Illinois Railway Museum
Museum in Union, Illinois, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, reporting mark IRMX) is the largest railroad museum in the United States.[1][2] It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois, 55 miles (89 km) northwest of downtown Chicago.
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| Locale | Union, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°13′40″N 88°31′43″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Built by | Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reporting mark | IRMX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stations | Mainline: 2 Streetcar loop: 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4.6 mi (7.4 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1953 | Opened as Illinois Electric Railway Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company right-of-way acquired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Named Illinois Railway Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Museum relocated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Illinois Terminal Railroad interurban car 415 first operated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | First steam locomotive operated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | First storage barn erected | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Streetcar loop constructed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Late 1980s/early 1990s | Railroad line built | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Headquarters | Union, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
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History
The museum was founded in 1953 by ten people who joined to purchase Indiana Railroad interurban car 65. Originally called the Illinois Electric Railway Museum, the museum was located on the grounds of the Chicago Hardware Foundry in North Chicago. In 1961, it was renamed to the Illinois Railway Museum to reflect its expanding scope. In 1964, the museum moved to Union, Illinois along the former right-of-way of the Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company. In 1968 the first steam locomotive was operated at the museum. The first storage barn was erected in 1972. In 1981, a one-mile (1.6 km) streetcar loop was constructed.[3][4] The right-of-way the museum was constructed next to still had back taxes into the 1980s. To gain full use of the track, the museum paid the back taxes, and gained the 4.6 miles (7.4 km) of railroad track to add to their property portfolio.[5] In 2016, the IRM purchased a 130-foot turntable from Union Pacific's former Denver & Rio Grande Western Burnham Shops complex in Denver for $10,000. The turntable is large enough for any locomotive in their collection, and will be used to store their steam locomotives, along with a planned roundhouse.[6] There are over 500 pieces of equipment, and over 100 acres of land owned by the museum.[4]
Operations
The museum's operations are primarily concentrated around its main campus just east of Union. Train rides are offered on the main line as well as the streetcar loop. Electric trains are operated from April through October and diesel and steam trains from the beginning of May through the end of September. Trolleybus operation occurs on the Saturdays of the Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day weekends, as well as on "Bus Day"; the last Saturday in September or the first Saturday in October. IRM is one of only two railway museums in the country that operates both electric and diesel trains, and the only one to offer trolleybus rides on a regular basis.
Equipment and structures
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Museum site and structures
The Illinois Railway Museum property covers more than 80 acres (32 ha),[7] the most extensive physical plant of any rail museum in North America. In 2009, the museum bought another 89 acres (36 ha) of adjacent land as a buffer against development.[8] The main campus is located at 42°13′40.0″N 88°31′38.08″W. In addition to the museum's revenue trackage, the main campus in Union includes:
- 11 equipment storage barns with a total of 3.25 miles (5.23 km) of track under cover
- Two additional garages housing trolleybuses and motor buses
- A dedicated steam restoration shop
- A former Chicago and North Western railway depot from Marengo, Illinois, built in 1851
- A complete Chicago Rapid Transit Company ground-level station (50th Avenue station, closed by CTA in 1978)
- Five streetcar stations of varying design
- Several restored and functional neon signs and concrete entablatures on display
- An indoor dining facility built in 2003 (open seasonally)
- The Multi-purpose Building completed in 2021 housing the Model Railroad Display, the Revolving Exhibit Gallery, the Pullman Archive, and the Milwaukee Road Historic Association.
- A 130-foot (40 m) turntable from the Union Pacific Railroad's Burnham Shops[9]
- Seven railroad crossings, with five wigwags. Two of the five wigwags are upper-quadrant wigwags from the Magnetic Signal Company, one from the Union Switch & Signal, and the other two are lower quadrant wigwag from the Western Railroad Supply Company. The other two crossings are from the Griswold Signal Company.
IRM also owns one off-site library; the Strahorn Research Library in downtown Marengo. The Pullman Archive, formerly located in downtown Union, IL moved on campus to the Multi-purpose Building in 2021.
