The annual Diesel Days parade of power is looking to be just as busy as previous years with almost 32,000 horsepower in the line up. We'll kick off the day at 10:00am with normal operations, the heavyweight coach train pulled by BN1, 2, 3, and 9908; the Nebraska Zephyr and CNW bilevels, both air conditioned trains, and a caboose train pulled by BN 5383. Later in the day we'll have a few freight train run-bys.
The parade will begin at 1:00pm each day and will have the following lineup:
- Joy Manufacturing Company 2 (Whitcomb 12DM38)
- DuPont 25Ton (Plymouth JDT25)
- United States Army 8537 (GE 45Ton)
- Nekoosa Paper 14 (ALCO S1)
- Commonwealth Edison 15 (EMD SW1)
- Milwaukee Road 760 (FM H10-44)
- Illinois Terminal 1605 (EMD GP7)
- Burlington Northern 1 (EMD F9A), 2 (EMD F9B), 3 (EMD E9AM) and 9908 (EMD E9AM) Coach Train
- Burlington Northern 5383 (GE U30C) Caboose Train
- Southern Pacific 1518 (EMD SD7)
- Santa Fe 92 (EMD FP45) and Wisconsin Central 7525 (EMD SD45MQ-3) Modern Freight Train
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9255 (EMD SW7)
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy 504 (EMD SD24) Freight Train
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A (EMC E5A) and Nebraska Zephyr
- Chicago & North Western 6847 (EMD SD40-2)
- Chicago & North Western 4160 (EMD GP7R) MoW/Crane Train
- Chicago & North Western 411 (EMD F7A) and Bilevels
Other equipment on display:
- Union Pacific CNW 1995 (SD70ACe)
- Chicago & North Western 8701 (C44-9W)
- Union Pacific UPY 667 (GP15-1)
We'll keep the usual disclaimer of All equipment and schedules subject to change without notice.
Saturday evening after operations we are planning on some photo ops with the CNW lineup, the 411, 4160, 6847, 8701 and 1995. Anyone staying for the photos must have a general admission ticket or a membership.
Comments
Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
Mon, 12-27-2021 16:28
Happy New Year to all the Departments at the Illinois railway Museum! Thanks for all the good work you do in railroad preservation. Ted Miles, [...]
Wed, 10-13-2021 13:33
Was the CB&Q 1309 every transported to IRM?I’ve been reading old issues of Rail&Wire and the car was mentioned several times.
Mon, 06-07-2021 22:40
I was wondering if in the model layout display what scale would you guys be using and would you be displaying model train history as well? Just [...]
Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
Tue, 06-01-2021 16:47
I hope the work will continue on the UP #428. Now that they are the museum's connection to the national railroad network; she would be very [...]
Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
What is the status of 126, the Milwaukee Buffet car that is in S. Dakota? Any guess on when or if it will get to IRM?
Wed, 04-14-2021 21:09
Perhaps it is time to scrap the remains of the c, B & Q 7128 to make room for the Villa Real. Ted miles, IRM member
Wed, 04-14-2021 15:26
Hi IRM my name is Jason and I was wonder If you guys would be willing to save a CN Dash8-40cm they are currently being retired by CN and being [...]
Fri, 04-09-2021 19:56
Bear in mind that the Nebraska Zephyr is an articulated train set, so cars cannot be inserted at will. Although cars and/or a second engine could be [...]
Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
I believe Silver Pony is currently on the back burner, and has been put into storage in one of the barns. The car needs a lot of work done to it's [...]