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Saturday, July 12. 20142014 Diesel Days, July 19th and 20th
This years Diesel Days brings three new locomotives to the event (Union Pacific 1848, Chicago & North Western 1689, and Wisconsin & Southern 102) as well as five E-units, seven operating 4-stroke locomotives, and a total of 24 running locomotives in the Parade of Power!
We'll kick off each day at 10:30am with normal operations, the coach train pulled by BN1 and BN2; the Nebraska Zephyr pulled by CBQ 9911A; and the CNW bilevels pulled by BN3. Later in the day we may have a few freight train run-bys. We will change the power on the coach train after the parade. The locomotives used for the operations schedule is very much in flux at the moment. The Parade of Power will begin around 1:00pm-1:30pm each day and will include the equipment listed below. The exact lineup is still to be determined.  CNW 4160 and IT1605 Equipment is as follows (subject to mechanical condition): United States Army 8537 (45Ton) Commonwealth Edison 15 (SW1) Burlington Northern 5383 (U30C) Burlington Northern 1 (F9A), 2 (F9B) Burlington Northern 3 (E9Am) CNW Bilevels Burlington Northern 9908 (E9Am) Wisconsin & Southern 102 (E9B) Milwaukee Road 37A (E9A) Milwaukee Road 760 (H10-44) Milwaukee Road 118C (F7A) Nekoosa Paper 14 (S1) Minnesota Transfer 200 (RS3) Green Bay Western 2407 (RSD15) Chicago Burlington & Quincy 504 (SD24) Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9255 (SW7) Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A (E5A) Nebraska Zephyr Illinois Terminal 1605 (GP7) Southern Pacific 1518 (SD7) Union Pacific 1848 (B40-8) Wisconsin Central 7525 (SD45) Chicago & North Western 6847 (SD40-2) Chicago & North Western 4160 (GP7R) Chicago & North Western 411 (F7A) Chicago & North Western 1689 (RSD5) 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. |
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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 [...]