The Future is Still Silver and Black

Navigation

Timeline

Date	Subject	Event
1893	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Built by New York Central West Albany Shops.
May 9th, 1893	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	First run. Completed a run from Rochester to Buffalo in 68 minutes, at an estimated speed of 112 mph, becoming the (disputed) first engine to go over 100 mph.
May 10th, 1893	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	A second run is made with railroad officials on board who record the speed at 112.5 mph.
1893	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
1899	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	86-inch drive wheels reduced to 70-inches to curb wheel slippage when pulling longer trains.
1913	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Renumbered #1086
1920	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Renumbered #1021
1924	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Restored for exhibition.
1925	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's "Fair of the Iron Horse".
1929	J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5	Built by Lima Locomotive Works.
Late 1930	CB&Q No. 3002	Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, an S-4 Hudson class.
September 1931	Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company	Signs agreement with Michelin to design and sell a stainless steel version of their Micheline railcar in the United States.
January 1932	Budd-Micheline "Green Goose"	Experimental railcar which featured Budd Mfg.'s stainless steel body, Michelin's rubber-tired flanged wheels, a 82-horsepower German-built Junkers engine and a 32-passenger capacity. The design was moderately successful and several larger versions of the car were produced: one for export to France, one for the Reading Railroad, two for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and a two-car trainset for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. With the exception of the T&P trainset, these used domestic Cummins diesel engines rather than the Junkers.
1933	Museum of Science and Industry	Established.
1933 - 1934	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at Chicago's "Century of Progress" World's Fair.
May 1933	Union Pacific No. M-10000	Ordered.
June 17th, 1933	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Ordered.
October 1933	Texas and Pacific No. 100 "Silver Slipper"	Delivered. The last of the Budd-Micheline railcars, this trainset differed from its sisters in that it had a pair of American LaFrance gasoline engines and Michelin's rubber wheels were only used on its underpowered trailers. It was given the dubious nickname of "Silver Slipper" due to its habit of derailing.
February 12th, 1934	Union Pacific No. M-10000	Delivered and begins exhibition tour, during which it breaks the land speed record at 110 mph.
April 7th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Three-car trainset No. 9900 and its cars 505 and 570 completed by Budd Manufacturing Co.
April 18th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Christened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Broad Street Station by Marguerite Cotsworth, daughter of Albert Cotsworth Jr., passenger traffic manager of the CB&Q.
April - May 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Undergoes various preliminary tests and exhibitions in the east, then displayed in Chicago and inspected at West Burlington, Iowa.
May 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited in communities between Burlington, Iowa and Denver, Colorado.
May 21st 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited in Omaha, Nebraska.
May 22nd 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited in Lincoln, Nebraska.
May 26th 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Runs non-stop from Denver-Chicago, arriving at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair having broken the land speed record at 112 mph.
May 26th - October 31st, 1934	Union Pacific No. M-10000	Displayed at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair, A Century of Progress International Exposition.
May - June 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited in Chicago, then tours 36 Midwest cities and inspected at West Burlington.
June 13th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Used for Omaha Chamber of Commerce goodwill excursion to Hastings, Nebraska.
June 14th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Experiences mechanical failure on Lincoln Chamber of Commerce excursion to Holdrege, Nebraska and has to be hauled into station with a steam engine.
June 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Taken on West Coast exhibition tour.
June - July 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Taken on Lines West tour of 62 cities and towns.
July 1934	CB&Q No. 9901 and No. 9902 The Twin Cities Zephyr	Ordered.
July 2nd, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited in Alliance, Nebraska.
July 4th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited in McCook, Nebraska.
July 5th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	1,000,000th visitor tours the train in Superior, Nebraska.
July - September 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Taken to West Burlington Shops in Burlington, Iowa for inspection, then exhibited in the Chicago area.
September 4th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	September 4th declared "Zephyr Day" by Nebraska State Fair officials, in view of CB&Q's out-of-way efforts to have the train appear at the fair the next day.
September 5th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited at the Nebraska State Fair.
September - October 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Exhibited in Chicago, the taken to California to film The Silver Streak. It then tours Texas and Oklahoma, then returns to the West Burlington Shops for maintainence and tests. It then tours the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad divisions in Missouri.
November 2nd, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Used for St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce goodwill trip.
November 3rd - 5th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Introductory excursions made between Lincoln, Omaha, and Pacific Junction.
November 11th, 1934	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Begins Lincoln - Kansas City service, becoming the first streamlined passenger train in regular service in the U.S.
January 31st, 1934	Union Pacific No. M-10000 The Streamliner	*Begins Salina - Kansas City service as The Streamliner.*
October 1935	Texas and Pacific No. 100 "Silver Slipper"	Scrapped.
February 1935	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr and Union Pacific No. M-10000 The Streamliner	Photographed together at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Both trains were in regular service to and from Kansas City (From Salina, Kansas and Lincoln, Nebraska respectively).
February 1935	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Delivered to the Maine Central Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad and begins a tour of such.
March 1935	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Ordered.
April 1st, 1935	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Begins revenue service.
April 22nd, 1935	CB&Q No. 9901 and No. 9902 The Twin Cities Zephyr	Enters revenue service.
June 24th, 1935	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	A fourth car, 40-seat coach No. 525, is added to the train to accomodate demand. The train's capacity is raised to 120 passengers.
May 1935	EMC No. 511 and No. 512	Two of five 1800 hp B-B experimental passenger train-hauling diesel locomotives built by General Electric - Electro-Motive Corporation as demonstrators. These first two are both given a quick coat of silver paint to match the Budd-designed stock they'll be pulling. No. 511 is leased to the CB&Q for testing on the heavier Nebraska Zephyr route to replace steam engine coverage. No. 512 is added to ATSF's Super Chief existing A and B pair to help pull its first regular run after the AB units had burned out the day before.
October 25th, 1935	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Christened in Hannibal, MO by Nina Clemens Gabilowitsch (1910-1966), the granddaughter and ultimately last descendant of its namesake.
October 27th, 1935	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Enters revenue service with cars "Becky Thatcher", "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer".
December 1935	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus", No. 9905 "Zephyrus", No. 9906-AB "Silver King" and "Silver Queen", No. 9907-AB "Silver Knight" and "Silver Princess"	Ordered.
April - May 1936	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	Original diesel motor is replaced with new one at Aurora shops. 40-seat coach No. 525 is removed and added to No. 9902's Twin Cities Zephyr.
May 1936	CB&Q No. 9902 The Twin Cities Zephyr	40-seat coach No. 525 removed from The Burlington Zephyr added to the train.
May 1936	CB&Q No. 3002	Burlington elects to streamline one of its S-4 Hudson's to provide coverage to The Twin Cities Zephyrs and The Denver Zephyrs. No. 3002 is chosen as it was next due for shopping at the time.
May 31st, 1936	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr and No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	The Burlington Zephyr and The Mark Twain Zephyr trainsets begin temporary Chicago-Denver service as The Advance Denver Zephyr. This service also introduces the Zephyrettes train hostesses.
October 1936	CB&Q No. 9906-AB "Silver King" and "Silver Queen"	Delivered.
October 23rd, 1936	CB&Q No. 9906-AB "Silver King" and "Silver Queen"	New Denver Zephyr equipment bests speed record of Burlington Zephyr on Chicago-Denver run.
November 7th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr and No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	*Ends service as The Advance Denver Zephyr.*
November 8th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9906-AB "Silver King" and "Silver Queen" and No. 9907-AB "Silver Knight" and "Silver Princess" The Denver Zephyr	Enters revenue service.
November 9th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9900 The Burlington Zephyr	A baggage car, number unknown, is added to the train for the holiday season.
November 11th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	*Returns to its Lincoln-Kansas City service with the new name, The Pioneer Zephyr.*
November 1936	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus" and No. 9905 "Zephyrus" The Twin Cities Zephyr	Delivered.
December 17th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus" and No. 9905 "Zephyrus" The Twin Cities Zephyr	Simultaneous christenings for the trains are performed in St. Paul, Minnesota and Minneapolis, Minnesota respectively.
December 18th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus" The Twin Cities Zephyr	Enters revenue service with The Train of the Goddesses: "Venus", "Vesta", "Minvera", "Diana", "Ceres", and "Juno".
December 18th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9905 "Zephyrus" The Twin Cities Zephyr	Enters revenue service with The Train of the Gods: "Apollo", "Mars", "Neptune", "Vulcan", "Mercury", and "Jupiter".
December 18th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9901 The Sam Houston Zephyr	*Replaced by No. 9904 "Pegasus" on The Twin Cities Zephyr, relocated to The Sam Houston Zephyr* providing Ft. Worth-Houston service.**
December 18th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9902 The Ozark State Zephyr	*Replaced by No. 9905 "Zephyrus" on The Twin Cities Zephyr, relocated to The Ozark State Zephyr* providing St. Louis-Kansas City service.**
December 26th, 1936	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Baggage car removed from the train.
1937	Union Pacific No. M-10000 The Streamliner	Appears as a supporting character in Choo Choo: The Story of an Engine Who Ran Away by Virginia Lee Burton.
April 11th, 1937	CB&Q No. 4000 "Æolus"	Renumbered No. 4000 and re-classed as an S-4-A Hudson to connote its upgrades, No. 4000 is rechristened and put into Chicago-Twin Cities service pulling the Black Hawk.
June 1937	CB&Q No. 9902 The Ozark State Zephyr	40-seat coach No. 525 removed from removed from train and returned to The Pioneer Zephyr.
June 20th, 1937	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	40-seat coach No. 525 removed from The Ozark State Zephyr and returned to train.
Summer 1937	CB&Q No. 4001 "Æolus"	Work begins on a second "Æolus", to be No. 4001, this time to be built from components rather than an existing stock engine like No. 4000. Improvements are made to the design.
September 1st, 1937	CB&Q No. 9906-AB "Silver King" and "Silver Queen"	*Rushes from Chicago to Denver to deliver an iron lung to a pair of twins with infantile paralysis, per The Silver Streak* movie.**
September 1937	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus" and No. 9905 "Zephyrus" The Twin Cities Zephyr	"Psyche" and "Cupid", 16-place Dinnette/40-seat chair cars, added to respective consists.
1938	EMC No. 511 and No. 512	Scrapped. Trucks and some other components were re-used for the two EMC NW4 switchers built for the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
1925	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at the Cleveland Exposition.
January 1st, 1938	CB&Q No. 9902	Sold to Burlington-Rock Island for $191,000 to share duties with No. 9901 on The Sam Houston Zephyr and the Texas Rocket.
February 1938	CB&Q No. 4001 "Æolus"	Delivered. The engine takes over The Denver Zephyr for a few days late in the month while "Silver King", "Silver Queen", "Silver Knight", and "Silver Princess" are overhauled, after which it joins No. 4000 in pulling the Black Hawk.
June 27th, 1938	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	40-seat coach No. 525 removed from train and replaced by 40-seat dinette-coach No. 500.
October 24th, 1938	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in St. Louis-Kansas City service.
1939 - 1940	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at the New York World's Fair.
May 2nd, 1939	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Returned to Lincoln-Kansas City service.
Summer 1939	CB&Q No. 4000 and 4001 "Æolus"	No. 4000 and 4001 cover the Overnite Denverite (westbound) and the Aristocrat (eastbound) between Chicago and Denver for the season.
October 2nd, 1939	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Out of service after head-on collision with a frieght train in Napier, Missouri.
December 6th, 1939	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Returned to Lincoln-Kansas City service after only two months.
December 29th, 1939	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Achieves 1,000,000th Mile service mark near Council Bluffs, Iowa.
February 27th, 1940	CB&Q No. 9910-AB "Silver Speed" and "Silver Power"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
February 27th, 1940	CB&Q No. 9911-AB "Silver Pilot" and "Silver Mate"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
March 1940	CB&Q No. 9909 "Silver Bullet"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
March 1940	CB&Q No. 9912-AB "Silver Meteor" and "Silver Comet"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
March 1940	CB&Q No. 9950-AB "Silver Racer" and "Silver Steed"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
March 1940	CB&Q No. 9980-AB "Silver Chief" and "Silver Warrior"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
March 14th - 23rd, 1940	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Used in Ft. Worth-Houston service.
