Illinois Railway Museum - Sept. 1985

This film shows the operations at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Ill. for the 1985 Association of Railway Museums Convention. In operation are the Red Arrow Lines Libertyliner while under restoration as North Shore Line Electroliner 801-802, CTA PCC "L" Cars 6126 & 6127, Aurora, Elgin & Fox River lightweight car 306, Illinois Terminal lightweight car 415, CTA PCC Car 4391, CTA Trackless Trolley 9631 and many more cars. IRM is the finest membership based railway museum in the United States preserving hundreds of railway vehicles. The Museum started collecting rail cars in 1953 and located at its present site in the mid-1960s.