Illinois Railway Museum 60th Anniversary

This was the 60th anniversary event at IRM, in which they brought in Lehigh Valley Coal Company 126, Central Pacific Railroad 63 (The Leviathan), and UP 6936 (DD40AX). All the running locomoitves include the Leviathan, LV 126, The Nebraska Zephyr, BN 3, CSS&SB 803 (Little Joe), and several other trains. The DD40AX and the UP Gas Turbine were also on display, but 6936 ran during the night shoot. Here's a photo I took of the DD40AX and the Turbine: www.railpicture...

[@Modlendingen]

God, I hope they get the Gas turbine beast running, for a good filming some day!!!

[@davidng2336]

It has been stripped of internal parts, so unfortunately it will never run again.

[@Rocker-1234]

@@davidng2336 not to mention even if it wasnt, its a hazard to run unfortunately *stares at the stories of it melting bridges*. i really really wish there was one still running but theyd have to run it off the diesel shunt engine it had rather than the turbine.

[@donbrynelsen2157]

Seeing those green and yellow Bi-Level cars brought back memories of my childhood and seeing them rolling through Arlington Heights on the commuter trains and riding them downtown with my family to see the Christmas windows.

[@RedRiverRailfan]

I swear, IRM is like a big train layout! They have so much equipment from so many railroads, its like an old model train collection!

[@johnmrobertsonrblx594]

Not much of a railroad fan, BUT I love seeing the older trains restored, they look beautiful.

[@Rainbowdangerdashy]

Who else wants to see a Union Pacific turbine run under its own power again.

[@Mkai2000]

I would love to see a turbine run again.

[@devenrivera3772]

Egon Spengler :-) yssssxwsssssssw seq

[@billchambers1456]

BNSF-3001 It would be great to see, but I have heard that the noise from a turbine is substantial. For that reason, they may not try to restore it to running condition. I'm not sure about that, though.

[@raymondleggs5508]

+Bill Chambers A train that sounds like a jet engine is cool.

[@billchambers1456]

+Raymond Leggs No doubt it is, but there are environmental concerns such as noise pollution. I have read that when the UP used the turbines, it was roughly between Cheyenne and Ogden, which is almost all wide open country. If the IRM restores the turbine, it may have to get some kind of release to use it even on their rural track. But still it would be a neat thing to see, if not hear.

[@Xxalphawolf590xX]

Wow I haven't seen a steam loco running down the IRM tracks in years I may only be 14 but I have been going ever since I was 2 great catches!

[@metraf40c]

Yeah they just restored the Frisco steam locomotive! Can't wait to see it in person! Also thanks for watching!

[@redoyislam5217]

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[@vettebecker1]

Love the nebraska zephyr, nice equipment all around.

[@RideswithChuck]

How on earth did I miss this??!!

[@aliensporebomb]

The funny thing is the museum also has the centennial 6930 although it would need a lot of work to make it as nice as the 6936. I saw it September 14, 2013 at ILM (I missed the anniversary sadly).

[@trainssker]

I'd love to see a Turbine run under it's own power. That should be the next UP project. :-) Get The Big Boy up and going get 3985 back on it's feet and then do a turbine. I think GE should help them with that!

[@ArchTeryx00]

That would be extremely difficult, at least under turbine power. They had two settings: Katy Bar the Door and "off". The later-edition turbines did have a small prime mover in the head unit, though, so technically they COULD run under that, but you're never likely to see the turbine fired up like that in a display engine.

[@valsyoutube3331]

Archibald Mirenopteryx - The turbine in those units also had several mechanical problems. The primary bearings were always the weak point.

[@davidng2336]

Turbine will never run again. Both 18 and 26 were stripped of internals prior to donation. As for 3985, it is no longer with UP, but is being restored by the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) in Silvis, IL.

[@marvinwatkins8889]

Excellent videos done largely at a low level with remarkably few buffs or visitors crowding or in the way. Also, an interesting variety of equipment often not seen operating. I'm sorry I wasn't in attendance that day. A virtually professional job, Metra Man!

[@metraf40c]

Thanks! Yeah the IRM has a ton of rare equipment that they still operate.

[@ShawnC.W-King]

I remember that n 2013 I met the man in Elgin who restored and built a working replica known as Leviathan, and saw it for myself

[@clendenenjames8804]

What a beautiful train I love it

[@irelandbloke]

Super shots !

[@anthonyxuereb792]

Thank God there are some survivors.

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

What impresses me about this design is how two carriages articulate over one truck. I would assume that this would make the vestibule less awkward going between the carriages. Am I wrong?