March 24th, 1940	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Returned to Lincoln-Kansas City service.
April 15th, 1940	CB&Q No. 9909 "Silver Bullet" The Silver Streak Zephyr	Takes over The Pioneer Zephyr's Lincoln-Kansas City route, becoming The Silver Streak Zephyr with cars "Silver Light", "Silver Sheen", "Silver Gleam", "Silver Glow", and "Silver Spirit". A inaguration party is held with The Pioneer Zephyr in attendance.
April 15th - 29th, 1940	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in St. Louis-Kansas City service.
April 30th, 1940	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in Burlington-Kansas City service.
June 12th, 1940	German submarine U-505	Laid down (beginning of construction) by Deutsche Werft in Hamburg, Germany as yard number 295.
Summer 1940	CB&Q No. 4000 and 4001 "Æolus"	No. 4000 and 4001 cover the Overnite Denverite (westbound) and the Aristocrat (eastbound) between Chicago and Denver for the season.
October 1940	CB&Q No. 9913 "Silver Wings"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
May 24th, 1940	German submarine U-505	Launched for the first time.
Late 1940 - Early 1941	CB&Q No. 4000 and 4001	With the addition of the E5's to the railroad's roster and several of its routes dieselized, the S-4-A's are no longer needed for coverage. To the relief of their operators, the streamlining shrouds are removed. The engines are instead used for passenger serivce coverage, Christmas mail extras, football and other specials, and occasional frieght service.
June 1941	CB&Q No. 9914-A "Silver Arrow"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
June 1941	CB&Q No. 9914-B "Silver Swift"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
June 1941	CB&Q No. 9915-A "Silver Carrier"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
June 1941	CB&Q No. 9915-b "Silver Clipper"	Built at GM's Electro-Motive Division in La Grange, Illinois.
August 26th, 1941	German submarine U-505	Commissioned with Kapitänleutnant Axel-Olaf Loewe in command and begins training exercises with the 4th U-boat flotilla.
November 24th, 1941	German submarine U-505	Passes all operational trials and prepares to post-trial refit and stocking with torpedoes.
December 16th, 1941	Union Pacific No. M-10000 The City of Salina	Withdrawn from service.
January 19th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Begins 1st patrol while still in training, circumnavigating the British Isles.
January 31st, 1942	German submarine U-505	Completes training while on 1st patrol.
January 31st, 1942	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Removed from St. Louis-Burlington service.
February 1st, 1942	German submarine U-505	Assigned to the 2nd U-boat flotilla.
February 3rd, 1942	German submarine U-505	Docks in Lorient in occupied France, completing 1st patrol. Was not engaged or attacked.
February 11th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Begins 2nd patrol around the west coast of Africa.
March 5th - 6th, 1942	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Used on Lincoln-McCook promotional tour to sell war bonds and to introduce service between the two cities.
April 3rd, 1942	German submarine U-505	*Attacks and sinks American ship West Irmo* 300 miles southwest of Takoradi, Ghana.**
April 4th, 1942	German submarine U-505	*Attacks and sinks Dutch ship Alphacca* 154 miles south of Cape Palmas, Ivory Coast.**
April 10th, 1942	Union Pacific No. M-10000 The City of Salina	Scrapped at Ferer junkyards. 100,000 pounds of aluminum sold to U.S. government for war effort.
April 18th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Attacked by an Allied aircraft in the mid-Atlantic but suffered little damage.
May 7th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Completes 2nd patrol, returning to home port of Lorient after 86 days.
June 7th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Begins 3rd patrol, in the Caribbean Sea.
June 28th, 1942	German submarine U-505	*Attacks and sinks American ship Sea Thrush* 425 miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.**
June 29th, 1942	German submarine U-505	*Attacks and sinks American ship Thomas McKean* 350 miles northeast of Puerto Rico.**
July 22nd, 1942	German submarine U-505	*Attacks and sinks Colombian ship Urious* near Cayo Bolívar. This ship was a sailing ship belonging to a Colombian diplomat, so its sinking gave Colombia political grounds to declare war on Germany.**
August 25th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Completes 3rd patrol and returns to Lorient after 80 days without being attacked. Patrol ended early due to Loewe becoming ill.
September 6th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Loewe needs his appendix removed and is relieved of command by Kapitänleutnant Peter Zschech. During this period, a "Metox" radar detector was installed to give warning that the sub had been detected by Allied radar to allow time to dive and escape attack.
October 4th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Begins 4th patrol around the northern coast of South America.
November 7th, 1942	German submarine U-505	*Attacks and sinks British ship Ocean Justice* off the coast of Venezuela.**
November 10th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Attacked by surprise while surfacing from a low-flying Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson maritime patrol aircraft dropped a bomb on its deck. Killed 1 watch offier and wounded another. The fragmentation hit the attacking plane and crashed it in the sea, killing its entire crew. With the pumps inoperative and water flooding the engine room in several places, Kptlt. Zschech ordered the crew to abandon ship, but the technical staff (led by Chief Petty Officer Otto Fricke) insisted on trying to save it. The ship was made water-tight again after almost two weeks of repair work.
December 12th, 1942	German submarine U-505	Finishes 4th patrol, "limping" back to Lorient on reduced power, where it remains for several months to recieve repairs and improvements. The ship earns the distinction of being the most damaged U-boat to return to port under its own power.
1943	Santa Fe (ATSF) No. 2903	Built at Baldwin Locomotive Works. WWII material restrictions meant some components had to be substituted, specifically lightweight metals which are being used to make planes.
July 1st, 1943	German submarine U-505	Begins 5th patrol.
July 8th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Pursued for 36 hours by a group of three British destroyers (assisted by a leak from an external fuel tank caused by sabotage from French resistance).
July 13th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Aborts 5th patrol to return to Lorient for repairs after 13 days on patrol and multiple mechanical and technical failures. It is found that nearly all the seals for the air relief valves, emergency valves, diving tanks, battery cells, and fuel bunkers were corroded. It was concluded that battery acid had been poured on the seals. The ship undergoes repairs and its four-barreled 20mm anti-aircraft gun is replaced with a single-barreled Oberlikon 37mm automatic cannon.
August 1st, 1943	German submarine U-505	Begins 6th patrol.
August 2nd, 1943	German submarine U-505	Aborts 6th patrol after 1 day, after its test dive resulted in worrying sounds. Upon inspection, it was found that the seams on the newly repaired areas of the pressure hull, which should have been solidly welded, had been stuffed with oakum and hidden with a line of solder. Had the ship had to crash dive, the pressure would have burst the seams and killed everyone aboard.
August 14th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Begins 7th patrol.
August 15th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Aborts 7th patrol after 1 day, due to alarming gurlging noises at 60 meters depth. Cause of the noise found to be a failed casing on one of the pressure-proof storage tubes for the spare torpedoes.
August 21st, 1943	German submarine U-505	Begins 8th patrol.
August 22nd, 1943	German submarine U-505	Aborts 8th patrol after 1 day due to oil leak. Inspection finds that a pencil-sized hole had been drilled into one of the fuel bunkers. Repairs are made and a new radar detection device, the "Wanze" (bedbug), is installed.
August 18th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Begins 9th patrol.
September 30th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Aborts 9th patrol after 12 days, due to main pump failure.
October 9th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Begins 10th patrol.
October 24th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Spotted by British destroyers east of the Azores, not long after crossing the Bay of Biscay. Forced to submerge and endure a severe depth-charge attack. Zschech commits suicide in the submarine's radio room, shooting himself in the head. Oberleutnant zur See Paul Meyer takes command for two weeks.
November 7th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Aborts 10th patrol, due to captain's suicide.
November 8th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Oberleutnant zur See Harald Lange takes command until U-505's capture.
December 25th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Begins 11th patrol.
December 28th, 1943	German submarine U-505	Rescues 33 crew members from the German torpedo boat T25, sunk earlier that day by British cruisers in the Bay of Biscay.
December 28th, 1943 - January 1st, 1944	German submarine U-505	Participated in Wolfpack Hela off the coast of Spain and France with U-421, U-618, and U-666.
January 2nd, 1944	German submarine U-505	Returns early from 11th patrol to drop off survivors.
March 16, 1944	German submarine U-505	Begins 12th patrol off coast of Africa.
April 10th, 1944	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Observes 10th anniversary in Lincoln, Nebraska. This event features a six-foot cake and an eight-foot-long knife rigged up so that the train can cut its own birthday cake. Pieces of the cake are sent to other streamliner engines around the country with a birthday letter from The Pioneer Zephyr.
June 4th, 1944	German submarine U-505	Captured by the U.S. Navy off Mauritania, French West Africa.
June 19th, 1944	German submarine U-505	Escorted to Bermuda where it was used for secret trials and training until May of 1945.
November 12th, 1944	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Rear-ended by a freight train in Fairmont, Nebraska. Observation coach 570 is severely damaged and four passengers are killed.
February 1944	CB&Q No. 9901 The Sam Houston Zephyr	Destroyed by fire in Dacus, Texas and subsequently scrapped.
March 24th, 1945	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Returned to McCook-Lincoln service.
May 8th, 1944	German submarine U-505	Taken on a tour of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts by an American crew to promote the selling of War Bonds. (NOTE: this is the date of Germany's surrender, not specific to this tour.)
June 30th, 1945	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Removed from McCook-Lincoln service.
September 2nd, 1944	German submarine U-505	Following the surrender of Japan, U-505 was tied up at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and left there for nine years. (NOTE: this date is the date of Japan's surrender, not the date U-505 was docked.)
September 15th, 1945	CB&Q No. 9902 The Ozark State Zephyr	Repurchased by CB&Q.
February 1948	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus" and No. 9905 "Zephyrus" The Twin Cities Zephyr	Baggage cars "Olympus" and "Argo" added to respective consists.
July 31st, 1948	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Train derailed at the railroad bridge at Devil's Creek, four miles west of Viele, Iowa. Two passengers sustained minor injuries.
July - October 1948	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr and New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at Chicago Railroad Fair together.
November 4th, 1948	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Damaged after hitting a loaded sand truck in Spring Grove, Iowa. No injuries.
November 14th, 1948	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in Ft. Worth-Houston service.
April 29th, 1949	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Collides with a concrete truck in Houston, Texas.
August - September 1949	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr and New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at Chicago Railroad Fair together.
October 15th, 1949	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in Denver-Cheyenne service.
October 15th, 1949	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Collides with a truck at Longmont, Colorado.
October 18th, 1949	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in Quincy-St. Joseph service.
November 16th, 1950	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	An empty oil barge went on shore over the track and "Injun Joe" and "Becky Thatcher" derailed on it. Only one minor injury.
1951	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus"	Converted to a B-unit at West Burlington Shops.
1951	CB&Q No. 9905 "Zephyrus"	Converted to a B-unit at West Burlington Shops.
1951	CB&Q No. 9906-A "Silver King"	Converted to a B-unit at West Burlington Shops.
1951	CB&Q No. 9907-A "Silver Knight"	Converted to a B-unit at West Burlington Shops.
August 1951	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Another barge washed on shore and nearly caused a collision, but the driver is able to slow down in time.
1952	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Exhibited at the Genesee County Sesquicentennial.
May 1952	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Retired from passenger service and relegated to shunting and hauling refridgerated milk cars.
1953	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Indiana Railroad No. 65 interurban car (Pullman 1931)
February 1st, 1953	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in Galesburg-Quincy-St.Joseph service.
March 9th, 1954	German submarine U-505	Donated to the Museum of Science and Industry.
May - June 1954	German submarine U-505	Towed through the St. Lawrence River, the Welland Canal, and the Great Lakes to Chicago.
September 25th, 1954	German submarine U-505	Official dedication ceremony. Arthur Godfrey, a popular entertainer, was master of ceremonies and Admiral Halsey gave the principal address in dedicating U-505 to the 55,000 Americans who lost their lives at sea in World War II.
1955	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light No. 1129 interurban car (TMER&L 1924)
1955	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light No. 1135 interurban car (TMER&L 1924)
1955	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rapid Transit No. 1268 L car (American Car & Foundry Company 1907)
1955	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Milwaukee Electric No. 354 streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1928)
1955	Santa Fe (ATSF) No. 2903	Retired as part of Santa Fe's move to full dieselization.
June 1st, 1955	FW&D No. 9982-AB "Silver Pilot" and "Silver Mate"	Sent to the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad.
September 23rd, 1955	CB&Q No. 9905 "Zephyrus"	Scrapped.
October 5th, 1955	C&S No. 9952-AB "Silver Pilot" and "Silver Mate"	Sent to the Colorado & Southern Railroad.
Mid-1950's	CB&Q No. 4000 and 4001	Retired and placed into storage.
1956	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal Alton No. 101 interurban car (American Car Company 1917)
1956	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 277 interurban car (St. Louis Car Company 1913)
