CNW 1689 departs out of the IRM depot with the bilevel train. Certainly quite the odd sight. BN 3 was at the other end providing the HEP.

GB&W RSD15 2407 puts up a smoke show as it leads the coach train past the blades at East Switch.

Five F-units lead the coach train through Johnson's siding east of Union for Diesel Days. This is possibly the craziest consist I've ever seen at the IRM.

Five F-units lead the coach train past Spaulding Tower and into station track 2 at IRM. Only here during Diesel Days can you see five Fs together on a train!

One of IRM's newest additions, M&E C424 18, sits on display near Barn 9. Plans are to eventually repaint this unit back into TP&W paint.

For the first time in many years, TTI (IRMX) 260 makes it debut, running the caboose train at the Illinois Railway Museum.

BN 1, BN 2 and BN 3, the A-B-A set of Burlington Northern Executive wagons, lead the coach train on this beautiful afternoon.

Wagons east! BN 1, BN 2, METX 308, MILW 118C and CNW 411 power the coach train at Seeman Road.

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.

IRM's newest addition, the TTI 260, sits next to the BN 5383 and UP 1848 at IRM. The 260 will eventually be painted into its original CB&Q Chinese red paint scheme to match the museum's existing S... (more)

A special line-up in yard five for IRM's Diesel Days. A group of three General Electric locomotives is headed up by the newest arrival, the TTI 260.

Metra 308 leads CNW 411 and the bilevel train west past the CNW semaphores at West Switch in Union. The 308 was one of many unusual units IRM pulled out for Diesel Days this year.

Two Milwaukee veterans sit in front of Barn 11 at IRM, adorned with appropriate signage. Neither of these two units see the light of day often, as they are often locked away in one of the newer b... (more)

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.

MILW 118C and METX 308 lead the coach train through the Olsen Road blades.