Illinois Railway Museum

Friday, ‎August ‎19, ‎2011 I visited the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM). Here are some of the photos I took there and I will try to add all of the info about these locomotives or cars that I know. I am also using the IRM's roster for info. I will post the individual links with the photos.

Chicago Transit Authority 2153 made by Pullman-Standard built in 1964
 http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?rapid=Chicago+Transit+Authority=2153

CB&Q 9255 (http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?diesel=Chicago+Burlington+&+Quincy=9255), CB&Q 3007 (http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?steam=Chicago+Burlington+&+Quincy=3007), and a unknown Brown Hoist crane sit outside of one of the sheds

Union Pacific Gas Turbine built by G.E. in 1960.

The UP loco next to Soo Line caboose number X5001 and A.T.S.F. 543 made by Fairbanks Morse and is a H12-44TS

UP 18

ATSF 543

Some passenger cars. If you look far back you can see the C&NW bi-level cars

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific (Milwaukee Road) 118C F-7A made by GM

A BN E-9AM

Some old CTA cars where switching tracks

Another BN E-9AM, C&NW 4160 (EMD GP-7R), and a Commonwealth Edison #15

Wig-Wag crossing

A random horn on a passenger car

Wisconsin Electric Power Company #L4

C&NW 411 (F-7A built in 1949)

Cb&Q's Zephyr

CB&Q SD-24 #504 built in 1959

CB&Q 9255 (http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?diesel=Chicago+Burlington+&+Quincy=9255)

CB&Q 9255 (http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?diesel=Chicago+Burlington+&+Quincy=9255)

CB&Q 9255 (http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?diesel=Chicago+Burlington+&+Quincy=9255)

Illinois Terminal GP-7 #1605 built in 1953

Observatory on the back of the Zephyr 

Chicago South Shore & South Bend #803 built in 1949

Louisiana midland boxcar

The Thomas train with Southern Pacific 1518 (SD-7)

What big wheels!

Union Pacific Railroad DDA-40X #6930

YouTube and Updates

Its been kinda long since I put anything up because of the lack of footage. Also I now have a YouTube account that you can access here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BNKATO 

Railfanning 

UP 1995

I got to see the Union Pacific Chicago And Northwestern heritage unit # 1995.

A Hour at Deval Tower

I got the opportunity to go to Deval  Tower in Des Plaines.

Train 1#: Metra F40PH-2 City of Zion #152 with 6 cars is heading north-west to Cumberland on the UP Harvard Sub.

Train #2: CITX 3083 SD40-2, ICE 6091 SD40-2, and CP 5995 SD40-2 are heading south on the UP "New Line" to proviso yard to transport the last goods before the Forth of July.

Train #3: UP 4221 SD70m

UP 9543 C41-8w

CN 8869 SD70m-2

UP 675 GP38-2

HLCX 342 GP38-2

UP 2070 GP60

Railfanning in HO scale

I  put this together using pinnacle studio. I am going to use pinnacle studio  for my video editing software. 

Union Pacific Supprise

I luckily got to film this special UP train. It was special because although UP owns the line there is just about no freight on the line. All the line usually sees is passenger trains (Metra).

Engine 1:

UP 8-41CW 9444

Engine 2

UP AC44CWCTE 5636


Engine 3
UP AC44CW 6679


Engine 4
UP AC44CW 6204

Layout update 5 part 2

Watch part 1

I can't get the video to upload so I will tell you. I am redoing my track. All of my track.

Layout update 5 part 1

I have been doing a few things around the layout, but I have one major surprise...

Second time railfanning with pictures.

I went by the Union Pacific "New Line" in North Brook and saw three Union Pacific SD90s come and then idle on top of a bridge (edit: at Shemer Juntion). They were idling for at least 2 hours. Sorry for the bad quality.
edit: Locos:
1. UNKNOWN (Blocked in every photo, tough luck)
2. UP 8123 (EMD SD9043MAC)
3. UP 8182 (EMD SD9043MAC)

  Some pictures were taken with a 3DS.