This year's Showcase Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum was unlike any other, as the museum opted to run trains all night between Saturday and Sunday in honor of its 70th Anniversary. Unfortun... (more)

CB&Q E5 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr East on a night run at IRM. In celebration of the museum's 70th anniversary, they pulled a all-nighter and ran trains the entire night from 9/16 into 9/17.

MTRY RS3 200 sits on display at IRM during Museum Showcase Weekend.

CNW 6847 and UP 1848 sit on display at IRM during Museum Showcase Weekend.

SP SD7 1518 sits on display at IRM.

M&E C424 18 sits on display at IRM.

Illinois Terminal 1605 (GP-7) pushes the caboose train into Johnson Siding during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

CNW 411 and METX 308 (both F-7As) lead the CNW bilevel train back into the museum grounds during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

CNW 7009 and CNW 6847 lead the coach train onto the mainline during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

A six-pack of F7 and GP7 diesels leads a combined coach train and Nebraska Zephyr during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, with C&NW 411 leading the way.

BN-3 (E-9AU) returns from a trip down the mainline leading the C&NW bilevel train during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

C&NW 6847 (SD40-2) arrives back at the Main Pavilion after a "Take the Throttle" run during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

GB&W 2407, an Alco RSD-15, smokes it up as it leads the caboose train out of the Illinois Railway Museum grounds during the annual Diesel Days event.

CB&Q 504 waits in Johnson Siding with the coach train as C&NW Alco RSD5 #1689 comes up alongside with the caboose train during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

CB&Q 9911A, the only remaining E-5A diesel, leads the Nebraska Zephyr trainset onto the Illinois Railway Museum's mainline during the annual Diesel Days event.