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Illinois Railway Museum    

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Illinois Railway Museum is America's largest railroad museum. As the displays are housed in many buildings in a park setting museum opening is seasonal. For dates of opening check our website

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Jan 1, 2025
Super disappointing experience with the Happy Holiday Railway. We understood that this was NOT the Polar Express but the decorations were literally falling off the walls of the old, dirty Metra train…Full review by Jennifer C
Sep 17, 2024
This was a a really fun and informative museum. The highlight was being able to ride historic trains and trolleys. Their mission to preserve and restore historic trains is an admirable one.Full review by Trek36453103871
Sep 17, 2024
The Illinois Railway Museum is one of the most organized museums in the world. There is so much to see and the train rides are excellent. They have a nice dinner where great food is served. One ne…Full review by hrdg4734
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Over 450 Pieces of Prototype Equipment
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in the United States. It is located at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois, …
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Trace the history of the railways in the state of Illinois at the Illinois Railway Museum. The museum was a former railway route that was …
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The Illinois Railway Museum (initialized IRM) is the largest railroad museum in the United States and is located in Union, Illinois, 55 miles (89 k…
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do you know if you have previous bought tickets can they be exchanged for a different day?
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I don't know how that would work- sorry
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are you open?
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We open tomorrow!
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Answer by Amanda U · Jul 17, 2020
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Do they ever start the diesel locomotives for customers to hear?
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> They have 45 Diesel locomotives listed in their roster. Do they actually have that many on hand? There really are that many on the property. It is definitely bigger in scale than other …
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> They have 45 Diesel locomotives listed in their roster. Do they actually have that many on hand? There really are that many on the property. It is definitely bigger in scale than other museums. However, probably only a quarter to a third of them are operable, and on any given day only one or two are operating. If you're after as many operating diesels as possible, look on the calendar for Diesel Days, usually sometime in August. They operate MANY units that weekend - in 2017 they ran about a dozen ranging from a 45-tonner to a B40-8 and the Nebraska Zephyr.
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