1956	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 415 interurban car (St. Louis Car Company 1924)
1956	CB&Q No. 4000	Pulls a railfan special.
1957	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal 170 interurban car (American Car Company 1921)
1957	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Electric Railway Historical Society formed.
March 17th, 1957	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in Quincy-St. Joseph service.
May 1957	CB&Q No. 9907-B "Silver Princess"	Scrapped at West Burlington Shops.
May 7th, 1957	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Minuteman	Retired from service.
June 1957	CB&Q No. 9907-A "Silver King"	Scrapped at West Burlington Shops.
June 1957	CB&Q No. 9907-B "Silver Queen"	Scrapped at West Burlington Shops.
August 1957	CB&Q No. 9904 "Pegasus"	Scrapped at West Burlington Shops.
1957	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Donated to the Edaville Railroad in Carver, Massachusetts for static display.
August 3rd, 1957	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Placed in Lincoln-St. Joseph service.
1958	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. E233 snow sweeper (McGuire-Cummings Mfg. Company 1908)
1958	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rapid Transit No. 1024 L car (Pullman 1898)
1958	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 1702 line car (Illinois Traction System 1922)
1958	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rapid Transit No. 1808 L car (American Car & Foundry Company 1907)
1958	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric No. 996 streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1927)
1958	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric No. 972 streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1927)
1958	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 10494 wood caboose (Chicago & north Western 1915)
April 27th, 1958	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Last day of service. Put into storage at the shops at West Burlington, Iowa.
1959	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 192 trolley bus (Brill 1937)
1959	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 144 streetcar (Pullman 1908)
April 30th, 1959	USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)	Scrapped in Japan.
May 1959	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	On public display for the last time for CB&Q in Lincoln, Nebraska.
1960	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 1565 Class B electric locomotive (Illinois Traction System 1910)
February 20th, 1960	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Final day in revenue service while on Lincoln-St. Joseph run.
March 20th, 1960	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Final run, Lincoln-Galesburg, while en route to display in Chicago.
May 26th, 1960	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Presented to Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago for exhibit.
June 1960	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Displayed outdoors alongside Louisville and Nashville No. 152 at the Kentucky Railway Museum in Louisville, Kentucky.
June 1960	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Sold with its four cars to Frank Dashner to then be sold to Cuba, but after the Red Scare in general and the Cuban Missile Crisis in particular, plans changed for the train to be used as a restaurant.
August 22nd, 1960	CB&Q No. 9914-B "Silver Swift"	Wrecked in Nodaway, Missouri.
October 1960	CB&Q No. 4001	Sold for scrap.
October 10th, 1960	CB&Q No. 9980-AB "Silver Chief"	Wrecked at Memphis, Tennnessee.
December 1960	CB&Q No. 9914-B "Silver Swift"	Scrapped.
1961	Illinois Electric Railway Museum	Acquires Public Service Commission No. 7 0-6-0T steam locomotive (Baldwin locomotive Works 1926), the first steam engine acquired by the IRM.
1961	Santa Fe (ATSF) No. 2903	Donated to the Museum of Science and Industry.
February 24th, 1961	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Frank Dashner dies at age 51 before making the last payment on the train. His widow and teenage children did not want the train so ownership reverts back to CB&Q.
1962	Illinois Railway Museum	Changes name to the Illinois Railway Museum
1962	Illinois Railway Museum	Nevada Northern No. 10 "Ely" private passenger car (Pullman/Pullman Standard 1889)
1962	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Commonwealth Edison No. 4 0-6-0 electric locomotive switcher (Alco/GE 1911)
1962	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 309 interurban car (Hicks Locomotive & Car Works 1907)
1962	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 321 interurban car (Jewett Car Company 1914)
1962	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 431 interurban car (Cincinnati Car Company 1927)
1962	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Donated to the Museum of Science and Industry.
February 2nd, 1962	Ralph Budd	Dies.
June 1962	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Purchased by Ernie A. Hayes of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
September 1962	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Move to the Old Thresher's Reunion site at McMillan Park in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Plan was to build a loop track and run the train as a tourist attraction.
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 160 interurban car (J. G. Brill Company 1915)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 213 box motor (Cincinnati Car Company 1919)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 218 box motor (Cincinnati Car Company 1922)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 229 box motor (Cincinnati Car Company 1922)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 251 interurban car (Jewett Company 1917)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 253 interurban car (Jewett Company 1917)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 604 line car (Chicago & Milwaukee Electric 1914)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 714 interurban car (Cincinnati Car Company 1926)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 749 interurban car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1928)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 1002 wood caboose (American Car & Foundry Company 1926)
1963	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Shore Line No. 1003 wood cupola caboose (American Car & Foundry Company 1926)
January 22nd, 1963	The Nebraska Zephyr Train of the Goddesses	"Psyche" and "Diana" removed from consist, "Venus"' cocktail lounge removed and replaced with non-leg-rest coach seating for short-haul passengers.
April 22nd, 1963	CB&Q No. 9915-A "Silver Carrier"	Wrecked at Bigelow, Missouri.
June 19th, 1963	The Nebraska Zephyr Train of the Goddesses	Train returned to service as a five-car set with "Ceres" assuming additional duties as a lounge car.
August 19th, 1963	CB&Q No. 4000	Donated to the city of Lacrosse, Wisconsin for permanent display in Copeland Park.
November 27th, 1963	CB&Q No. 9980-AB "Silver Chief"	Scrapped in Childress, Texas.
1964	Illinois Railway Museum	Moves to Union, Illinois.
1964	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 1236 baggage car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1908)
1964	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 1304 RPO-baggage car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1901)
1964	J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5	Retired.
January 7th, 1964	The Nebraska Zephyr Train of the Gods	Train taken out of service for five months. "Mercury" and "Cupid" removed from consist and "Apollo" converted to a power-baggage car.
May 15th, 1964	The Nebraska Zephyr Train of the Gods	Returned to service as a five-car set.
May 27th, 1964	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Delivered.
1964	German submarine U-505	Reunion held for capturing crews.
1965	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee & Suburban Transport No. 269 trolley coach (St. Louis Car Company 1941)
1965	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Cleveland Transit System No. 874 trolley coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1949)
1965	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 874 trolley coach (Twin Coach 1948)
March 1965	CB&Q No. 9915-A "Silver Carrier"	Traded in for a U25B.
March 1965	CB&Q No. 9915-B "Silver Clipper"	Traded in for a U25B.
March 1965	CB&Q No. 9912-AB "Silver Meteor" and "Silver Comet"	Traded in for a U25Bs.
Fall 1965	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5 3-truck Shay steam locomotive (Lima Locomotive Works 1929)
1965	Illinois Railway Museum	Buys 26 more acres of land.
1965	Illinois Railway Museum	Way & Structure Department organized.
1966	Illinois Railway Museum	First operations on one miles of mainline track.
1966	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 504 interurban sleeper car (American Car & Foundry Company 1910)
1966	USS Pillsbury (DE-133)	Scrapped at Boston Metals Co. in Baltimore, Maryland.
February 28th, 1966	The Nebraska Zephyr Train of the Gods	"Vulcan" converted to a cafeteria car with vending machines.
March 30th, 1966	The Nebraska Zephyr Train of the Goddesses	"Ceres" converted to a cafeteria car with vending machines.
September 1966	CB&Q No. 9908 "Silver Charger"	Donated to the National Museum of Transport in St. Louis, Missouri.
November 4th, 1966	USS Flaherty	Scrapped.
1967	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western Marengo depot and moves it to Union, IL.
1967	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Sand Springs No. 68 interurban car (Cincinnati Car Company 1918).
1967	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires St. Louis – San Francisco Railroad No. 1630 2-10-0 decapod steam engine (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1918).
1967	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Great Western No. 99 private business car (Pullman 1905).
1967	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Tank Line (UTLX) No. 17222 steel tank car (Union Transit Company 1937).
July 10th, 1967	St. Louis-San Francisco No. 1630	Work starts in Oklahoma on testing the air brakes and greasing the bearings and jounrals before the engine can be moved to Union, IL.
July 29th, 1967	St. Louis-San Francisco No. 1630	Displayed at the Illinois Railway Museum.
October 29th, 1967	J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5	Pulls the Illinois Railway Museum’s first steam excursion.
October 31st, 1967	CB&Q No. 9950-B "Silver Steed"	Traded in for a SD40.
October 31st, 1967	CB&Q No. 9910-AB "Silver Speed" and "Silver Power"	Traded in for SD40s.
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 233 interurban car (St. Louis Car Company 1906).
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 234 interurban car (Danville Car Company 1910).
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 518 interurban trailer coach (St. Louis Car Company 1911).
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines X-4 electric crane car (Chicago Surface Lines 1946).
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Western Indiana No. 1900 100-ton steam wrecker crane (Industrial-Brownhoist 1906).
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Western Indiana No. 1904 idler flat (Industrial-Brownhoist 1906).
January 21st, 1968	The Nebraska Zephyr Trains of the Gods and Goddesses	Take their final run along with their brother train before being retired.
March 15th, 1968	CB&Q No. 9950-A "Silver Racer"	Traded in for a U25B.
March 15th, 1968	CB&Q No. 9909 "Silver Bullet"	Traded in for a SD40.
March 15th, 1968	CB&Q No. 9913 "Silver Wings"	Traded in for a SD40.
March 15th, 1968	CB&Q No. 9914-A "Silver Arrow"	Traded in for a SD40.
March 15th, 1968	C&S No. 9952-AB "Silver Pilot" and "Silver Mate"	Retired/Traded in to EMD for SD40s (name boards flipped over sometime prior).
March 15th, 1968	USS Jenks	Scrapped.
April 1968	C&S No. 9952-AB "Silver Pilot" and "Silver Mate"	Sold to Pielet Bros. for scrap.
September 1968	Illinois Railway Museum	Site floods.
October 1968	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot"	*Sold to Herbert N. W. Hansen of the Illinois Railway Museum to pull The Nebraska Zephyr* trainset.**
December 1968	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Hayes donates the train to the Old Thresher's Reunion and Midwest Central Railroad outright, in hopes of spurring interest in its restoration. Disagreements to the worthiness of this endeavor led to no actions taken. The train suffers vandalism over the next ten years.
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	*Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy Nebraska Zephyr* No. 960 power car/coach "Venus" (Budd Manufacturing Company 1936).**
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	*Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy Nebraska Zephyr* No. 4626 coach "Vesta" (Budd Manufacturing Company 1936).**
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	*Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy Nebraska Zephyr* No. 4627 coach "Minerva" (Budd Manufacturing Company 1936).**
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	*Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy Nebraska Zephyr* No. 150 diner "Ceres" (Budd Manufacturing Company 1936).**
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	*Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy Nebraska Zephyr* No. 225 observation/lounge "Juno" (Budd Manufacturing Company 1936).**
1968	Illinois Railway Museum	70 pieces in the museum's collection and the main line is now 1.5 miles long.
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Tuskegee No. 101 2-6-2 steam Prairie locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1924).
June 9th, 1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Site floods again. First discussions of flood control.
July 1969	St. Louis-San Francisco No. 1630	Recieves a new coat of black paint and sheet metal patches to make it "more presentable for viewing and photographing".
October - November 1969	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot"	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No9. 9952-A diesel locomotive "Silver Pilot" (Electro-Motive Corporation 1940).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 481 sleeper car "Savannah" (Pullman-Pullman Standard 1948).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 1923 baggage/Railway Post Office car (American Car & Foundry Company 1914).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe No. 2544 combine baggage/coach car (Pullman/Pullamn-Standard 1927).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refrigerator Transit (URTX) No. 2034 wood reefer (General American Transportation 1931).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refrigerator Transit (URTX) No. 5348 wood reefer (General American Transportation 1931, scrapped 2021).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Swift Regridgerator Lines No. 15030 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Soo Line No. 33096 wood boxcar (American Cat & Foundry 1913).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington No. 220100 hopper (American Cat & Foundry 1927).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington No. 220145 hopper (American Cat & Foundry 1927).
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	First shop building opened.
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Public restrooms opened.
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Museum office completed.
1969	Illinois Railway Museum	Judge rules for three farmers in land dispute.
1970	USS Pope (DE-134)	Scrapped.
