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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.
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway 1630 is a preserved class "Ye" 2-10-0 type steam locomotive owned and operated by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. [1] Today, Frisco No. 1630 is currently one of two operating Decapods in service in America, the other being former Great Western No. 90 at the Strasburg Rail Road outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania. [2]
Fox River Trolley Museum. Continues to be open to the public on Sundays and special events from May-June, Saturdays, Sundays, and special events July-August, Sundays and special events September-October, and Special events November-December. The Fox River Trolley Museum is a railroad museum in South Elgin, Illinois.
McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, Chicago, closed in 2009. Motorola Museum of Electronics, Schaumburg [85][86] Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, closed in 2009. Museum of Holography, Chicago [87] National Museum of Surveying, Springfield, closed in 2013. Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, closed in 2015.
Website. www.mrym.org. The Monticello Railway Museum (initialized MRYM, reporting mark MRMZ[1][nb 1]) is a non-profit railroad museum located in Monticello, Illinois, about 18 miles west of Champaign, IL. It is home to over 100 pieces of railroad equipment, including several restored diesel locomotives and cars.
The rail line used by the Mid-Continent Railway Museum is a spur off the original Chicago and North Western Railway mainline. With the development of the Illinois Iron mine in early 1903, the C&NW sent a team of engineers on July 8, 1903, to survey a route to the iron fields. By August 12, C&NW president Marvin Hughitt had arrived in North ...
W. Wyoming station (Illinois) Categories: Railroad museums in the United States by state or territory. Transportation museums in Illinois. Rail transportation in Illinois.
The Galesburg Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Galesburg, Illinois, United States.The museum is located at 211 South Seminary Street. [1] [2]Its collection includes CB&Q 4-6-4 3006, a Pullman "Meath" car, Railway Express RPO Combination Mail & Baggage Car, CB&Q Burlington Route Way Car and a museum building housing a large collection of railroad history in pictures, on paper and items ...