Illinois Railway Museum and Ride on a GP7 6-30-2024 

For several years I was the engineer for a local scenic RR. I drove a GE 44 tonner, built in 1941. !! Had 2 Cummins diesel engines, 300 hp each.

The buckets over the stacks are to keep rain out of engine. Those locomotives can run.

Yrs ago I was with my friend Richard jett in Ill and my oldest brother wanted us to go the museum somewhere south of Rock Island but we found a small museum and trains but the video you put out is probably the one we should have been at because we were looking for the Rock Island Line witch it was in the video of yours...Thanks

Union Pacific’s Belvidere Subdivision ( built as the main line of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, later the Chicago & Northwestern ) paralleling IRM’s mainline. Speaking of IRM’s mainline, it was originally built as the Elgin & Belvidere Electric Railway ( 1907-1930 )…glad that these pieces of history remain!

This is my favorite railroad museum. I'm about 400 miles away so I don't get there very often.

Great video. It was really great to see a variety of perspectives of railroading. Thank you for sharing your experience.

None that we as humans know of the dark star will suck everything in, including lite itself gravity pull to strong even lite

Thank you so much for sharing, I do want to see this place considering I'm only 20 minutes away from Union Illinois

Was this run a train thing they have?

❤ 2 strok class y 2 6 tonish roolish on u good luck. 🎉. ❤❤

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Love the IRM! Hope to get back there soon! Thanks for sharing! ❤

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Dang I could have seen you there I went 2 days ago it’s a realy cool place rode on a streetcar and an 0-6-2 :)

That’s crazy! New sub here!

Awesome 👏

California has several historic steam trains you can ride. The state has contacted them all and informed them to keep

Looks like the Alco switcher is likely an S3 or S4 based on the trucks. Couldn't make out the stack arrangement for turbocharger or not?