It's the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, and on this Sunday the mainline trains were running primarily with cab units. Here, METX 308 waits in Johnson siding with the caboose t... (more)
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)
Metra 308 the bilevel train east past the searchlight at Seemann Rd.
From August 9, 2019, the diesel shop or barn 2. From the left, BN-3 (EMD E9AM) and SLRG 102 (EMD E9B) are coming into station 2. On track 21 whe have the METX 308 (EMD F7A), next on track 22 the C... (more)
IRM's Metra F7A and CNW F7A make a run by at the Illinois Railway Museum at the conclusion of the first day of diesel days.
METX 308 and CNW 411 lead the CNW bi-levels past the Olsen Rd. semaphores.
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.
A couple F units put on a great show as the bilevel train splits the semaphores at Olsen Road.
METX 308 and CNW 411 rest on the IRM wye next to the vintage Santa Fe sign that once rested atop the railway exchange building in Chicago.
The Illinois Railway Museum is hosting three days of Diesel Days this year and the first day ended with a bang. Metra and CNW F7(A)'s crank it into run 8 as the bilevel train makes its way by the ... (more)
The CNW commuter set backs onto the switch-back-track to the yard.
Faded ex-Metra, nee C&NW f-unit at IRM.