[@metraf40c]

Not so much less awkward, as the conventional design works pretty much the same traveling between cars. But it does include some other advantages, such as cheaper production price and safer regarding a derailment. If you want to read about it, it's called a Jacobs Bogie.

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

metraf40c Thanks. I'm on it.

[@billchambers1456]

Jay Young I actually road the Nebraska Zephyr a lot back over 50 years ago when I was in college. As I recall, the aisle was constant throughout the train. With the cars being articulated, there was not the usual bouncing as you went from car to car. The aisle was a lot like a hall in a hotel. And the ride was very smooth also. It was truly a wonderful train.

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

Bill Chambers Hope I'm not repeating myelf. But I did manage to ride the SuperChief/ElCapitan from LA to Chicago. Then, on to New York aboard the Twentieth Century, Ltd. Little is known about the lines running between Los Angeles to SF, the morning train being The Daylight, the evening train being The Lark. Both getting you to and fro for no more than $10. Twelve dollars PSA from Santa Barbara to SF. Then much later in my life I was a guard for a train under R&D by the Sikorsky people in a barn in Providence, R.I. It was called the Turbo train, with articulated coaches and a great ride. I took it often from Providence to Boston. Never knew why it didn't go over in the US the way it did in Canada. A great product. I must be a jinx because later in life I worked on a temporary assignment for Boeing's BMS (a great job!) and was witness to another flop: the hydrofoil. Never took off here in the US. But in a Jack Lord series, I noticed it was being used to ferry passengers between Macao and some place I now forgot. Strange. Two GREAT advances in high speed technology. Smh!

[@MrJhuber46]

Thank you very much !

[@TheMackie66]

I was born in the wrong era.... To see these machines in their formal glory would have been awesome....

[@the4000class]

Do you have more video of the turbine? If so can you please post it thnks

[@KaciCooperations]

Great catch

[@jamesbutterson5218]

This has been my favorite train since the sixties! Now days in Orlando they have a Sun Rail looks like a modern version of it!" 🚂🚈🚋🚂💨. 💚✌ PS i think it's called a F model?🤔

[@quintoflyer]

great video many thanks

[@brianberthold3118]

how can anyone dislike this vid?

[@darrylmurphy4238]

I love this video.

[@darrylmurphy4238]

I lived across the road from a rail yard.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Brian Berthold beautiful rolling stock but not a lot of information

[@justanothergermantankie9142]

@@Dog.soldier1950 thats the point

[@THEFINALHAZARD]

around 11:20, HOW THE HELL was the Little Joe running/working WITHOUT the Pantograph up!? Did they convert her to a diesel or something?! And I've noticed vids of them continually raising and lower the panto while moving around, why? Do they just like screwing around with it? Seems a bit unprofessional if you ask me.... Mind you I could have it all wrong, but...

[@BionicleStudios55]

+The Nordic Stag They are putting the pantograph back up right there. They have to lower the pantograph for when they cross the junctions in the electric wire meant for street cars because the pantograph will rip those things up. Notice at 12:20, there is a metal thing on the wires, that's the junction for the street cars. As you notice, they lower it right then and they use 803's stored battery power to glide into the station. It's also effective for lowering the power bill too lol!

[@THEFINALHAZARD]

+Bionicle Studios 55 Thanks a bunch! I had no idea about that, and especially about the batteries. Didn't know 803 HAD batteries!

[@BionicleStudios55]

+The Nordic Stag Well, I'm pretty sure. It has some way of storing power.

[@bnsfwarbonnet]

+Bionicle Studios 55 I think you're right about storing power, but it takes a mile to stop with brake so they could be coasting across.

[@TheRealEasyA]

+Bionicle Studios 55 How long do you reckon a Little Joe could run on just stored electricity in its batteries? (I know there's factors like load weight, speed, distance.) So I'll just say under it's on power carrying it's own weight.

[@LePenguin]

I almost wondered why 1630 wasn't here until I found out she was undergoing an overhaul

[@SwindellSteamWorks]

Oh, the 15 year FRA check. About to say. I've seen vids on the #1630, some being recent.

[@flfun1684]

What railroad did GE #803 use to belong to?

