Christened on April 18, 1934, at the PRR's Broad Street Station, this Philadelphia born, Budd built, articulated streamliner achieved a remarkable speed of 112.5 mph in May of that same year (1934... (more)

After slowing for a track defect, the Silver Pilot races back to track speed rolling through the TP&W crossing at Bushnell.

The Nebraska Zephyr weaves it's way westbound through Buda with an Illinois Railway Museum-Amtrak excursion.

Coasting in for the Galesburg station stop, the Zephyr passes below one of the remaining, original, CB&Q signal bridges.

White flags flying, Mars light waving... the Nebraska Zephry rolls through Main St. on its way to CUS for the weekends excursions.

The Illinois Railway Museum's Sunday edition of the Nebraska Zephyr to Quincy departs Union Station.

Southern Railway #401 brings the excursion upgrade into Nelson's Crossing.

Silver & Gray. The sole-surviving EMD E5 races with the Nebraska Zephyr back to Rock Island. This unit usually works at the Illinois Railway Museum. Photo taken during Train Festival 2011.

NS #957 prepares to depart Decatur with the last run of the day west to Illiopolis.

8733 is all set for another run into town. She sure looks good.

Wabash 1189, the last F7A ever built, pulls one of the Monticello Railway Museum's last regularly scheduled excursion trains of 2011 into downtown Monticello, with RP.net contributor Michael Polk ... (more)

Out in the cornfields of northern Illinois, two beautifully restored North Shore interurbans zoom past at Johnson siding, on the Illinois Railway Museum's demonstration railroad.

The Nebraska Zephyr all polished up during the night shoot at trainfest. One of IRM's finest pieces.

In preparation for the July 4th Trolley Pageant, a five car North Shore train was put together. Here, it is seen on the car line stopped at Depot Street.