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 4001 streetcar (Pullman-Standard 1934).
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 9020 streetcar (J.G. Brill Car Company 1921).
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 428 2-8-0 steam locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1901).
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe No. 1534 crew dorm/lounge car (Pullman 1914).
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Inglehome" lounge-observation-sleeping car. (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1910).
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Western Indiana No. 1185 wood side dump gondola car (Haskell and Barker 1913).
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Soo Line No. 41146 wood boxcar (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1929).
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	Yards 1 and 2 completed.
1970	Illinois Railway Museum	20 acres at main site purchased.
July 1970	St. Louis-San Francisco No. 1630	Rail & Wire requests donations and volunteers to help restore the engine to operating status.
January 28th, 1970	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Title officially transferred to the Museum of Science and Industry, after a decade of being "on loan".
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rapid Transit No. 1754 L car (Jewett Car Company 1906).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires American Creosote Work No. 7 0-4-0T steam locomotive switcher (Vulcan Iron Works 1917).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Louisiana & Arkansas No. 99 2-8-0 Consolidation steam freight locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1919).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 2804 steel day coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1925).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Grand Trunk Western No. 5316 "Melanie" modernized steel day coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1912).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Grand Trunk Western No. 9695 RPO car (Pressed Steel Car Company 1914).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central "King Cotton" sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1942).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Association of American Railroads X-201 rail test equipment car (Buda Engine Co. 1936).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Association of American Railroads X-202 rail test crew facilities car (Buda Engine Co. 1940).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires General American Pfaudler No. 1021 steel milk car (General American Transportation 1947).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Swift Refrigerator Lines No. 25004 mechanical reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Swift Refrigerator Lines No. 25029 mechanical reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Swift Refrigerator Lines No. 25041 mechanical reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 26640 insulated boxcar (General American Transportation 1931).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit Milwaukee Road No. 37241 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1948).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit Milwaukee Road No. 37312 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1948).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit American Beef Packers No. 75524 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1950).
1971	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 4 completed.
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Michigan Electric No. 28 interurban car (St. Louis 1913).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 1198 electric commuter car (Pullman 1926).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 1380 electric commuter car (Pullman 1926).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 4146 arch-roof steel elevated L car (Cincinnati Car Company 1915).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Cornwall Street Railway Light & Power No. 14 electric locomotive (Baldwin Westinghouse 1929).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Charles City Western No. 300 electric locomotive (McQuire-Cummings 1915).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Commonwealth Edision No. 5 0-6-0 locomotive switcher (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1922).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Commonwealth Edision No. 5 0-6-0 locomotive switcher (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1922).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wisconsin Central No. 57 wood coach (Pullman 1905).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Delaware Lackawanna & Western No. 556 commuter coach (Pullman 1914).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Delaware Lackawanna & Western No. 561 commuter coach (Pullman 1914).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Delaware Lackawanna & Western No. 567 commuter coach (Pullman 1914).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 4412 L car (Cincinnati Car Company 1924).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 20519 insulated boxcar (North American Car Company 1927).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 20519 insulated boxcar (North American Car Company 1927).
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Trolley bus operations begin and trolley bus barns built.
1972	Illinois Railway Museum	Yard 5 completed.
September 4th, 1972	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Completes its first test run during the night.
October 14th, 1972	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Breaks a valve spring on one cylinder during a second test run and is unable to operate on Members Day.
October 28th, 1972	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Though the train is not operational, lunch is still served on "Ceres" during Members Day.
October 28th, 1972	St. Louis-San Francisco No. 1630	Engine was fired for the first time in over a decade with few problems during Members Day. The engine runs up and down the wye and on the mainline for several trips with a train at the end of Saturday as well as on Sunday.
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Electric Railway Historical Society collection acquired.
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & West Towns No. 141 streetcar (McGuire-Cummings 1924).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 2843 streetcar (Jewett Car Company 1903).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 1374 streetcar (St. Lousi Car Company 1905).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 1467 streetcar (Chicago Union Traction 1899).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 2846 streetcar (South Chicago City Railway 1907).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 3142 double-end arch-roof streetcar (Brill 1923).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 3142 double-end arch-roof streetcar (Brill 1923).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 4391 PCC streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1948).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines F-305 snow plow (Chicago Surface Lines 1930).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 84 trolley coach bus (Brill 1930).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 193 trolley coach bus (Brill 1937).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 9553 trolley coach bus (Marmon-Herrington 1951).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 9631 trolley coach bus (Marmon-Herrington 1951).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy No. 14073 wood caboose (Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy 1891).
1973	Illinois Railway Museum	Steam Shop completed.
1974	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Graysonia Nashville & Ashdown No. 26 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1926).
1974	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Lehigh & New England No. 207 0-6-0 steam locomotive switcher (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1936).
June 24th, 1974	USS Chatelain	Scrapped.
1974	German submarine U-505	Reunion held for capturing crews.
Fall 1974	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Makes two runs during the end of the day on Members Day, but has trouble with the second engine and automatic train brakes.
1975	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 4410 L car (Cincinatti Car Company 1924).
1975	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires South Shore Line No. 504 box trailer (St. Louis Car Company 1925).
1975	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 265 4-8-4 steam locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1944). Previously on display in a Milwaukee park where it was nicknamed "Old Smokey".
1975	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman No. 1792 diesel switcher locomotive (Davenport & Bridges 1928). Worked at the Pullman plant in Chicago.
1975	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific M-35 "doodlebug" gas-electric coach (Electro-Motive Corporation 1927).
1975	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe No. 60394 wood stock car (Pennsylvania Car Company 1929).
1975	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 3 completed.
Summer 1975	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Air brakes are improved, the first engine has its seals and cylinders replaced and repaired. The cab is cleaned and the oil in both engines drained and replaced. Cab, trucks, and underbody are steam-cleaned and given a new coat of silver paint.
Fall 1975	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Glenn Monhard and Gregg Wolfersheim make a serious effort to fix the problems with the second engine. A power pad is pulled, several fuel injectors replaced, and the valves and injectors are timed and tuned. The results are successful and the second engine runs well afterward.
Fall 1975	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Resumes operational service for a time. The engine is described as being "quite popular".
1976	The Nebraska Zephyr Train of the Gods	Sold to the Saudi Government Railroad Organization of Saudi Arabia.
1976	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Des Moines Railway No. 239 Model TC44 trolley coach (ACF-Brill 1948).
1976	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires City Transit No. 435 Model 44CX trolley coach bus (Pullman-Standard 1947).
1976	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Norfolk & Western No. 2050 2-8-8-2 Mallet steam locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1928).
1976	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 2 completed.
Summer - Fall 1976	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Stated to be operating reliably enough to "run a few times during summer operations" as well as one Sunday during Members' Day weekend. Rail & Wire describes it as "one of the least referred to pieces of equipment... a dead monument to pre-Amtrak days of passenger service." Clearly, not the star of the museum at this time.
December 1976	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Rail & Wire Issue 83 lists both the engine and train as sitting on its own track in Yard #1. A guy named Chuck is credited with working on the trainset.
1977	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Northern Pacific No. 49444 wood boxcar (Pacific Car & Foundry 1918).
1977	Illinois Railway Museum	Concession stand completed.
1978	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 4290 L car (Cincinnati Car Company 1922).
1978	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 4321 L car (Cincinnati Car Company 1922).
July 2nd, 1978	Illinois Railway Museum	Boot Creek floods. 80% of the grounds are submerged, including the floors of four buildings. Museum closes for two days and traction motors are damaged.
July 5th, 1978	Illinois Railway Museum	Museum reopens.
Winter 1978 - 1979	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Lennis Moore, CEO of Old Threasher's Reunion and Midwest Central Railroad, convinces the Board to begin looking for buyers for the train again.
1978	Illinois Railway Museum	10 acres at the south end of the main campus purchased, plus 5,000 feet of right-of-way east of the property.
1978	Illinois Railway Museum	West end of the main line opened.
1978	Illinois Railway Museum	50th Avenue L Station moved to the IRM (1910)
1978	Illinois Railway Museum	Internal Combustion Engine Department formed.
1979	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 9 completed.
Spring 1979	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Purchased by Alexander Barket Sr. with plans to run it as a tourist railroad through Swope Park in Kansas City.
June 1979	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Alexander Barket Sr. dies while the train is being moved to a siding on the southwest side of Kansas City, Missouri. Ownership of the train then becomes a complicated legal matter owing to Barket's outstanding lawsuits.
1979	German submarine U-505	Reunion held for capturing crews.
1980	Norfolk and Western No. 475	Sold to H.S. Kuyper, and then conveyed to the Pella Historical Society, being stored at the Illinois Railway Museum.
1980	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Grand Trunk Western No. 8380 0-8-0 steam engine switcher (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1929).
1980	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western X250958 flat car (American Car & Foundry 1928). This car was assigned for use with C&NW pile driver X261709.
1980	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western X261709 pile driver (Industrial Works 1929). This car was assigned for use with C&NW flat car X250958.
1980	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 55659 flat car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1913).
1980	Illinois Railway Museum	273 feet of mainline right-of-way east of the mainline purchased. the first of the farmers who has stopped the line.
1980	Illinois Railway Museum	Trolley loop completed.
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Trasnit Authority No. 2872 L car (Pullman 1906).
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Trasnit Authority No. 2888 L car (Pullman 1906).
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore & South Bend No. 803 streamlined electric frieght locomotive (General Electric 1949).
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pennsylvania Railroad No. 4927 GG-1 streamlined electric locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad/General Electric 1942).
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Grand Trunk Western No. 6323 4-8-4 Northern steam locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1942).
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukeee Raod No. 760 diesel-electric H10-44 locomotive (Fairbanks-Morse 1944). This is the first diesel locomtive built by Fairbanks-Morse, who were better known for their maritime engines.
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Grand Trunk Western No. 1951 diesel-electric RS-1 "road switcher" locomotive (ALCO 1957). This was the last RS-1 type locomotive built for an American customer.
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Alton No. 39167 XA wood auto car (Pullman-Pullman-Standard 1924).
1981	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 10304 wood caboose (American Car & Foundry 1928).