Equipment
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Locomotives
| Name | Class | Image | Type | Builder | Built | Status | Previous Owner |
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| St. Louis-San Francisco 1630 | 2-10-0 Decapod |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1918 | Operational | Eagle-Picher Ore Mine |
| American Creosote Works 7 | 0-4-0 Tank locomotive | Steam locomotive | Vulcan Iron Works | 1917 | Display | American Creosote Works (Jackson) | |
| Amtrak 945 | EMD AEM-7 |  |
Electric Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1982 | Display | Amtrak |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 92 | EMD FP45 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1967 | Operational | Santa Fe |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 2903 | 4-8-4 Northern |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1943 | Display | Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) |
| Burlington Northern 1 | EMD F9A | .jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1954 | Operational | Burlington Northern |
| Burlington Northern 2 | EMD F9B | Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1954 | Operational | Burlington Northern | |
| Burlington Northern 3 | EMD E9A |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1956 | Operational | Burlington Northern |
| Burlington Northern 5383 | GE U30C |  |
Diesel Locomotive | GE Transportation | 1974 | Operational | Burlington Northern |
| Chesapeake and Ohio 2707 | 2-8-4 Kanawha |  |
Steam Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1943 | Display | City of Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy 114 | GE U28B |  |
Diesel Locomotive | GE Transportation | 1967 | Operational | Burlington Northern |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy 504 | EMD SD24 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1959 | Operational | Burlington Northern |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy 637 | 4-6-0 Ten wheeler | .jpg) |
Steam Locomotive | Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works | 1892 | Display | City of Aurora, Illinois |
| Chicago Burlington and Quincy 3007 | 4-6-4 Hudson |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1930 | Display, awaiting restoration | City of Griggsville, Illinois |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy 4963 | 2-8-2 Mikado |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1923 | Display | Chicago scrapyard |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9255 | EMD SW7 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1950 | Operational | Burlington Northern |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A Silver Pilot | EMD E5 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1940 | Operational | Chicago Burlington And Quincy |
| Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9976 | EMD E9A |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1953 | Operational | Burlington Northern |
| Chicago And North Western 411 | EMD F7A |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1949 | Operational | Metra |
| Chicago And North Western 515 | EMD E8A |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1953 | Operational | Iowa Pacific Holdings |
| Chicago And North Western 1518 | EMD GP7 | ,_1948.jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1949 | Operational | Chicago And North Western |
| Chicago And North Western 1689 | Alco RSD5 | .jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1954 | Operational | Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad |
| Chicago And North Western 6847 | EMD SD40-2 | .jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1976 | Operational | Union Pacific |
| Chicago & North Western 7009 | EMD SD50 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1985 | Operational | Chicago & North Western, National Railway Equipment (NREX) |
| Chicago South Shore and South Bend 803 | Little Joe | .jpg) |
Electric Locomotive | GE Transportation | 1949 | Display, operable | Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| Commonwealth Edison 5 | 0-6-0 switcher |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1922 | Display | Chicago scrapyard |
| Commonwealth Edison 15 | EMD SW1 | .jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1950 | Operational | Midwest Generation LLC |
| Conrail 4601 | GE E33 | Electric Locomotive | GE Transportation | 1956 | Display | Railroad Museum of New England | |
| Coronet Phosphate 9 | 2-6-2 Prairie tank locomotive |  |
Steam locomotive | H.K. Porter, Inc. | 1925 | Display | Private owner |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton 16 | 4-4-0 |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1915 | Display | The Henry Ford Museum |
| Grand Trunk Western 6323 | 4-8-4 Northern (Confederation) |  |
Steam Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1942 | Display | Private owner in Detroit, Michigan |
| Grand Trunk Western 8380 | 0-8-0 switcher |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1929 | Display | Northwestern Steel and Wire Company[11] |
| Graysonia Nashville and Ashdown 26 | 2-6-0 Mogul |  |
Steam locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1926 | Display | Private owner |
| Green Bay and Western 2407 | Alco RSD15 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1960 | Operational | Green Bay and Western Railroad |
| Illinois Central 201 | 2-4-4T |  |
