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Lone Star Cement
This unnumbered Lone Star Cement locomotive is a small switcher designed for moving one or two cars at a time around cement plants. It was operated by at least two different cement plants over the years, ending its service life at a facility in Elkhart, Indiana. It is one of
Armco B71
Armco B-71 is a very early example of a diesel locomotive. It was built to switch cars for American Rolling Mill (Armco) at low speed and was among the first diesels built with a “visibility cab” in an elevated location at one end of the engine, a feature later standard
TTI 260
TTI 260 is a diesel freight locomotive designed as a “road switcher” for general freight train service. It is an example of early Universal-series locomotive and is the only surviving U28B model locomotive in original condition. The U28B was a transition model and was only produced for approximately one year,
Chicago & North Western 1689
C&NW 1689 is a diesel freight locomotive designed as a “road switcher” for general freight train service. It is an RSD-series locomotive, a type developed from the RS-series that has six powered axles instead of only four for improved tractive effort. This is one of only two RSD-5 type locomotives
Union Pacific 1848
Union Pacific 1848 is the newest locomotive preserved at IRM. It is a diesel freight locomotive designed as a “road switcher” for general freight train service and is an example of the “Dash-8” series of locomotives built by General Electric. It is IRM’s only piece of equipment from the St.
Union Pacific M35
UP M-35 is the museum’s only example of a “doodlebug,” the universal nickname given to self-propelled internal combustion-powered passenger cars built during the 1920s. Cars like this were intended to provide passenger service on very lightly-trafficked branch lines and short lines, where a steam engine hauling a passenger train would
Chicago & North Western 9933
C&NW 9933 is a “Rail Diesel Car,” or RDC, a diesel-mechanical self-propelled coach. The RDC was designed in the late 1940s and was intended as a way for railroads to provide inexpensive passenger service on lightly-traveled branch lines. Nearly 400 RDC cars were built in all. This car was purchased
North Chicago Street Railroad 8
North Chicago Street Railroad 8 is the oldest street railway car from Chicago in existence. It is also one of relatively few preserved horse-drawn streetcars anywhere and it is the oldest piece of railway equipment at the museum. In service, one or two horses would haul this car with the
Chicago City Railway 209
Chicago City Railway 209 is a replica of a Chicago cable trailer. The Chicago Surface Lines built it during the Great Depression using metal components from an original car. Cable cars are closely associated today with San Francisco but in 1900 Chicago actually had the largest network of cable car
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 938
Rock Island 938 is an express passenger engine built for hauling heavy passenger trains at high speed. The 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement was very popular for mainline passenger engines between 1910 and about 1930 and 938 is an exemplar of the type. At the end of its service life it