1982	Norfolk and Western No. 475	Purchased by C. Rosenberg and his daughters, who subsequently donated it to the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in Boone County, Iowa around 1985.
1982	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light M15 electric freight motor and utility car (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light 1920).
1982	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Electric No. 4 0-4-0 "fireless" switcher steam engine (H. K. Porter, Inc. 1946).
1982	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman No. 7271 Army troop sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Sleeper 1943).
1982	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee No. 801-802 streamlined interurban car (St. Louis Car Company 1941).
1982	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires 16 Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0 switcher steam engines (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1929). All but one of these, Northwestern Steel & Wire No. 8380, are traded or scrapped over time.
1982	Illinois Railway Museum	Main line extended to two miles long.
1982	German submarine U-505	Reunion held for both capturing crewman and U-505's own crew. This is the first time the submarine's crew had seen it since the day of its capture in 1944.
1983	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Appraisal estimates the train is worth $600,000 but could be worth $6,000,000 if restored. Neil Young confirmed to have considered buying it for use as a touring vehicle, only to find the logistics of navigating freight railroads insurmountable.
1983	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Dale Simpson, of the Buffalo Bills, purchases the train. No work is done on it however.
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Cleveland Transit System No. 4223 electric PCC streetcar (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1946).
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Minneapolis Northfield & Southern No. 21 center-cab diesel freight locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1948).
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Toledo Peoria & Western No. 400 diesel-electric switcher locomotive (ALCO 1958).
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wilwaukee Road No. 01984 steel bay window caboose (Milwaukee Road 1946).
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wilwaukee Road No. 19331 steel boxcar (Milwaukee Road 1940).
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	50th Avenue station in place and opened.
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Yard 10 completed.
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Main line reaches 3 miles.
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 4 Electric Car Shop addition completed.
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 9 completed.
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	Steam Passenger Coach department formed.
1983	Illinois Railway Museum	50th Avenue station in place and opened.
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore & South Bend No. 8 interurban coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1926).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore & South Bend No. 34 double-end arch-roof steel interurban coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1929).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric No. 306 double-end arch-roof lightweight interurban coach (St. Louis Car Company 1924).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 6125 arch roof aluminum L car (St. Louis Car Company 1951). Permanently coupled to 6126 as a "married pair".
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 6126 arch roof aluminum L car (St. Louis Car Company 1951). Permanently coupled to 6125 as a "married pair".
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Lake Shore Electric No. 810 double-truck wood interurban freight trailer (Kuhlman Car Company 1924).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Toledo-Detroit Railroad No. 16 4-4-0 steam locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1914). Traded to the IRM from the Henry Ford Museum.
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 118C F-7A diesel-electric freight locomotive (Electro Motive Division GM 1951).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Minnesota Transfer No. 200 RS-3 diesel-electric freight locomotive (ALCO 1951).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 1603 HH660 diesel-electric switching locomotive (ALCO 1939).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 1603 HH660 diesel-electric switching locomotive (ALCO 1939).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 1605 GP-7 diesel-electric switching locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1953).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Delaware Lackawanna & Western No. 3001 diesel-electric boxcab locomotive (ALCO/GE/Ingersoll-Rand 1926).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Bessemer & Lake Erie No. 25 steel combine (Pressed Steel Car Company 1925).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 2524 commuter coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1927).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Elgin Joliet & Eastern No. 8726 Army tropp sleeper (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1943).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires New York Central "Dover Strait" 6-bedroom buffet lounge car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1924).
1984	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Western Indidana No. 1772 idler flat for Commonwealth Edison No. 19, a crane..
May 28th, 1984	Illinois Railway Museum	First Diesel Daze Celebration held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of streamlined diesel passenger trains.
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires the CTA Historical Collection.
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Chicago Street Railroad No. 8 horse-drawn streetcar (John Stephenson Car Company 1859), part of the CTA Historical Collection.
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires West Chicago Street Railroad No. 4 electric cable car (Pullman 1895), part of the CTA Historical Collection.
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago City Railway No. 209 cable trailer replica (Chicago Surface Lines 1930), part of the CTA Historical Collection.
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 460 deck-roof wooden steetcar (Pullman 1908), part of the CTA Historical Collection.
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 4021 air-electric PCC streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1936), part of the CTA Historical Collection.
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority No. 55 steel subway car (J. G. Brill Company 1927).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Lake Superior & Ishpeming No. 35 2-8-0 Consolidation steam freight locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1916).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Duluth Missabe & Iron Range No. 84 steel day coach (American Car & Foundry 1911).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Duluth Missabe & Iron Range No. 84 steel day coach (American Car & Foundry 1911).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Green Bay & Western No. 110 wood coach (American Car & Foundry 1915).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 7700 combine passenger-baggage car (American Car & Foundry 1923).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Commonwealth Edison No. 19 locomotive crane (Industrial Brownhoist 1951).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 9792 NE steel cupola caboose (Illinois Central 1940).
1985	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 7 completed.
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Kansas City Public Service No. 755 electric PCC streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1946).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 52 aluminum 3-section articulated PCC L car (St. Louis Car Company 1947).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 6461 arch-roof aluninum PCC L car (St. Louis Car Company 1954). Permanently coupled with CTA No. 6462 to form a married pair.
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 6462 arch-roof aluninum PCC L car (St. Louis Car Company 1954). Permanently coupled with CTA No. 6461 to form a married pair.
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light No. 12 double-truck portable substation (Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light 1926).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light M37 steel enclosed container car (Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light 1931).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Surface Lines No. 3407 model 798 gas bus (White Motor Company 1944).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 3719 2-6-0 Mogul steam freight locomotive (Brooks Locomotive Works 1900).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road 96B model F-7B diesel-electric booster cab locomotive (Electro-Motive Disivion GM 1951).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wyandotte Terminal No. 103 VO-660 diesel-electric switching locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1945).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road 104C model FP-7A diesel-electric locomotive (Electro-Motive Disivion GM 1952).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 6166 commuter coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1927).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 7128 open-air passenger coach (CB&Q Aurora Shops 1928).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Western "Floyd River" sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1928).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Thrall No. 20306 all-door boxcar (Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 1971).
1986	Illinois Railway Museum	56 acres across from Olson Road purchased.
1987	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Three businessmen (Dan Krupske, John C. Lowe, and Ronald Lorenzini) purchase the train and found Mark Twain Zephyr, Inc. They move the train to Mid America Car Corporation on the north side of Kansas City. Plans are to partner with Coors who will fund the cost of the restoration in exchange for exclusive rights to lease the train and perform a marketing campaign promoting "Silver Bullet" beer.
1987	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Thrall No. 20306 all-door boxcar (Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 1971).
1987	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 1518 model GP-7 diesel-electric locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1948).
1987	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Lousiville & Nashville No. 2726 "Galt House" dining car (American Car & Foundry Company 1930).
1987	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pennsylvania Railroad No. 476199 4-wheel cupola caboose (Pennsylvania Railroad 1906).
1987	Illinois Railway Museum	Pullman drawing and document collection donated.
1988	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Discussions with Coors end with no agreement so Krupske, Lowe, and Lorenzini move the train closer to where they live, storing the train at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore Line & South Bend No. 19 interurban car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1926).
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore Line & South Bend No. 40 interurban car (Standard Steel Car Company 1929).
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wisconsin Electric Power L7 steeplecab electric frieght locomotive (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 1931), part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wisconsin Electric Power L7 steeplecab electric frieght locomotive (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 1931), part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport L10 steeplecab electric frieght locomotive (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 1944), part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport D16 double-truck locomtive crane (Brown Hosting Machinery Company 1923), part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wisconsin Electric Power M26 double-truck interurban flat car (St. Louis Car Company 1903), part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport M1 double-truck steel eletric frieght motor (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 1917), part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport E58 double-truck flat car (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 1907), part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport E117 double-truck flat car, part of the Wisconsin Railway Historical Collection.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 2555 commuter coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1927).
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 2571 commuter coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1927).
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 2602 commuter coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1927).
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Pullman Library opened in former State Bank of Union building, containing one million linen tracings from Pullman and its predecessors.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Buildings & Ground maintenance building completed.
1988	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Elgin Joliet & Eastern Spaulding Tower (Elgin Joliet & Eastern 1909).
1989	German submarine U-505	Declared a National Historic Landmark.
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore & South Bend No. 28 double-ended arch-roof steel coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1929).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore & South Bend No. 37 double-ended arch-roof steel coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1929, sold/traded 2018.).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Fort Wayne-Lima No. 91 single-ended arch-roof steel combine (St. Louis Car Company 1924).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee No. 757 double-ended arch-roof steel coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1930).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee No. 763 double-ended arch-roof steel coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1930).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Penn Central No. 4715 S-motor main line electric passenger locomotive (ALCO/GE 1906).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport D22 double-truck line car (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 1907).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport B48 double-truck snow sweeper (The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company 1926).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Montebello Bus Lines No. 17 Model 99T gas bus (Ford Motor Company 1944).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Dardanelle & Russellville No. 14 SC 600 diesel-electric switching locomotive (Electro-Motive Corporation 1937).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road 33C E-9A diesel-electric passenger locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1956).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 504 SD-24 diesel-electric freight locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1959).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Columbus & Greenville No. 606 AS-416 diesel-electric freight locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1950).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Borden's Milk No. 520 steel milk car (Merchants Despatch Transportation Company 1935).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Swift Refrigerator Lines No. 15802 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1956).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Swift Refrigerator Lines No. 15802 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1956).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 26507 wood reefer (General American Transportation 1931, scrapped 2018).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 37109 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1948).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 66216 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1954). Has Oscar Meyer branding.
