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CTA Collection

Collection Name: Chicago Transit Authority Collection Location: Pullman Library, Strahorn Library, Electric Car Department Library Description: Documents (brochures, correspondence, photos, specifications), equipment drawings and blueprints, maps (system, station), historical photos, ephemera Size: Percent Digitized: 5%

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Chicago Terminal Study

Collection Name: Chicago Terminal Study Location: On-site storage car Description: Maps, documents for Chicago smoke abatement study Size: Percent Digitized: 0%

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Pullman – Haskell & Barker

Collection Name: Pullman – Haskell & Barker Location: Pullman Library Description: Facility drawings (Michigan City 1914 – shop, company housing, municipal drawings), facility maps, freight car drawings, freight car drawing list, freight car photographs, passenger car parts, steam locomotive parts Size: Percent Digitized: 85% For more information on the Pullman

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Pullman Manufacturing

Collection Name: Pullman Manufacturing Drawings Location: Pullman Library Description: Brochures; Carbuilder magazines; color and design sketches, drawings; documentation – private cars; export production; facility maps, photographs; freight car contract books, correspondence files, drawings, drawing index, glass plate negatives, lot lists; historical photos; marketing ad copies, films, photographs; military armored vehicle

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Happy Holiday Railway

Happy Holiday Railway

All Aboard for an unforgettable train ride with Santa and his elves through the winter countryside!

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Diesel Days

Ride and see some of the less frequently run and rare diesel locomotives at IRM. Bring your camera and enjoy the weekend!

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why can’t you locate xxxxx? The collections at the Pullman Library encompass over 1 million drawings, hundreds of boxes of correspondence and financial records, passenger car specifications and drawing lists, marketing department materials, photos, negatives, index books, company publications and reference material. The collection is constantly being indexed and

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Bunny Trolley Hop

New this year, join us at the Illinois Railway Museum for some Easter fun! Hop aboard the streetcars where your adventure awaits. During your ride along the Bunny Trail you can help the Easter Bunny to find what he needs to fill his basket. At the end of your ride

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Directions

Directions to the Illinois Railway Museum Looking for directions to the museum? This page will give some basic directions from Chicago, from Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin, and from Rockford and Southwestern Wisconsin. For those that use software mapping applications, our street address is 7000 Olson Road, Union, Illinois, 60180. IRM

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