The annual Diesel Days Parade of Power won't be quite as large as previous years, but will still be a show that you should not miss. We'll kick off the day at 10:00am with normal operations, the heavyweight coach train pulled by BN1, 2, 3; the Nebraska Zephyr pulled by CBQ 9911A; and a four car caboose train pulled by BN 5383. Later in the day we'll have a few freight train run-bys with different power each time.
The Parade of Power will begin close to 1:00pm and will include the equipment listed below, but not necessarily in this order. A few special items in the parade will include the BN 5383 under load from CNW 6847 heading East, and the CNW 6847 under load from BN 5383 heading West. The same drill for the CBQ 504 under load from SP 1518 heading East, and SP 1518 under load from CBQ 504 heading West. They will not stop in front of the depot as the other trains normally do.
- Burlington Northern 1 (EMD F9A), 2 (EMD F9B), 3 (EMD E9A)
- Burlington Northern 5383 (GE U30C)
- Chicago & North Western 6847 (EMD SD40-2)
- Milwaukee Road 760 (FM H10-44)
- Southern Pacific 1518 (EMD SD7)
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy 504 (EMD SD24)
- Chicago & North Western 411 (EMD F7A) Bilevels
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A (EMC E5A) Nebraska Zephyr
- Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9255 (EMD SW7)
- Commonwealth Edison 15 (EMD SW1)
- Nekoosa Paper 14 (ALCO S1)
- United States Army 8537 (GE 45Ton)
- Wisconsin Central 7525 (EMD SD45MQ-3), Santa Fe 92 (EMD FP45)
- Green Bay & Western 2407 (ALCO RSD15)
- Illinois Terminal 1605 (EMD GP7)
- Chicago & North Western 4160 (EMD GP7R)
The line up will be similar on Sunday, except the ATSF 92 will lead the WC 7525 and this consist may pull the coach train in place of BN1, 2 and 3.
We'll keep the usual disclaimer of All equipment and schedules subject to change without notice.
A night photo session is not scheduled this year.
Comments
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...