Illinois Railway Museum ,Union,IL
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago. The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd
Illinois Adventure #1706 Illinois Railway Museum
Illinois Adventure visits the Illinois Railway Museum. The award winning Illinois Railway Museum (IRM), open from April through October, celebrates railway preservation with electric cars, steam trains, diesel trains, trolley buses and motor buses operating throughout the grounds. This museum was the film location for all of the scenes on the train and at the railroad depot in A League of Their Own. The mission of the Illinois Railway Museum is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States through the preservation and operation of railroad and mass transit rolling stock and the display of related artifacts in a realistic setting. These exhibits provide an interactive, educational experience for visitors of all ages. It has always been a prime desire of the Museum and its membership to display our historic collections to the public-at-large. Throughout IRM's existence, there has been a concerted outreach to the general public to gain recognition, acceptance and support.
Chicago and North Western Units Everywhere! ( Illinois Railway Museum Diesel Days Part 1 )
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago. The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd. The museum was granted its tax-exempt status in 1957 and its mission is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States as a whole. There are over 450 pieces of prototype equipment in its collection as well as numerous displays. Visitors may ride on some of the museum's electric, steam and diesel powered trains from April through October. The Museum holds an event yearly called Diesel Days. This event showcases many of the museums equipment pieces. In this series of videos you will see my trip to the museum and all of the great action taken.
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One Hour at the Illinois Railway Museum Labor Day
The Museum The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago. The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd. The museum was granted its tax-exempt status in 1957 and its mission is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States as a whole. There are over 450 pieces of prototype equipment in its collection as well as numerous displays. Visitors may ride on some of the museum's electric, steam and diesel powered trains from April through October.
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The Illinois Railway Museum 2016 Part 1!
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago. The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd. The museum was granted its tax-exempt status in 1957 and its mission is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States as a whole. There are over 450 pieces of prototype equipment in its collection as well as numerous displays. Visitors may ride on some of the museum's electric, steam and diesel powered trains from April through October.
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Illinois Railway Museum: Memorial Day
Illinois Railway Museum: Memorial Day
Recorded on 5/28/18
For the first time ever since hiring Miles Jajich, David Dupuis, and Aaron Gonzales, the A-Train4014 Productions team has finally met together as a full team at the Illinois Railway Museum for Memorial Day with honorary member, Andrew Sonkin (TheRailAviator777). While we were there, the crew got video footages of a few railroad equipment running around the museum property including CB&Q 9911A (Nebraska Zephyr) and the SLSF 1630 (Frisco 1630). Last year, our video was pretty lengthy but it will be a 12 minute video. Because of how busy and how humid it was outside, we were limited to filming. But overall, we had a blast and we even got a team photo in front of Frisco 1630! Happy Memorial Day to all and special thanks to our United States Military for your sacrifice and bravery for letting us film trains whenever we can.
C&NW commuter train at the Illinois Railway Museum
A three car commuter train with equipment painted for the Chicago and Northwestern do a run by during the Diesel Days parade in 2012. Led a cabcar and being pushed by F7 411.
Illinois Railway Museum
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago.Illinois Railway Museum OUTSTANDING! If you are a fan of big iron and rails, this is your place!!! There are about nine different huge barns on a huge yard, there is another yard next door with almost as much area and rolling stock waiting to be restored. Each barn is loaded with different cars, trolley's locomotives and working cars.
Illinois Railway Museum Union, IL including ride on Chicago North Shore interurban 06/12/16
After seeing the NKP 765 up in Walworth, WI, I headed to the Illinois Railway Museum about a half hour south. While there are plenty of railroad museums in the United States, this one probably has one of the most if not the most extensive collection of railroad equipment out there. It was a quick visit as I plan on coming back during the Diesel days next month. I ended up riding on a Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Interurban set and saw the Frisco 1630 depart and come back into the station. Enjoy and don't forget to comment and subscribe!!
0:00 A quick view of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban set waiting to take passengers.
0:10 The ride on that same train to the end of the railways trackage, I didn't include the entire trip due to length, but the interurban sure was running great!!
13:56 A trolley moves on the museums trolley loop
14:07 Frisco 1630 warming up for a day of action. The steam engine is the workhorse of the museums steam collection and often is used to move cars around on top of being used for passengers on the museums rail line.
