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All photos on this page are originals taken by me at the The
Illinois Railway Museum
in Union, IL. There are no copyrighted images here.
| The Frisco #1630 is a Baldwin built Decapod type locomotive manufactured for the Czar of Russia during the first world war. At the onset of the Bolshevik revolution, the locomotive was never delivered. This is an active unit run on a regular basis. A sister to this locomotive resides inactine at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation. |  (return to top)
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One of Union Pacific's turbines used extensively for freight service. This is an inactive display. |
| This GE U30C was recently retired from Burlington Northern after the merge with Sante Fe. This is an active unit. |  (return to top)
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Dubbed "Little Joe", this GE 2-Do-Do-2 double headed 3,000 volt electric, #803 of the South Shore Line, was designed and bulit in 1947 for commuter service in the Soviet Union. The advent of the cold war prevented it's delivery. |
| I believe this Santa Fe unit arrived in Union in late 1996. I could be wrong, but as close as I can figure, it appears to be an EMD F45 cowl unit locomotive mainly because the radiator grilles are directly behind the engineer's compartment. Santa Fe was the original requestor for this design. |  (return to top)
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This Fairbanks-Morse locomotive #760 is formerly of the Milwaukee Road. A sister to this locomotive, #767, can be found at the National Railroad Museum in Greenbay, WI. |
| Metra #305 and these three C&NW commuter cars are one of the latest aquisitions at IRM in 1998. The cars are repaints from Metra colors painted over C&NW colors. The locomotive is one of two F7s received. I believe the plan is to repaint at least one of them back to C&NW yellow and green. Photo taken in 2000. |  (return to top)
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The most powerful locomotive on the planet, the EMD DDA40X Centennial tops out at 6,600HP, reaching speeds of nearly 90MPH on freight consists. Put two or three of these monstrosities together, and they can pull anything you can throw at them, keeping with UP's motto "We can handle it".
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| This EMD GP7 of the Illinois Terminal Railway Company has been at IRM for quite a few years. Until recently, #1605 enjoyed the protection of sheltered shed life. Completely restored, she sits outside now as current and future projects occupy the shed space. |  (return to top)
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#4160 is a recently aquired EMD GP7 from Chicago&Northwestern Railroad. She too awaits her turn in the retro shed. |
| Joy Manufacturing #2 is a Whitcomb built model 12DM38 deisel non-electric. A 12 tonner, it is primarily used as a yard unit. It has a Hercules DRXC engine. |  (return to top)
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Recently restored Cook's Paint & Varnish was a turn of the century two bay tanker that was used mainly for shipping chemicals for manufacturing lead based paint products. (Photo taken 1999) |
| A typical three bay chemical tanker designed and built in the 1920s. This tanker type can still be seen in use today. (Photo taken in 1999) |  (return to top)
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Norfolk&Western #1458 is a restored mail car from the 1920s area. All of the lettering was not completed at time of this photo in 2010. |
