Wisconsin Electric Power L4 is an electric locomotive built in the railroad’s Cold Spring Shops to haul freight trains on the Wisconsin interurban network. It is a “steeplecab,” with a cab in the center of the locomotive and sloping hoods on each side to provide good visibility in either direction

Wisconsin Electric Power L7 is an electric locomotive built in the railroad’s Cold Spring Shops to haul freight trains on the Wisconsin interurban network. It is a “steeplecab,” with a cab in the center of the locomotive and sloping hoods on each side to provide good visibility in either direction

Milwaukee Electric L10 is an electric locomotive built in the railroad’s Cold Spring Shops to haul freight trains on the Wisconsin interurban network. It is a “steeplecab,” with a cab in the center of the locomotive and sloping hoods on each side to provide good visibility in either direction for

Cornwall Street Railway Light & Power 14 is a type B-1 electric freight locomotive. It was built for the Springfield Terminal Railway in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1929 and resold to the electric railway in Cornwall, Ontario in 1956. Locomotives of similar design were common on electric interurban lines and electrified

Chicago Transit Authority S105 is a “steeplecab” electric locomotive built to haul freight over the North Side Elevated between Evanston and Montrose Avenue. In later years the CTA also used it for plowing snow. It was acquired by IRM in 2007 from another museum and is currently under restoration. Builder:

Charles City Western 300 is the only preserved electric locomotive built by the McGuire-Cummings Manufacturing Company of Chicago. It is a “steeplecab,” with a cab in the center of the locomotive and sloping hoods on each side to provide good visibility in either direction for the engineer. It was used

South Shore Line 803 is the largest operating electric locomotive in North America. It was built for export to Russia but due to the advent of the Cold War the sale was cancelled and the locomotive was instead sold to the South Shore for fast freight service. It was retired

Amtrak 945 is an 11,000 volt electric passenger locomotive built in LaGrange, Illinois. It is the fastest locomotive at IRM. It was designed for a maximum speed of 125mph, which it would reach in service on the Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. It was retired

Illinois Terminal 1565 is a “Class B” electric locomotive built by the Illinois Traction System (later Illinois Terminal) in its Decatur shops in 1910. Though primarily intended for hauling freight trains, the IT had a large fleet of unpowered coaches, sleeping cars, and parlor cars, and locomotives like 1565 were

Conrail 4601 is a mainline electric freight locomotive. It was built hauling coal trains for the Virginian Railway but was sold in 1963 to the New Haven Railroad. On the New Haven, it was used in general freight service between New York City and New Haven, Connecticut. Locomotive 4601 was