With the mainline's west end tied up for Throttle Time, East Switch was "the" place to be for Diesel Days this year. Case in point.
For the third and final day of Diesel Days, August 11th was dubbed "Covered Wagon Sunday" at the Illinois Railway Museum. METX F7(A) 308 holds down Johnson Siding as it waits for the pas... (more)
Freight Under Wire. Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric #5 (45T, GE, 1946) is one of 2 pieces of equipment at the Fox River Trolley Museum that is original to the line itself. This engine li... (more)
Shay 5 was the only steam locomotive operated at IRM in 2020. Here it is departing East Union with a train of socially-distanced passengers.
The fireman aboard Shay 5 scores a direct hit to the fireman on Frisco 1630 as they pass at Johnson Siding, just east of Union.
Both of IRM's operating steam locomotive are seen at the East Union station platform during Labor Day weekend, 2019.
A favorite from Diesel Days this year was the Illinois Terminal GP7 powering the caboose train. It's seen passing Seeman Road, heading back to the museum.
The caboose train is making its westbound run back to the museum with another outstanding lash-up put together by the Illinois Railway Museum. CRIP 4506 and ITC 1605 have the honors.
The Crystal Springs & Cahuenga Valley Railway was, I believe, a fictional railroad made up by the Travel Town folk in Los Angeles. Back in the 1990s and early 2000s they ran a caboose train on the... (more)
Looking like an ALCO, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's former US Army Davenport 44-Tonner 1231 leads a train of 2 NKP cabooses for a trip around the FWRHS Property. Although it may loo... (more)
The Southern 2601 pulling the NCTM's caboose train.
Metra F7 308 and CB&Q E5 9911-A wait to depart the IRM depot with their trains.
the Caboose train Is again seen heading back to the depot
the end of the Caboose Train