14:29 Union Pacific 6930, a DDA-40X sitting outside the steam engine and diesel barn, one of only a handful in existence. I hope to see two other examples, one in Omaha, Nebraska, and North Platte when my brother and I drive out to Colorado to see my dad.
14:52 Frisco 1630 getting ready to depart for its first trip of the day. it departs at 16:27
18:08 A walk by of Union Pacific 18 a gast turbine-electric locomotive only one of two of it's kind left the other being in Utah.
18:50 Frisco 1630 comes back to the depot
8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.4
8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.4
Here is part 4 of the many clips we took during our Illinois trip of the largest railway museum in the United States, the Illinois Railway Museum. Very awesome place with lots of unique equipment including awesome displays, the unpatched CNW duo 8646(which we have seen before in City of Industry) and 8701, Thomas and Percy, interurbans and Frisco 1630 running on the main line.
This place is certainly worth a trip. We hope you enjoy!
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The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago.The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd.The museum was granted its tax-exempt status in 1957 and its mission is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States as a whole.There are over 450 pieces of prototype equipment in its collection as well as numerous displays.
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8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.2
8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.2
Here is part 2 of the many clips we took during our Illinois trip of the largest railway museum in the United States, the Illinois Railway Museum. Very awesome place with lots of unique equipment including awesome displays, the unpatched CNW duo 8646(which we have seen before in City of Industry) and 8701, Thomas and Percy, interurbans and Frisco 1630 running on the main line.
This place is certainly worth a trip. We hope you enjoy!
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Cab Ride in F9-A BN-1 at the Illinois Railway Museum - 4K
Watch in 4K Resolution! Here's the second video from my trip to the Chicago area. The highlight of our trip was an all-day visit to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. This incredible museum is often regarded as the gold standard of railroad museums in the United States. The museum consists of a massive facility with over ten display and maintenance barns and yards containing over 450 pieces of railroad equipment. The museum has equipment representing many of the eras and regions of railroading in the United States. The museum owns steam engines ranging from the smallest tank engine all the way up to some of the largest steam locomotives built in the pre-diesel era. The museum has diesel locomotives ranging from the earliest switchers up to some of the most recent locomotive models to be retired. The museum has countless electric locomotives, streetcars, interurban cars, and other electric traction equipment. And finally, the museum has innumerable railroad cars, both passenger and freight. Although much of the museum's equipment is non-operational, a very large portion of the museum's fleet is operational and sees regular use on the museum's mainline. The museum's mainline is on the right of way of the former Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company. The entire facility including the mainline is electrified to allow operation of electric locomotives and equipment, and the mainline is equipped with Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) with signals of many vintages. With a large volunteer staff, and the flexibility of a mainline with CTC signals and sidings, the IRM can be a busy place, with several demonstration trains for visitors to ride operating at once.
On the day of our visit, the museum was fairly quiet and only one train crew was on duty. However, the crew was flexible and was able to operate several different trains for people to ride over the course of the day. We rode an interurban train and a Chicago CTA L train, but the highlight of the day was when we were permitted to ride in the cab of the museum's ex. Burlington Northern F9-A as it pulled a string of passenger coaches.
BN-1 was originally built in 1954 as an F9-A numbered 6700A for the Northern Pacific Railroad. When Northern Pacific merged with three other railroad companies in 1970 to form the Burlington Northern Railroad, the 6700A was carried over and was renumbered a couple times during its ownership by BN. In 1990, the locomotive was rebuilt by BN with upgraded cab controls and equipment, and painted in the BN cream and green executive scheme to pull BN's business trains. After a few years of service in that role, BN-1, along with its sisters, BN-2 (F9-B) and BN-3 (E9-A), made its way to the Illinois Railway Museum.
This video is from our cab ride from just past the station at the museum to the eastern end of the mainline. You'll hear the engine notching up as we accelerate along parts of the mainline, and the well preserved Leslie RS3K horn. A big thanks goes out to the train crew and the museum as a whole for this fun experience.
Visit the museum's website at for information on the museum and its operations. I would strongly recommend that every railfan visit the museum at some point in their life.
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8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.3
8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.3
Here is part 3 of the many clips we took during our Illinois trip of the largest railway museum in the United States, the Illinois Railway Museum. Very awesome place with lots of unique equipment including awesome displays, the unpatched CNW duo 8646(which we have seen before in City of Industry) and 8701, Thomas and Percy, interurbans and Frisco 1630 running on the main line.
