The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) is pleased to announce that Chicago & Illinois Midland (C&IM) 30, a rare type RS1325 diesel locomotive, has arrived at the museum’s site in Union, Illinois. The locomotive’s last operator, the Genesee & Wyoming, purchased the C&IM in 1996 and donated this historic engine to

The Illinois Railway Museum is pleased to announce the arrival of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 4110, a 2003 trolley bus. Neoplan USA, a former manufacturer of transit and intercity buses, built MBTA 4110. Neoplan USA was the American licensee of German company Neoplan Bus. Bus 4110 was one of a

Historic White Castle façade to be preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum Chicago area museum plans to incorporate the artifact into a recreated 1950s street scene UNION, IL — When you think of White Castle, “historic artifact” may not be the first phrase that comes to mind, but it was

The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2023 with a number of special and expanded events throughout the year. Many of these events are unique to this anniversary-year celebration, so the public is encouraged to take advantage of these opportunities where special equipment is scheduled to

We are excited to announce that a matching donation opportunity has been offered to the Illinois Railway Museum. This offer goes toward raising money for indoor storage of diesel locomotives in our collection. The opportunity is a dollar for dollar match of up to $50,000 for donations to the IRM

The Illinois Railway Museum has brought an historic E8A passenger engine back to home territory for preservation. Iowa Pacific 515, formerly Chicago & North Western (C&NW) 515, arrived on Museum property on Sunday, December 5, 2021, after being transported by rail from a storage location in Mississippi. The Electro-Motive Division

The Illinois Railway Museum is pleased to announce the opening of its Model Railroad Exhibit. The exhibit opened to the public for the first time on Friday, November 26, 2021, for the first day of the 2021 Happy Holiday Railway event at the Museum. The exhibit will remain open during

Union Pacific 900075, one of the last steam-powered rotary snow plows ever built, will be officially unveiled on October 2 and 3, 2021 following a three-year restoration effort. The unveiling will take place as part of the Illinois Railway Museum’s Steam in the Fall event, featuring the year’s final operation

The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) has acquired a rare 36′ billboard meat refrigerator car. At one time, “reefers” like this were a common sight on American railroads, transporting perishable products from coast to coast. Brightly painted advertisements touted the products they carried, from beer to butter to bacon. Kingan and

We are thrilled that the State of Illinois has moved into Phase 5 of their reopening plan, and we very much look forward to welcoming back so many of our friends and supporters. Some of our health and safety guidelines are changing starting June 12th. Even with almost all of