Steam Locomotive | Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works | 1880 | Display | Private owner |
| Illinois Central 3719 | 2-6-0 Mogul | ![Thumb](#/media/File:Illinois_Central_Railroad_-3719,_2-6-0_"Mogul",_Brooks,_1900.jpg) |
Steam locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1900 | Display | Steamtown, U.S.A. |
| Illinois Terminal 1605 | EMD GP7 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1953 | Operational | Illinois Terminal Railroad |
| J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5 | 3 Truck Shay | Steam Locomotive | Lima Locomotive Works | 1929 | Operational | J. Neils Lumber Co. | |
| Lake Superior and Ishpeming 35 | 2-8-0 Consolidation |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1916 | Display | Marquette and Huron Mountain Railroad |
| Lehigh and New England 207 | 0-6-0 switcher | Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1936 | Display | Private owner in Detroit, Michigan | |
| Louisiana and Arkansas 99 | 2-8-0 Consolidation |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1919 | Display | South Shore Railroad |
| MBTA 902 | EMD GP9 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1957 | Display | MBTA |
| Metra 308 | EMD F7A |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1949 | Operational | Metra |
| Milwaukee Road 30 | Sedan |  |
Inspection car | Dodge | 1947 | Display | Mid-Continent Railway Museum |
| Milwaukee Road 118C | EMD F7A |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive | 1951 | Operational | Milwaukee Road |
| Milwaukee Road 265 | 4-8-4 Northern |  |
Steam Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1944 | Display | City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Milwaukee Road 760 | FM H10-44 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Fairbanks-Morse | 1944 | Operational | Milwaukee Road |
| Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern 21 | Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 | ,_1948.jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1948 | Operational | Minneapolis Northfield and Southern Railway |
| Minnesota Transfer Railway 200 | Alco RS3 | ,_1951_-_10570909323.jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1951 | Operational | Minnesota Transfer Railway |
| Nekoosa Paper 14 | ALCO S1 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1947 | Operational | Nekoosa
Paper, Inc. |
| Norfolk and Western 2050 | 2-8-8-2 Y3a |  |
Steam Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1923 | Display | Armco |
| Pennsylvania Railroad 4927 | PRR GG1 |  |
Electric Locomotive | GE Transportation | 1942 | Display | Amtrak |
| Public Service Co. 7 | 0-6-0 Tank locomotive |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1926 | Display | Central Illinois Public Service Company |
| Rock Island 938 | 4-6-2 Pacific |  |
Steam Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1910 | Display | Fort Worth and Western Railroad |
| Rock Island 4506 | EMD GP7R | .jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1952 | Operational | Chicago And North Western |
| Southern Pacific 975 | 2-10-2 Santa Fe type |  |
Steam Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1918 | Display | City of Beaumont, Texas |
| Southern Pacific 1518 | EMD SD7 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1951 | Operational | Southern Pacific |
| Toledo, Peoria and Western 400 | ALCO RS-11 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1958 | Display | |
| Toledo, Peoria and Western 800 | ALCO C424 | Diesel Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1964 | Operational | Morristown and Erie Railway | |
| Tuskegee 101 | 2-6-2 Prairie | Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1924 | Awaiting restoration | T. R. Miller | |
| Union Electric Co. 4 | 0-4-0 Fireless locomotive |  |
Fireless Steam Locomotive | H.K. Porter, Inc. | 1946 | Display | Transport Museum Association |
| Union Pacific 18 | Union Pacific GTEL |  |
Gas turbine Locomotive | GE Transportation | 1960 | Display | Union Pacific |
| Union Pacific 428 | 2-8-0 Consolidation |  |
Steam
Locomotive |
Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1900 | Undergoing restoration | Union Pacific |
| Union Pacific 1848 | GE Dash 8-40B | .jpg) |
Diesel Locomotive | GE Transportation | 1988 | Operational | Union Pacific |
| Union Pacific 6930 | EMD DDA40X "Centennial" |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1970 | Display | Union Pacific |
| United States Army 8537 | GE 45-ton switcher |  |
Diesel Locomotive | 1944 | Operational | United States Army Transportation Corps | |
| Wisconsin and Southern | EMD E9B | Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1955 | Operational | Wisconsin and Southern | |
| Wisconsin Central 7525 | EMD SD45 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1971 | Operational | Wisconsin Central |
| Atlantic and Western 30 | EMD RS1325 |  |
Diesel Locomotive | Electro-Motive Corporation | 1960 | Operational | Genesee & Wyoming |
Electric locomotives
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Other equipment
- Toronto Transit Commission CLRV #4034, the newest in the museum's streetcar collection. The streetcar is being regauged (truck exchange or Wheelset exchange) from TTC gauge (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in / 1,495 mm) to operate on IRM's 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge trackage.
