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

Penn Central 4715 is the oldest electric locomotive preserved at IRM and is known as an “S-Motor.” It was built to haul passenger trains north out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City because steam engines could not be used in the Park Avenue Tunnel. It has a “bi-polar”

Pennsylvania Railroad 4927 is a GG-1 electric locomotive, perhaps the most famous type of electric locomotive ever built. The PRR built more than 130 of these locomotives and they pulled both passenger and freight trains between Washington DC and New York City for nearly 50 years. FUN FACT: The GG-1

Toledo Edison 1 is an electric locomotive built to haul coal hoppers around a power plant in Toledo. 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. Builder: GE Year