Search Results for: Pullman
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
Amtrak Collection
Collection Name: Amtrak Collection Location: Pullman Library Description: Car Equipment Rosters; Drawings – Post Implementation Conversion; Drawings – Post HEP Conversion; Equipment Rosters; Manuals – Maintenance AmFleet I & II; Manuals – Maintenance Heritage Fleet; Manuals – Maintenance Superliner I & II; Manuals – Training AmFleet I & II; Manuals
Trailmobile Collection
Collection Name: Trailmobile Collection Location: Pullman Library Description: Historical photos; trailer documentation; trailer negatives; trailer photographs Size: Percent Digitized: 0% For more information on the Pullman Library, see www.irm.org/pullmanlibrary
Budd Collection
Collection Name: Budd Company Drawings Location: Pullman Library Description: Airport moving lounges; passenger car drawings; passenger car drawing lists; passenger car job information; passenger car vendor drawings; test and research and development papers and results; transit vehicle drawings; export (Portugal, Brazil, etc.) vehicle drawings Size: Roughly 100,000 drawings Percent Digitized:
Railroad Documents
Collection Name: Railroad Documents Collection Location: Pullman Library Description: B&O, B&OCT, C&WI valuation maps; CA&E documents, maps, Cincinnati Car Co. drawings; CMStP&P profiles, signals track, MOW drawings; CRI&P drawings and photos; GTW/DT&I drawings and documents; IC glass plate negatives, track profiles; rule books, instructions, employee and public timetables, maps; railroad
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%