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 66221 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 66234 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 66244 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 68229 steel reefer (General American Transportation 1954).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pacific Fruit Express No. 68428 wood reefer (Pacfici Fruit Express 1928).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 77307 wood reefer (General American Transportation 1931).
1989	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Refridgerator Transit No. 77307 wood reefer (General American Transportation 1931).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 637 4-6-0 ten wheeler steam locomotive (Rogers Locomotive Works 1892).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 4963 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1892).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific 967B E-9B diesel-electric "heater car" booster unit (Electro-Motive Division GM 1955).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. W52 idler flat (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1936). Meant for use with C&NW No. 6363.
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 6363 160 ton diesel wrecker crane (Bucyrus Foundry & Manufacturing Company 1925). Meant for use with C&NW W52.
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires U. S. Department of Transportation No. 3 all-steel reefer boxcar (General American Transportation 1957).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Sanitary District No. 39 side dump car (Western Wheeled Scraper 1930).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Shippers Car Line No. 42 3-dome tank car (American Car & Foundry Company 1935).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Terminal No. 988 steel bay window caboose (St. Louis Car Company 1953).
1990	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Great Western No. 5643 steel boxcar (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1957).
July 13th, 1990	Herbert N. W. Hansen	Dies at age 69.
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light L3 steeplecab electric freight locomotive (The Milwaukee Elecric Railway & Light 1920).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wisconsin Electric Power L4 steeplecab electric freight locomotive (The Milwaukee Elecric Railway & Light 1920).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority S373 double-truck work motor (Cincinnati Car Company 1924).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 6930 DDA-40X diesel-electric locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1970).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires United States Army No. 8537 diesel-electric frieght locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1970).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires U. S. Department of Transportation No. 503 steel boxcar (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1979).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 13572 steel cupola caboose (Chicago Burlington & Quincy 1960).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Baltimore & Ohio No. 374065 steel cupola caboose (Baltimore & Ohio 1925).
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Main line reaches 5 miles.
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 3 extension completed.
1991	Illinois Railway Museum	The Babe filmed on Illinois Railway Museum property.
November 14th, 1991	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Last commercial flight. Total miles flown: 28 million. Total passengers carried: 3 million.
December 1991	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	*Filmed in A League Of Their Own* on Illinois Railway Museum property. One scene is also shot inside observation car "Juno".**
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Knoxville Power & Light No. 419 double-end single-truck arch-roof curve-side streetcar (Cincinnati Car Company 1925).
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 9933 diesel-mechanical coach (Budd Manufacturing Company 1950).
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Glen Alta" six-compartment three-drawing room sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1925).
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road X5000 dynamometer car (Milwaukee Road 1929).
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Minnesota Dakota & Western No. 3049 all-door boxcar (Thrall Car Manufacturing Company 1971).
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 6 completed.
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	Steam Shop expansion completed.
1992	Illinois Railway Museum	8000 feet of overhead wire to Kishwaukee Grove strung in one day.
September 28th, 1992	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Becomes the largest engine to land at Meigs Field. Piloted by B.C. Thomas.
October 1st, 1992	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Loaded onto a barge and towed to Burns International Harbor in Indiana for storage as the Museum of Science and Industry prepared its exhibit hall.
1993	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Purchased by Bob Morrell, owner of Story Land, and moved to Glen, New Hampshire.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Indiana Railroad No. 205 double-end arch-roof surburban car (Kuhlman Car Company 1927).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley No. 504 single-end railroad-roof wooden buffet-observation interurban car (Cincinatti Car Company 1906).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 2153 arch-roof aluminum L car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1964). Pemanently coupled to CTA No. 2154.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 2154 arch-roof aluminum L car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1964). Pemanently coupled to CTA No. 2153.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 6655 arch-roof aluminum PCC L car (St. Louis Car Company 1957). Pemanently coupled to CTA No. 6656.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 6656 arch-roof aluminum PCC L car (St. Louis Car Company 1957). Pemanently coupled to CTA No. 6655.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chesapeake & Ohio No. 2707 2-8-4 Berkshire steam freight locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1943).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 18 diesel freight locomotive (General Electric 1960). Paired with UP No. 18B and UP No. 907853.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific 18B turbine B unit (General Electric 1960). Paired with UP No. 18.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 5056 diesel-electric U25B freight locomotive (General Electric 1965).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 907853 24384-gallon fuel tender (American Locomotive Company 1937). Rebuilt in 1957 to be used with UP No. 18.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 900075 steam rotary snow plow (Lima Locomotive Works 1949).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 3786 steel cupola caboose (Mt. Vernon 1942).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Great Northern No. 70104 steel hopper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1957).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 93006 flat car (Rock Island 1956).
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Groundhog Day filmed on Illinois Railway Museum property.
1993	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 8 completed.
June 1993	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Begins undergoing restoration work.
September 21st, 1993	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Returned to Calumet Harbor in Chicago via barge where it is transferred to a smaller barge capable of navigating a temporary canal dug at 57th street.
September 22nd, 1993	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Arrives at 57th Street beach. Traffic is stopped on Lake Shore Drive to allow the plane to cross onto museum property where it is temporarily stored in the West Parking Lot to be dismantled.
September 29th - 30th, 1993	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Ran on the Wisconsin Central main line from Burlington to Neenah for an Association of Railway Museums (ARM) convention.
October 1993	New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999	Restoration work concludes and the engine is moved indoors.
October 17th, 1993	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Work begins on moving the 727 inside. A 32-ton ionic column is removed and the Museum entrance is widened to accomodate the plane. The 727's wings were removed with water jets so the fuselage could be brought inside.
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority S-309 double-truck flat car (Chicago Transit Authority 1953).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Cincinatti & Lake Erie No. 640 double-truck steel freight motor (Cincincatti Car Company 1930).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington Northern No. 5383 U30C diesel-electric freight locomotive (General Electric 1974).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Southern Railway No. 10 "Susan Marie" private car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1948).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 1307 streamlined express-baggae car (Milwaukee Road 1938).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Norfolk & Western No. 1459 RPO-baggae car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1910).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Villa Falls" sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1913).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 6323A steam locomotive tender (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1929). Designed to be permanently coupled to a class H 4-8-4 steam engine.
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Grand Trunk Western No. 6323B steam locomotive tender (American Locomotive Works 1941). Designed to be semi-permanently coupled to a class U "Vanderbuilt" steam engine.
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquired O'Mahoney Diner (1934) and moved to Union. (Installed 2002).
1994	Illinois Railway Museum	40 acres purchased, bringing total campus to 152 acres.
January 1994	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Travels to Fort Worth on-loan for an exhibition tour celebrating the release of the BNSF's new SD70MAC freight locomotives. Stops briefly at the former SLSF shops in Springfield, IL on the way down for some truing work.
March 1994	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Repainted in its 1964 vintage color scheme using forty-one gallons of paint.
1994	German submarine U-505	Reunion held for American and German crews.
October 8th, 1994	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Take Flight exhibit opens in the renovated Hall of Transportation.
December 1994	Santa Fe (ATSF) No. 2903	Donated to the Illinois Railway Museum, as it was too large to be moved indoors at the Museum of Science and Industry like the other outdoor exhibits had been.
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee No. 1502 double-truck piggyback flat car (Standard Steel Car Company 1926).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Southern Pacific No. 975 2-10-2 Santa Fe steam frieght locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1918).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe No. 2903 4-8-4 Northern steam frieght locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1943).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 3007 4-6-4 Hudson steam frieght locomotive (Baldwin Locomotive Works 1930).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Green Bay & Western No. 2407 RSD-15 diesel-electric frieght locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1960).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 9255 SW7 diesel-electric switching locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1950).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western X250398 streamlined RPO-baggage car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1936).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western X300902 streamlined baggage-bar car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1936).
1995	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Amtrak No. 15002 flat car (General Steel Casting 1931).
April 1995	Santa Fe (ATSF) No. 2903	Moved from the Museum of Science and Industry through downtown Hyde Park to be relocated to the Illinois Railway Museum.
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern No. 50 single-end railraod-roof wood combine interurban car (Laconia Car Company 1904).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern No. 58 single-end railraod-roof wood combine interurban car (Laconia Car Company 1904).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern No. 53 (formerly Inidianapolis Crawfordsville & Western No. 102) wood combine interurban car (Jewett Car Company 1906). Scrapped 2015.
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & elgin No. 308 double-end railraod-roof wood interurban car (Niles Car and Manufacturing Company 1906).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Joy Manufacturing No. 2 diesel-mechanical switching locomotive (Whitcomb Locomotive Company 1951).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Louisville & Nashville No. 314 diesel-electric freight locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1956).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 204738 scale test car (American Car & Foundry 1916).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Tunnel Company No. 508 2-ft. gauge electric tunnel locomotive (Baldwin-Westinghouse 1908).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Tunnel Company No. 714 2-ft. gauge ash car (Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company 1929).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Tunnel Company No. 766 2-ft. gauge ash car (Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company 1929).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Tunnel Company No. 856 2-ft. gauge ash car (Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company 1930).
1996	Illinois Railway Museum	IRM uses BN No. 5383 to collect SP No. 975 from Beaumont, TX and CBQ No. 3007 from Atlantic, IA.
