EMD sure got it right when it came to that bulldog nose.... CNW 411 poses for camera during Diesel Days at the Illinois RR Museum in July of 2009.

In this 2.5 second exposure Shaker Heights Rapid Transit #18 passes the wig-wag signal.

Decorated GNA 2-6-0 26 sits on display at IRM with a fully decorated freight train for Happy Holiday Railway.

CNW SD50 7009 sits decorated at IRM for the Happy Holiday Railway event.

After the night photo session with PRR 4927 at Spaulding Tower the crews go to back to work putting the equipment away.

PRR 4927 is seen at Spaulding Tower during the night photo session after the Shay it Forward event at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Frisco 1630 and South Shore 803 are staged on station track 2 and the main for a night photo shoot after the Shay it Forward event at IRM.

WC 7525 holds the main as SLSF 1630 pulls up for a spot on station track 2.

The Nebraska Zephyr is see stretched out onto the car line as the dinning car gets serviced and a photo shoot at the rear end takes place.

Commonwealth Edison SW1 #15 is seen shuffling around a cut of during a night photo session at the Illinois Railway Museum.

J Neils Lumber Co. #5 and Frisco 1630 are seen staged at Spaulding Tower for the Shay It Forward night photo session at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee's beautiful "Electroliner" flies past track crews inspecting the overhead wire at during a night photo session at the Illinois Railway Museum.

SLSF #1630 (Baldwin 2-10-0) and J. Neils Lumber Co. #5 (Lima 3-Truck Shay) are posed for a nighttime photo session at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Frisco 1630 receives further instructions via train order hoop as it departs from East Union with a late-night passenger train in tow.

Frisco 1630 fireman Joey Ferrito scoops coal into the locomotive's firebox while keeping the locomotive hot during the 2023 Steam Into Fall Night Photo Session at the Illinois Railway Museum.