This place is certainly worth a trip. We hope you enjoy!
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Illinois Railway Museum Showcase Weekend 2018
After catching 765 racing to Chicago on the morning of September 15, 2018, I headed north out of the suburbs to the small town of Union and the Illinois Railway Museum. Covering 80 acres and owning over 450 pieces of equipment, it is the largest railroad museum in the United States. I visited during the annual Museum Showcase Weekend, and operating that day was Frisco 1630, one of nearly 200 Russian Railways Ye class 2-10-0s stranded in the US by the Bolshevik Revolution, which was celebrating its 100th birthday during the event. Also running was Charles City Western 300, an electric steeple-cab locomotive, Rock Island GP7 4506, some Chicago Aurora and Elgin interurban cars, some Northwestern Elevated 'L' cars, a plethora of trolleys, and the Nebraska Zephyr, which was debuting a restored CB&Q baggage car. At the end of the day steeple-cab 300 developed a problem and was replaced by Minnesota Transfer RS-3 200.
Unfortunately I was just a day too early to see J Neils Lumber Co 5, a shay locomotive under restoration that made some of its first test runs in front of the shop on the 16th. I guess I have a reason to go back!
Illinois Railway Museum Chicago Day 2017 Part 1
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago. The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd. The museum was granted its tax-exempt status in 1957 and its mission is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States as a whole. There are over 450 pieces of prototype equipment in its collection as well as numerous displays. Visitors may ride on some of the museum's electric, steam and diesel powered trains from April through October. All of these clips were taken from the Museums Chicago Day Event! This took place on June 17th of 2017 and had many Chicago Based pieces of equipment running! Hope you enjoy Part 1!
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Illinois Railway Museum Chicago Day 2017 Part 2
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago. The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd. The museum was granted its tax-exempt status in 1957 and its mission is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States as a whole. There are over 450 pieces of prototype equipment in its collection as well as numerous displays. Visitors may ride on some of the museum's electric, steam and diesel powered trains from April through October. All of these clips were taken from the Museums Chicago Day Event! This took place on June 17th of 2017 and had many Chicago Based pieces of equipment running! Hope you enjoy Part 1!
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8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.1
8/6/16 A day at the Illinois Railway Museum Pt.1
Here is part 1 of the many clips we took during our Illinois trip of the largest railway museum in the United States, the Illinois Railway Museum. Very awesome place with lots of unique equipment including awesome displays, the unpatched CNW duo 8646(which we have seen before in City of Industry) and 8701, Thomas and Percy, interurbans and Frisco 1630 running on the main line.
This place is certainly worth a trip. We hope you enjoy!
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DVD Preview - Sparks & Cinders, The Illinois Railway Museum
Our DVD “Sparks & Cinders” is a fine documentary of the Illinois Railway Museum, which was established in 1953 to preserve and operate just one interurban car. IRM has since grown to become the largest railroad museum in the United States.
In 1964 the museum moved to its present location at Union, IL, where track was relayed on the former right-of-way of the Elgin & Belvidere interurban to become the 5 mile long main line for steam, diesel, and interurban trains. A mile-long streetcar loop was constructed around the main grounds to circulate museum visitors via electric streetcars. The huge grounds are filled with railroad signs, signals, and small and large structures saved from transit systems and mainline railroads. Large storage and display barns keep most of the equipment under cover.
Footage for our program was shot over four years and includes electric, diesel and steam in operation, plus offsite diesel trips to the 2011 Rock Island Illinois Train Festival and the 2014 Streamliners at Spencer event in North Carolina. One of our visits to IRM included the annual Trolley Parade, a daylong event that brings out an unusually large part of the electric collection.
The 87 minute DVD was made with the cooperation of the Illinois Railway Museum, and it’s a must for fans of Midwest railroading! Add it to your collection -
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Illinois Railway Museum Chicago Day 2017 Part 3
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles northwest of Chicago. The museum is situated at 7000 Olson Rd. The museum was granted its tax-exempt status in 1957 and its mission is to demonstrate the vital role railroads have played in the growth of the Chicago area as well as the United States as a whole. There are over 450 pieces of prototype equipment in its collection as well as numerous displays. Visitors may ride on some of the museum's electric, steam and diesel powered trains from April through October. All of these clips were taken from the Museums Chicago Day Event! This took place on June 17th of 2017 and had many Chicago Based pieces of equipment running! Hope you enjoy Part 1!
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