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The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, reporting mark IRMX) is the largest railroad museum in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois , 55 miles (89 km) northwest of downtown Chicago .
Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois. Originally donated to Smoky Hill Railway & Historical Society (Kansas City area); traded and moved to the IRM in 1991. [33] 6936: January 1971 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) DDA40X D-D Operational Silvis, Illinois [34] [35] 6944: August 1971 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) DDA40X D-D Static display
Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: Operational (as of 2022) CO-12 Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway No. 1: Steam 0-4-2 cog 1890 Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO: Originally named "John Hulbert"; rebuilt as a Vauclain compound and numbered #1 in 1893; operated on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway from 1891 into the 1960s. CO-13 Rio Grande ...
Illinois Oil Field Museum: Oblong: Crawford: Southern: Industry: Oil industry tools and equipment, Illinois Basin and surrounding areas of the oil boom era and the oil industry of that area [38] [39] Illinois Railway Museum: Union: McHenry: Northern Illinois: Railway: Includes steam, diesel and electric trains and heritage train rides
In turn, Illinois Steel was acquired by Federal Steel, which went on to be central in the formation of U.S. Steel. [7] [8] [9] The rolling mill, a key element of the works, struck its first blow in March 1873. Railroad rails rolled at the Joliet Works played a key role in the expansion of America's railroad infrastructure. [10]
Illinois Central No. 790 At Steamtown, Bellows Falls, Vermont, Oct 1983. This locomotive was built in 1903 by American Locomotive Company as a 2-8-0 Consolidation type. It was originally owned by Chicago Union Transfer Railway and numbered 100. It was sold to Illinois Central Railroad Company in 1904 and renumbered 641.
The Slumbercoach is an 85-foot-long, 24 single room, eight double room streamlined sleeping car.Built in 1956 by the Budd Company for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad for service on the Denver Zephyr, subsequent orders were placed in 1958 and 1959 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad for the Texas Eagle/National Limited, then in 1959 by the Northern ...
Illinois Central 201 is a steam locomotive, originally owned and operated by Illinois Central Railroad. In 1949, the locomotive was operated at the Chicago Railroad Fair as part of the "Wheels A-Rolling" pageant. It is now on static display at Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.