1997	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	The federal government begins redevelopment of the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant into the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, with plans to remove all railroad tracks including the ones the train are parked on. Krupske, Lowe, and Lorenzini make a deal with Relco Locomotive Shops in Minooka, IL to store the train where it remains until 2008, having only it's Winton engine and trucks removed.
1997	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Purchased by the state of New Hampshire and moved to the Concord and Claremont Railroad Shops in Claremont, New Hampshire for restoration.
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington Northern BN-1 F-9A diesel-electric mixed-traffic locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1954).
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington Northern BN-2 F-9B diesel-electric mixed-traffic booster unit (Electro-Motive Division GM 1954).
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington Northern BN-3 E-9AM diesel-electric passenger locomtive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1954).
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe No. 92 FP-45 diesel-electric passenger locomtive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1967).
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Boston & Maine No. 1094 wood coach-cafe car (Pullman 1906).
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Boston & Maine No. 3285 wood dining car (Pullman 1907).
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Cook Paint & Varnish No. 101 2-dome tank car (American Car & Foundry Company 1917).
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 100000 steel boxcar (Union Pacific 1906 (mcKeen design)). This is the oldest boxcar in the IRM's collection and is thought to be the oldest preserved boxcar in the world.
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Strahorn Library in Marengo, IL leased.
1997	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires a 1920's Sunaco gas station from Covington, KY.
October 12th and 13th, 1997	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	W. W. Grainger Company hosts a two-day open house for the restored trainset at their corporate headquarters in Skokie, IL.
1998	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	New underground exhibit "All Aboard the Silver Streak" opens. Features animatronics including Zeph the Donkey and Ralph Budd.
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Detroit Street Railway No. 3865 single-end arch-roof "Peter Witt"-type streetcar (St. Louis Company 1930).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 30 arch-roof aluminum PCC L car (St. Louis Company 1959).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 41 arch-roof aluminum PCC L car (St. Louis Company 1959).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 3177 F2D6V401-1 diesel bus (The Flixible Company 1965).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 1 bi-level commuter coach (St. Louis Car Company 1955).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 6 bi-level commuter coach (St. Louis Car Company 1955).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 151 bi-level commuter coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1959).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 3996 dining car (Pullman 1916).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Great Northern "John McLoughlin" sleeper car (Pullman 1916).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra RC50247 Model 30 crane (Burro). Sold in the late 2010's.
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra RC50359 Model 30 crane (Burro).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Belt Railway of Chicago No. 223 steel transfer caboose (1953).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 100641 steel milk car (General American Transportation Corporation 1946).
1998	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 264070 wood automobile boxcar (Standard Steel 1930).
1999	J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5	Retired for repairs.
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	In honor of its being featured on a United State Post Office stamp, Pennsylvania Railroad No. 803 is repainted.
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wisconsin Power & Light No. 109 double-truck flat car (Wisconsin Power & Light 1915).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority No. 906 Model E-800 trolley bus (Flyer Industries Limited 1977).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority No. 925 Model E-800 trolley bus (Flyer Industries Limited 1977).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 938 4-6-2 steam express passenger locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1910).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 411 F-7A diesel-electric passenger locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1949).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific T8 steel baggage/RPO trailer (McKeen Motor Car Company 1908).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Northern Pacific No. 3345 lightweight grill-coach car (American Car & Foundry Company 1948).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 230 streamlined baggage car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1963).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pennsylvania Railroad No. 8089 sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1940).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Great Northern X1390 tank car (American Car & Foundry Company 1956).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 17598 steel boxcar (Chicago Burlington & Quincy 1950).
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington Northern No. 17598 flat car (1942). Scrapped 2010.
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Montrose Avenue bridge.
1999	Illinois Railway Museum	First Executive Director hired.
2000	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Lake Shore Electric No. 150 single-end railroad roof wood interurban coach (Niles Car & Manufacturing Comapny 1906).
2000	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 22 arch-roof aluminum PCC L car (St. Louis Car Comapny 1959).
2000	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwauekee & Suburban Transport No. 350 Model 44CX electric trolley bus (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1947).
2000	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Nekoosa Paper No. 14 Model S1 diesel switching locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1947).
2000	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires American Oil Company No. 9499 oil tank car (American Car & Foundry Company 1912).
2000	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Trailer Train No. 470902 intermodal flat car (Chicago Burlington & Quincy 1955).
2000	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 907149 steel express boxcar (Union Pacific 1939).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires British Columbia Transit No. 2340 trolley bus (Canadian Car-Brill 1951).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee & Suburban Transport No. 1925 diesel bus (General Motors 1967). Scrapped.
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Commonwealth Edison No. 15 diesel switching locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1950).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 992300 steel caboose (Pacific Car & Foundry 1975).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road X5001 steel caboose (Milwaukee Road 1926).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Department of Defense No. 38488 heavy duty flat car (Magor Car Corporation 1953).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe No. 44043 wood boxcar (American Car & Foundry Company 1910).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 161795 steel boxcar (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1969).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pennsylvania Railroad No. 499320 wood boxcar (Pressed Steel 1913).
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Ali filmed on the Chicago L with IRM property.
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Hoffman Bus Garage opened.
2001	Illinois Railway Museum	Central Avenue and Yard 5 aisles paved.
2002	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Janesville Transit System No. 412 diesel bus (General Motors 1979).
2002	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Illinois Central No. 201 2-4-4 Forney steam passenger locomotive (Rogers Locomotive Works 1880).
2002	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Canadian National No. 2002 "Ingramport" streamlined sleeper car (Canadian Car & Foundry 1950).
2002	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Burlington No. 1309 heavyweight baggage car. Currently in Denver, CO.
2002	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 2050 streamlined baggage car (Milwaukee Road 1954).
2002	Illinois Railway Museum	Strahorn Library purchased.
September 17th, 2002	German submarine U-505	Lost periscope found at U.S. Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory in Point Loma, California. Given to the Museum of Science and Industry to display alongside U-505.
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires North Kankakee Electric Light & Railroad No. 116 single-truck streetcar (Mcguire-Cummings Manufacturings Company 1917).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Southern Pacific No. 1518 diesel-electric switching locomotive (electro-Motive Division GM 1951).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Arttrain No. 1 exhibit car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1924).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Arttrain No. 3 exhibit car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1950).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Northern Pacific No. 325 "Loch Sloy" streamlined sleeper car (Budd Manufacturing Company 1959).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 493 "Silver Ridge" streamlined sleeper car (Budd Manufacturing Company 1956).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 1432 "Pacific Peak" streamlined sleeper car (Budd Manufacturing Company 1950).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Indian Refining No. 1277 tank car (American Car & Foundry Company 1918).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	O'Mahoney Diner and new food service annex opened.
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	North Railroad Avenue and North Depot Street paved.
2004	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Restortion of components completed with longer term goals of returning the train to operation.
2004	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 501 modernized chair car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1928).
2004	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atlantic Coast Line "Birmingham" stainless dining car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1950).
2004	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atlantic Coast Line "Birmingham" stainless dining car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1950).
2003	Illinois Railway Museum	A Museum in Motion booklet published.
April 2004	German submarine U-505	Moved to indoor underground exhibit to prevent further weather damage.
June 5th 2004	German submarine U-505	New exhibit opened to the public.
2004	German submarine U-505	Reunion held for American and German crews.
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 9976 diesel-electric passenger locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1953).
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Amtrak A58701 Model 50 diesel-powered crane (Burro).
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Department of Defense No. 39153 heavy duty flat car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1952).
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Department of Defense No. 39153 heavy duty flat car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1952).
2005	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	*Filmed in Flags Of Our Fathers* at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois.**
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 10 completed.
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	Storm water retention ponds on 5 acres of the South End Development (Yards 12 - 16).
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	1.6-mile 300-foot wide buffer strip acquired along south edgeof the mainline.
2005	Illinois Railway Museum	Picnic pavilion erected using bents from the 1916 Milwaukee Road Montrose Avenue bridge.
August 10th, 2005	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Moved to the Hobo Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire.
2006	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Toronto Transportation Commission No. 9339 trolley bus (Flyer Industries Limited/Toronto Transit Commission 1972).
2006	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Glen Springs" sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1925).
2006	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atlantic & Western No. 3762 steel gondola (Gunderson Bros. Engineering Company 1965).
2006	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	The Train of the Goddesses is sent to to Avalon Rail in West Allis, Wisconsin for repairs.
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires New York City Transit Authority No. 7926 steel subway car (American Car & Foundry Company 1961).
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority S-105 electric freight locomotive (Baldwin-Westinghouse 1920).
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Terra Cotta Industries No. 501 diesel-electric switching locomotive (General Electric 1943).
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires DuPont diesel switching locomotive (Plynouth Locomotive Works 1959).
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Wisconsin Central No. 7525 diesel-electric freight locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1971).
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Northwestern Oklahoma No. 11039 all-door boxcar (Evans Products Company 1978).
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western X201775 ballast car (Greenville Steel Car Company 1946).
2007	Illinois Railway Museum	Public parking lot paved.
Late 2007	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Relco decides to shut down its Minooka plant, forcing Mark Twain Zephyr, Inc. to find another home for the train.
2008	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires King County Metro No. 4020 articulated trolley bus (Maschinenfabrik Augburg-Nürnberg (M-A-N) 1987).
2008	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Coronet Phosphate No. 9 2-6-2T Prairie tank steam engine (The H.K. Porter Co., Inc. 1925).
2008	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 4506 diesel switcher locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1952).
2008	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Minneapolis Northfield & Southern No. 909 steel boxcar (Gunderson Bros. Engineering Company 1966).
2008	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires General American Transportation No. 33519 tank car (General American Transportation 1941).
2008	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 37022 100-ton coal hopper (The Bethlehem Steel Corporation 1973).
2008	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 97054 "Airslide" covered hopper (American Car & Foundry Company 1958).