[@metraf40c]

+Harlan Bassham Chicago South Shore & South Bend

[@stupidrelaoded]

Last time i went there it was so sad to see some many trains that were running, or just out door exibits reduced to stationary, stagnant rotting heaps, un safe to or unable to be enjoyed. i hope they can get so many of their trains, even the no runners, to good conditon

[@sunriseanbu2533]

803 orange colour locomotive is dc locomotive and diamond pantograph high locomotive and how cylinder power does it has 3 cylinder

[@MrBnsftrain]

when did you film this? Because 126 way in Baldwin City , Kansas the day you uploaded it. there is a possibility big boy 4014 will come there.

[@speedlearner]

Which locomotive is best designed for traveling through snow and ice?

[@MackeyBigBoy4014]

That would be our UP Rotary Snow Plow, but it just received a cosmetic restoration.

[@kinkedxbox]

I was there that day.

[@brok3nD1am0nd45]

The turbines were very loud and consumed a lot of fuel. But they should have one run again for excursions

[@kawanbrownlee9724]

Aperture Science true

[@Xxalphawolf590xX]

When do you go to the IRM I would like to see some of those steam locomotives

[@f-7warbonnet377]

Hi brothers!

[@metrasnakieasaurus1066]

How fun! What a great video! Thanks for sharing! My son only needs 1more subacriber for us to have 25 and he will do a special N scale Metra run! He's 8 and great! Have a great night all!!! ✌

[@SupernalOne]

That Nebraska Zephyr locomotive's prow looks like King Nebuchadnezzar's face

[@goldenretriever6440]

I was there 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@John_Burns.Crazy_Cooter]

6936 is not part of the museum its still active in Cheyenne

[@davidng2336]

Not anymore. It's been sent to Silvis, IL as part of the donation to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America.

[@crr311sux5]

They shouldd restore BN 3 To its original CB&Q Colors.

[@cloroxbleach17]

what train is on the thumbnail

[@metraf40c]

That's the UP gas turbine #18

[@cloroxbleach17]

+metraf40c thanks

[@JessyP-u6q]

Ethics Behaviour The mechanism of calm vs agressive behaviour Moral issues Highlighted

[@nated1327]

0:47 south shore line diessl

[@voidjavelin23]

buddy its a electric

[@ef66kenken]

👍️👍️👍️👍️👍️👍️👍️

[@fishxy2123]

I want to see a real Veranda Turbine.

[@JosueRodriguez-kk6wn]

All scrapped, none survived.

[@jakeandzack5763]

The equipment that this museum owns is extraordinary, and is exactly why I we want to visit this place in the future.

[@metraf40c]

The two steam locomotives were there from different states, but IRM is restoring a Frisco Steam locomotive. I'm not sure when they will have more steam locomotives.

[@ismoleppanen]

Little Joe is an awsome electric locomotive.

[@nigelmitchell351]

I agree entirely it certainly has some style. Unlike some of the pig ugly brutes we import to the UK today!

[@LNERMallard]

Crying shame they can't jerry-rig their GG1 to run on their overhead... but the Little Joe is certainly a treat!

[@mikefinamore2210]

When I visited the Illinois Railway Museum in 2006 there weren't a lot of these trains running. The B&O locomotives were still in restoration The Zephyr was still in a rail shed. The DD40AX was parked on a back siding track.

[@JungleYT]

This is ALL good stuff... Amazing power in that little engine 14:44

[@sardu55]

Alright, Little Joe. I remember watching that as a kid roaming around the South Shore tracks in Hammond and East Chicago. Running freight.

[@GMan9029]

I feel like if they were going to restore a up turbine (which they should), they would make it have modern internals and not powered by a turbine.

[@Jemalacane0]

Turbines are modern internals.

[@rickbarrios4275]

- Man d

[@rickbarrios4275]

G- Man

[@kawanbrownlee9724]

G- Man I agree they should put new engines in the a unit and b unit and give it a new make over

[@fiberrabit8229]

they should keep it original

[@christianjohnson9190]

Tripple cabooses... You could never be too careful

[@1Hogman1zz]

Run that turbine through downtown LA…..lol.

[@-_HAW_-]

Little Joe ❤ 🇧🇷 🇺🇲

[@houstonrailfanTX]

If the Santa Fe P45 was running and they added a U25B then this would be the best museum ever.. Neverless probably still the best I've seen And good lord they have the DDA40X and the 8500 turbine? game over

[@josephnadler5521]

True

[@jwrailve3615]

Ogden Utah has a tunnel motor in rio grande, a 4-8-4, the turbine, the Olympic Winter Games car, and the dda40x and that’s just the main ones on display

[@lawrencewheeler8868]

+Jordan Wiggins also X-26,my icon

[@TheTrainExpert]

dude happy to say that the museum has a U25B now, a few weeks ago it came in TTI paint

[@NS6677]

@@TheTrainExpert A U28B, not a U25B

[@albertcyphers1532]

IRM has grown since I was there. The only thing available to ride on were trollies

[@3RTracing]

where is the bell on the E5?

