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Tickets Donate Membership The museum is currently closed. Home Visit Tickets Hours/Admission Calendar Events Bunny Trolley Hop Steam Department Benefit Day Out With Thomas™ Vintage Transport Extravaganza Diesel Days Labor Day Weekend Museum Showcase Weekend Pumpkin Train Happy Holiday Railway: The Holiday Light Experience Plan Your Visit Tour The Museum Groups Directions Learn Equipment Roster Picture Gallery Live Webcams Rail & Wire Libraries Participate Tickets Take the Throttle Membership Volunteer Donate News In the News Department Blog Major Projects Museum Store Memberships Membership Renewals Gift Cards CTA Signs IRM Signs Webstore Station Column Signs Other Station Signs Maps & Carcards BIG Signs Bus Stop Signs Roll Signs Used Bookstore About Mission Who We Are History Press Page Contact Us HAPPY HOLIDAY RAILWAY Join us this year for the HHR Holiday Light Experience for a Museum in Motion ALL ABOARD Take the family for a ride on our time machines FAMILY FUN An unforgettable trip back in time to the golden age of travel HISTORY IN MOTION Follow the sound of the whistle to America's largest railway museum RIDE WITH US Illinois Railway Museum Featured Events Plan Your Visit Holiday Light Experience Projects IRM Sign Sale What our visitors are saying about their experience So much fun for our little boys! They love riding the trains and they have so many old restored trains. Some of their restoration jobs are fantastic and really capture the feel of the height of rail travel. I don’t know of any other place quite like this. It’s a great educational experience even if you don’t love trains. Andrew Ryan The largest railway museum in the USA – and they run demonstrations of many working trains. The trains vary from 1800s steam engines to the recently retired CTA Red Line trains. They have old Pullman cars which are nicely displayed. Lenore Ettinger The IRM is a fantastic place. The Thomas The Train is a wonderful time of course, but you MUST visit and see all the amazing Steam, Diesel and Electric Streetcars on display, being restored and running. When you ride an electric streetcar, you have to wonder why they are not still used! With the same (or greater) capacity as a modern bus and with no vehicle emissions, they are just great. The Illinois Railway Museum is a Must See. Dave Loucks In The News 18 Dec Museum acquires 25-ton diesel The Illinois Railway Museum has acquired a 25-ton diesel-electric locomotive built in 1942 by General Electric. The engine was built for Lone Star Cement and Read more Comments off 17 Nov Holiday event modified for 2020 The Illinois Railway Museum has further modified the Museum’s popular Holiday event: “Happy Holiday Railway: The Holiday Light Experience.” Instead of streetcar rides and strolling the Read more Comments off 30 Oct Holiday Light Experience Event Announced Christmas 2020 will certainly be very different for all of us, but at Illinois Railway Museum, the “Museum In Motion” will keep on rolling with Read more Comments off Share Subscribe to our mailing list Email Address (required) Contact Info Phone: 1-815-923-4391 Site Address: Illinois Railway Museum 7000 Olson Road Union, Illinois, 60180 Mailing Address: Illinois Railway Museum Post Office Box 427 Union, IL 60180 Copyright © 1995-2020, Illinois Railway Museum. All rights reserved. × Your ticket for the: Home Title Home USD Close Print...