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Unique Experiences for Museum Showcase Weekend Announced
IRM is pleased to announce a series of unique offerings and experiences during its annual Museum Showcase Weekend, September 16th and 17th, to commemorate the organization’s 70th anniversary. This year’s Showcase Weekend will feature constant train operations between 10:00am Saturday and 6:00pm Sunday, including the first time IRM has ever
Heavyweight Train
Climb aboard the "heavyweight train" at IRM and find yourself transported back to the golden days of rail travel. Experience luxury travel aboard long-distance Pullman cars renowned for their opulence and comfort. Relax in an armchair in the lounge car or enjoy the plush seating in a sleeping car. Check
Shay it Forward
Join us on Saturday, June 24th as we help to celebrate the life and the preservation legacy of the late Jim Wrinn, Editor of TRAINS magazine! Jim's widow Cate Kratville-Wrinn, herself the daughter of noted railroad historian and preservationist William Kratville, has set up the Shay It Forward program to
North Shore Line Day
In 2023, the Illinois Railway Museum will celebrate 70 years as an organization. On January 21st, festivities will kick off when IRM will commemorate 60 years since the abandonment of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, an electric interurban which ran between its namesake cities from 1908 until a
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 in America, starting with horse-drawn streetcars and ending with the streamlined PCC streetcars from the 1940s that closed out streetcar service in Chicago and many
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, and coaches on display. Walk through a Santa Fe lounge car to experience train travel in the 1940s Inspect the opulent 1880s private railroad car
The Museum in the Movies
Trains have been a staple of movies since the earliest days of cinema. From Buster Keaton in The General to Denzel Washington in Unstoppable, trains have featured in many of the best-known and best-loved movies. And at the Illinois Railway Museum, we are proud to have played a supporting role
Miscellaneous Documents
Collection Name: Miscellaneous Documents Collection Location: Pullman Library, Strahorn Library Description: Public timetables, employee timetables, brochures, EMD Public Relations Department files, Michael Johnson Collection (operations, spring and truck data, documents, drawings), streetcar photos, TTX Collection (drawings, manuals, catalogs, photos) Size: Percent Digitized:
Penn Central/PRR/NYC/Conrail Collection
Collection Name: Penn Central/Pennsylvania Railroad/New York Central/Conrail Collection Location: Pullman Library Description: Drawings, correspondence, documents Size: Percent Digitized: 10% For more information on the Pullman Library, see www.irm.org/pullmanlibrary
RoadRailer Collection
Collection Name: RoadRailer Collection Location: Pullman Library Description: Drawings, correspondence, documents, photographs Size: Percent Digitized: 5% For more information on the Pullman Library, see www.irm.org/pullmanlibrary