- Nebraska Zephyr: Streamlined Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad passenger trainset.
- Two New York City Transit Authority IRT Division R28 Series subway cars from 1960 (numbers 7926–7927): Built by ACF in the Berwick, Pennsylvania Plant.
- The museum's depot: Built in 1851 for the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest train station west of the Appalachian Mountains in regular use.
- 23 electric trolleybuses from Chicago, Dayton, Ohio, Cleveland, Des Moines, Iowa, Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Boston and Seattle.
- 13 motor buses: from CTA (3), Janesville, WI (2), RTA (1), CMC (1), CSL (1), NSL (1), StL Public Service (1), Connecticut Co (1), Bee Line (1), and Montebello (1).
Formerly owned locomotives
| Locomotive | Class | Image | Type | Builder | Built | Status | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer and Lake Erie 154 | 2-8-0 Consolidation |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1909 | Static display | The Henry Ford Museum |
| Georgia Northern 102 | 4-6-0 Ten wheeler |  |
Steam Locomotive | American Locomotive Company | 1923 | Static display | End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum |
| Lake Superior and Ishpeming 34 | 2-8-0 Consolidation | .jpg) |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1916 | Stored | Western Maryland Scenic Railroad |
| Norfolk and Western 475 | 4-8-0 Mastodon |  |
Steam Locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1906 | Operational | Strasburg Rail Road |
| Polson Logging Co. 2 | 2-8-2 |  |
Steam locomotive | Baldwin Locomotive Works | 1912 | Operational | Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, Oregon Rail Heritage Center |
Organization
The Illinois Railway Museum is an IRS Chapter 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation owned and managed by its membership. Museum management includes a board of directors, elected by the regular membership of about 160 active volunteers. A board president is elected by the directors. The board oversees the general manager, a volunteer who in turn has oversight over an array of department heads. Major departments include Steam, Diesel, Electric Car, Passenger Car, Freight Car, Track & Signal, Buildings & Grounds, Trolley Bus, Motor Bus, and Operations. Other departments oversee the museum's libraries, electrical infrastructure, and display and education functions. Most department heads are volunteers. All workers at the museum fall under the direct authority of one of the department heads. The vast majority of workers are volunteers. Anyone who is interested in trains or other collections/aspects of the museum is actively encouraged to volunteer, with required training done by the museum.
Use in film
IRM has been used in several films, due to its proximity to Chicago and its extensive collection of historic railroad equipment. In the 1992 film A League of Their Own, starring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, and Madonna, the museum's depot was used for several small-town depot scenes; other scenes featured with the Nebraska Zephyr and only surviving EMD E5.[12] The 1993 movie Groundhog Day featured the museum's EMD SD24 diesel locomotive.[12] The museum's grounds and some of the passenger cars were used in the movie The Babe, starring John Goodman.[12] In late 2005, the Burlington 9911A and several coaches operated to Chicago for filming in Flags of Our Fathers, a Clint Eastwood film.[13] Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) made IRM the host of several scenes.[14]
Many television shows' railroad sequences have been shot at the IRM. Scenes depicting steam era operations in the late 1920s were shot for the 1993 television series The Untouchables.[15] The show Chicago Fire features the IRM onsite in the season 2 episode "No Regrets".[16]
Special events
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References
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