[@Strasburg1991]

when will the big steam return??

[@metraf40c]

Cool! And thank you!

[@metraf40c]

Yeah they brought 6936 for the anniversary. 6930 was in one of the barns but they brought her out for the night shoot. The night shoot had 6936, 6930, and the gas turbine.

[@BradleyTheRailfan]

LITTLE JOEEE 🔥🔥🔥😀😀😀

[@KflanntheRailfan]

I was just up there the weekend of Sept 21st. A lot to do on the site enjoyed it very much. Your video has a lot of things I did not see of course it being the 60th anniversary. Thank you for sharing your experience. Subbing to your channel if you could do the same and sub my page. Kflannigan98

[@metraf40c]

I agree, one of the best railroad museums out there. Thanks for the kind comment! I will definitely sub back.

[@mrs.dairycow62]

1:50 cutie!

[@SwindellSteamWorks]

Frisco steam loco? If you are talking about Frisco 2-10-0 Decapod #1630, that engine is already a running engine.

[@phankien.2007]

4:42 india train horn

[@hondacl0n3]

I landscape in Mount Prospect, IL and remember in the summer of 2015 I was mowing in a backyard where the house was next to to the tracks Im not sure if it belongs to CN or UP, but the Metra runs on it--this beautiful bright shiny yellow Union Pacific locomotive passing along with Union Pacific coach cars with it, they looked luxury with windows on top like a sky deck, wasn't any commuter coach car. It was amazing, I never saw that before, glad I saw that. Maybe you might know what I'm talking about? Id love to know what I saw.

[@hunterkiller86]

most likely it was a business train for the Union Pacific

[@Trainbrain1949]

The Leviathan pulling Lackawanna coaches reminds me of something Lionel would have put in one of their sets. Love seeing it, though.

[@donbrynelsen2157]

That was the 4-4-0 American, right? Is it a new addition to IRM?

[@MackeyBigBoy4014]

Don Brynelsen No. It was leased while the Frisco 1630 and Shay 5 were undergoing their15-year rebuilds.

[@craigpalmer5693]

Like the stream train also freight train more powerful the speed limit on the track get out the way

[@sacredf8]

California Zeyphre HAS A High Pitched Horn When Its Far Away, When Its Closer, It Gets Lower. What Does That?

[@pables64]

Doppler effecf

[@metraf40c]

Yes, I believe they just got it FRA inspected

[@simplsquam]

When the model train club has a free operations day:

[@evanf1293]

Never knew 126 had been to the Illinois railway museum Also anyone know how many miles of track the Illinois railway museum has when they operate either their diesel locomotives or Frisco 1630

[@MackeyBigBoy4014]

EvanF1293 It is a total of five miles long all the way from Jefferson Street to the South Branch Kishwaukee River, and the Street Car Line is one mile long.

[@matthewjachtorowycz2455]

I was there for that weekend. I will never forget it

[@Strasburg1991]

I was talking about 428 and shay 5

[@pawandeep31]

Exotic trains! but no cab views....

[@hanschenk2708]

great video

[@MrSonicthehedgehog31]

What horn is the CNW Bi-Level 151 Wearing.

[@metraf40c]

I believe it's a Leslie S2M

[@turbochargedtransit7241]

It may sound like a fouled S2M, but it's actually a WABCO AA2. They are more commonly found on NJ Transit Arrow 3s. I have a cool video on my channel of a Jersey Arrow with that horn.

[@valsyoutube3331]

Why was UP 6936 there? Did UP retire it?

[@metraf40c]

It was a special event in which UP brought 6936 to visit for the weekend

[@valsyoutube3331]

metraf40c I see. Thanks!

[@NE_IL]

@@metraf40c Make A Metra Trains Vid Of 2020 About The New F59PHI

[@davidng2336]

6936 has since been removed from the UP roster and donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, along with 3985 and 5511.

[@bradleymcalken4745]

We need to scrap all of those locomotives and care for money we can actually use.

[@generalleejesse]

Why would you scrap museum pieces theres no reason those engines are all paid for some of them gifted for free to the museum

[@justanothergermantankie9142]

Y O U D O N T C A R E A B O U T H I S T O R Y

[@voidjavelin23]

this is basically saying we shouldnt restore statue of liberty, just another minority that doesnt like history