at Barn 2. These movements were done after the photo freight did its last run, and Illinois Railway Museum was "cleaning up" the displays of the night before, when... (more)

WYT VO-660 103 sits on display at IRM.

Milwaukee 760 leads a single sand car onto IRM property as it passes the blades at Olson Road.