Exhibits
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Model Railroad Exhibit
The Model Railroad Exhibit and Hobby Shop features three operating model railroad layouts and one under construction. The exhibit is located in the Multi-Purpose Building…
Freight Train Exhibit
***This exhibit is currently closed for rehabilitation work.*** From the earliest days of railroading right up to the present, the movement of freight has been…
Post Office Gallery
Featured in the Post Office Gallery for a limited time during 2024 only, the Illinois Railway Museum is proud to present Requiem for Steam: Railroad…
Milwaukee Road Museum
The Milwaukee Road Museum and Archives is operated by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. Open only on certain Saturdays during the summer, it celebrates and…
C&NW Historical Society Archives
Open on select weekend days and during certain IRM event days, the Chicago & North Western Historical Society Archives Building is operated by and home…
Yard 5 Exhibit Cars
***This exhibit is currently closed for rehabilitation work.*** In our exhibit cars in Yard 5, you'll find rotating exhibits focusing on specific oft-overlooked areas of…
Barn 3
Barn 3 is one of our train exhibit buildings, or barns. In Barn 3 you'll find restored Pullman sleeping cars, elegant private cars, dining cars,…
Barn 6
Barn 6 is one of our train exhibit buildings, or barns. In Barn 6 you'll find interurban cars, freight equipment, and maintenance equipment from electric…
Barn 7
Barn 7 is one of our train exhibit buildings, or barns. In our Barn 7 exhibit building you can tour the history of street railways…
Barn 8
Barn 8 is one of our train exhibit buildings, or barns. In Barn 8 you'll find restored 'L' cars from the Chicago rapid transit system,…
Barn 9
Barn 9 is one of our train exhibit buildings, or barns. In Barn 9 you'll find the true giants of the rails: huge steam engines…
Hoffman Bus Garage
The Hoffman Bus Garage, home to many of our preserved buses and trolley buses, is one of our equipment exhibit buildings. The Illinois Railway Museum's…
Signal Display
The Signal Display at the Illinois Railway Museum, located along the north side of Barn 4, includes a wide variety of railroad signals. Signals on…
Signs and Entablatures
Spread out around the museum grounds you'll find more than a dozen restored signs, entablatures, and stonework salvaged from railroads and railroad stations. Numerous lit…