The Illinois Railway Museum's open car from Veracruz, Mexico crosses Central Avenue late in the afternoon on the day of the annual Trolley Pageant.

Canadian National No. 6789 idles at the former Wabash depot with an excursion train in downtown Monticello. The depot was built in 1899 and moved to this location (about a half a mile from the Wa... (more)

The Frisco 1630 waits to run her last train of the evening. During the Illinois Railway Museum's showcase weekend event, Saturday included night running.

Museum Showcase weekend at IRM featured the Frisco 1630 with a 11 car train, the beautiful Silver Pilot pulling the Nebraska Zephyr train set, many electric passenger cars, and this, representativ... (more)

The fresh looking SD24 sits, staged, ready to pull the RPO / coach train later in the day.

Chicago Aurora & Elgin 308 is stopped at the Illinois Railway Museum as passengers board the excursion train on the next track over.

This St Louis Car built multiple unit is the No. 801-802 Electroliner, one of two sets built for the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad in 1941. These unique turquoise and salmon painted se... (more)

Frisco #1630, a Russian Decapod makes a glorious return to service this Memorial Day Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum after an extensive rebuild.

Relics of the CTA... Cars 6102-6101 and a 1-50 series car sleep away at the Fox River Trolley Museum. Its been almost 20 years since 6102-6101 were officially retired.

Chicago Burlington & Quincy E-5A Silver Pilot was built in 1940 by Electromotive Corporation (EMC). About 1955 the Silver Pilot was acquired by the Fort Worth and Denver railroad. Shortly thereaft... (more)

Tuskegee Railroad No 101 was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924. She has 44 inch drivers, 17 x 24 inch cylinders, operates at 180 lbs of boiler pressure, and can produce up to 24,118 lb... (more)

CTA 22 and CNW 151 await their departures from the depot at IRM.

CTA relics bask in the sunlight at IRM. After a recent farewell tour on August 25th, the CTA 2200's were officially retired from service. Luckily, these two were sent to IRM.

The CTA two car train heads west, passing the semaphore signal as it nears the IRM depot