January 2008	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Moved to Gatway Rail Services in Madison, IL. Gatway had substantial shop and staff to refurbish the train, but Mark Twain Zephyr, Inc. could not find investors for the project.
December 2008	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	The Train of the Goddesses returns to the Illinois Railway Museum.
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Cooperativa de Transportes Urbanos y Sub-Urbanos No. 19 open car streetcar (J. G. Brill Company 1914), part of the Trolleyville Collection.
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority No. 63 PCC electric streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1947), part of the Trolleyville Collection.
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 36 interurban car (Robert Stephenson and Company 1902), part of the Trolleyville Collection.
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 319 interurban car (Jewett Car Company 1914), part of the Trolleyville Collection.
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Edmonton Transit System No. 181 trolley bus (Brown, Boveri & Cie 1982), part of the Trolleyville Collection.
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires San Francisco Municipal Railway No. 614 trolley bus (Twin Coach 1949).
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Municipality of Metro Seattle No. 656 trolley bus (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1944).
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe No. 543 diesel-electric terminal switcher locomotive (Fairbanks, Morse and Company 1956).
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 6847 diesel-electric freight locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1974).
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Burlington & Quincy No. 993 streamlined baggage car (Chicago Burlington & Quincy 1951).
2009	Illinois Railway Museum	89-acre Parcel 7 (Siegel Farm) acquired on southeast edge of campus. Land total now 272 acres. 152 acres leased for farming.
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 409 interurban car (Pullman 1923).
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 451 interurban car (St. Louis Car Company 1945), part of the Trolleyville collection.
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 451 interurban car (St. Louis Car Company 1945), part of the Trolleyville collection.
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 460 interurban car (St. Louis Car Company 1945), part of the Trolleyville collection.
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago South Shore & South Bend No. 1100 overhead line car (St. Louis Car Company 1925).
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Conrail No. 4601 electric freight locomotive (General Electric 1956).
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Conrail No. 4601 electric freight locomotive (General Electric 1956).
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Rio de Janeiro Tramway Light & Power No. 1889 open streetcar (Cia de Transporte Colectivos 1912).
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Toledo Edison No. 1 electric freight locomotive (General Electric 1923).
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Scraps Burlington Northern No. 17598.
Late 2010's	Illinois Railway Museum	Sells Metra RC50247. Located in St. Paul, Minnesota as of 2020.
2010	Illinois Railway Museum	Barn 11 completed.
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 9799 diesel bus (GMC Truck and Coach Division 1977), part of the Chicagoland Historical Bus Museum collection.
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 8715 diesel bus (Flxible 1963), part of the Chicagoland Historical Bus Museum collection.
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Regional Transportation Authority No. 8006 diesel bus (General Motors 1976), part of the Chicagoland Historical Bus Museum collection.
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 4550 diesel bus diesel bus (General Motors 1991), part of the Chicagoland Historical Bus Museum collection.
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 1108 "Silver Pony" dome coach (Budd Manufacturing Company 1948).
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western X261497 flat car (Pressed Steel 1946).
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 258140 flat car (American Car & Foundry Company 1930).
2011	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 11813 dump car (Magor Car Corporation 1963).
2012	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road "Lake City" parlor observation car (Pullman 1915).
2012	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Great Western X38 wedge snow plow (Russel Wheel & Foundry Company 1936).
2012	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Northern Cross Railroad "Rogers" locomotive replica . The original was made by Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor in 1832.
2012	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Kansas City Southern No. 759 Vanderbuilt-style tender (American Locomotive Company 1924), made to be coupled with a 2-8-8-0 Mallet freight engine.
2012	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 262051 crane (Ohio Locomotive Crane Company 1976).
2012	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Minneanpolis & St Louis No. 23869 flat car (Ohio Locomotive Crane Company). Sold to Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad in 2015.
2012	Illinois Railway Museum	Buildings and Grounds maintenance building explanded.
September 22nd - 23rd, 2012	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" The Nebraska Zephyr	Took a passenger excursion on the original CB&Q line (now the Mendota subdivision of the BNSF freight line) from Chicago to Quincy with a stop in Galesburg, Illinois.
September 22nd - 23rd, 2012	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot" and Santa Fe (ATSF) No. 2903	*Filmed in Transformers: Age of Extinction* alongside each other in Shed 9. Another scene is also shot inside observation car "Juno".**
2013	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Shaker Heights Rapid Transit No. 18 streetcar (G.C. Kuhlman Car Company 1914), part of the Trolleyville Collection.
2013	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 2243 L car (Budd Manufacturing Comapany 1969). Permanently coupled to CTA No. 2244.
2013	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Transit Authority No. 2244 L car (Budd Manufacturing Comapany 1969). Permanently coupled to CTA No. 2243.
2013	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific No. 2612 commuter coach (Standard Steel Car Company 1927).
2013	Illinois Railway Museum	Storage for the Julie Johnson collection completed.
2013	Illinois Railway Museum	An episode of Chicago Fire is filmed on the property, featuring Chicago & North Western No. 151 in a trainwreck scene.
2014	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires New Jersey Transit No. 4 PCC streetcar (St. Louis Car Company 1946).
2014	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 30 Dodge Custom sedan inspection car (Dodge 1947).
2014	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Union Pacific No. 1848 diesel-electric switching locomotive (General Electric 1988).
2014	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 1689 diesel-electric switching locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1954).
May - June 2014	C&S No. 9952-A "Silver Pilot"	Traveled to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina for the "Streamliners at Spencer" event.
June 5th 2014	German submarine U-505	Refurbished closer to original condition. Recovered arifacts from the submarine were added to the exhibit.
2014	German submarine U-505	Reunion held for American and German crews.
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra No. 1534 Highliner two-level electric commuter car (St. Louis Car Company 1971).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra No. 1630 Highliner two-level electric commuter car (St. Louis Car Company 1972).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra No. 1637 Highliner two-level electric commuter car (Bombardier Transportation 1978).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra No. 1645 Highliner two-level electric commuter car (Bombardier Transportation 1979).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Mt. Harvard" lounge-solarium car (Pullman/Pullamn-Standard 1923).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Canadian National No. 15444 steam generator car (Canadian Car Company 1958).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Indianapolis Railways No. 568 trolley bus (J. G. Brill Company 1934).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Bee Line No. 512 gas bus (Yellow Coach 1939).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires St. Louis Public Service No. 3529 gas bus (Twin Coach 1932).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Connecticut Company No. 590 gas bus (Yellow Coach 1937).
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Scraps Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern No. 53
2015	Illinois Railway Museum	Sells Minneanpolis & St Louis No. 23869 to Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
2016	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires American Rolling Mill B71 diesel switching locomotive (Baldwin-Westinghouse 1930).
2016	Illinois Railway Museum	Santa Fe sign installed.
2016	Illinois Railway Museum	Barns 13 and 14 completed.
2017	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Conrail No. 4601 electric freight locomotive (Baldwin-Westinghouse 1930).
2017	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 542 streamlined coach (Milwaukee Road 1947).
2017	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Western Pacific No. 801 stainless baggage car (Budd Manufacturing Company 1948).
2018	J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 5	Fully restored and certified by the Federal Railroad Administration for operation and returned to regular service.
2018	Illinois Railway Museum	Museum store moved to Schroeder Store building.
2018	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Amtrak No. 945 electric passenger locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1982).
2018	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Toledo Peoria & Western No. 800 diesel-electric switching locomotive (American Locomotive Company 1964).
2018	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee No. 172 interurban coach (Cincinnati Car Company 1920).
2018	Illinois Railway Museum	Deaccesses (sells?) Chicago South Shore & South Bend No. 37 to a private owner.
2018	Illinois Railway Museum	Scraps Union Refridgerator Transit No. 26507.
2019	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Toronto Transit Commission No. 4034 CLRV (Canadian Light Rail Vehicle) (Hawker-Siddley Canada Ltd. 1979).
2019	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago Aurora & Elgin No. 453 steel interurban coach (St. Louis Car Company 1945).
2019	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Transkentucky Transportation Railroad No. 260 diesel-electric switching locomotive (General Electric 1967).
2019	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 126 streamlined buffeteria diner (Milwakuee Road 1948).
December 12th, 2019	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Pawnee" private observation coach (Pullman 1930).
2020	Illinois Railway Museum	Multi-purpose building under construction.
2020	CB&Q No. 9900 The Pioneer Zephyr	Exhibit updated. Animatronics removed and replaced with audio/visual displays.
February 19th, 2020	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	The Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad in Trego, Wisconsin purchases the train from the Mark Twain Zephyr, Inc.
May 1st, 2020	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority No. 9809 trolley bus (Electric Transit Inc. 1998).
June 30th, 2020	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Sale officially closes on the train.
July 27th, 2020	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Sale made public.
August 1st - September 4th, 2020	CB&Q No. 9903 "Injun Joe" The Mark Twain Zephyr	Train (along with the spare car 500 from The Pioneer Zephyr) are moved from Madison, Illinois to Trego, Wisconsin by semi-truck. Plans are to completely overhaul the train and run it on the WGNR's line between Trego and Springbrook, Wisconsin.
October 5th, 2020	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Take Flight closes for renovations.
October 18th, 2020	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Janesville Transit System No. 433 diesel bus (New Flyer 2001).
December 11th, 2020	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Lone Star Cenment diesel-electric switching locomotive (General Electric 1942).
2021	Illinois Railway Museum	Scraps Union Refrigerator Transit (URTX) No. 5348.
March 18th, 2021	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Villa Real" sleeper car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1911). Purchased January 29th, 2022.
May 13th, 2021	(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U	Take Flight reopens. Part of the cabin has been restored to its 1964 appearance.
June 19th, 2021	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Kingan Refridgerator Line No. 943 wood reefer (American Car & Foundry Company 1910).
December 5th, 2021	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & North Western No. 515 diesel-electric passenger locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1953).
March 31st, 2023	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires White Castle façade.
May 12th, 2023	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority No. 4110 trolley bus (Neoplan USA 2003).
June 7th, 2023	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Chicago & Illinois Midland No. 30 diesel-electric switching locomotive (Electro-Motive Division GM 1960).
September 15th, 2023	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Pullman "Palm Lane" buffet-lounge-solarium car (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1929).
November 2023	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Put up for sale by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, seeking proposals from buyers interested in "the relocation and encouraged restoration" of the trainset.
January 10th, 2024	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra No. 7716 bi-level commuter coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1960).
January 10th, 2024	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Metra No. 7734 bi-level commuter coach (Pullman/Pullman-Standard 1961).
February 3rd, 2024	Illinois Railway Museum	Acquires Milwaukee Road No. 126 streamlined buffeteria-diner car (MIlwaukee Road 1948). Purchased January 2019.
April 6th, 2024	Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad No. 6000 The Flying Yankee	Sold to the Flying Yankee Association with plans to restore and possibly operate the set on the Conway Scenic Railroad.

Search

You can narrow the scope of timeline by typing in the box below:

Build Order

New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
No. 999

St. Louis-San Francisco
No. 1630

J. Neils Lumber Co.
No. 5

Budd-Micheline
"Green Goose"

Texas and Pacific
No. 100 "Silver Slipper"

Union Pacific
No. M-10000
The City of Salina

CB&Q No. 9900
The Pioneer Zephyr

Maine Central Railroad - Boston & Maine Railroad
No. 6000
The Flying Yankee

CB&Q No. 9901

CB&Q No. 9902

EMC No. 511 and No. 512

CB&Q No. 9903
"Injun Joe"
The Mark Twain Zephyr

CB&Q No. 4000 and 4001 "Æolus"

CB&Q No. 9904
"Pegasus"

CB&Q No. 9905
"Zephyrus"

CB&Q No. 9906-AB
"Silver King" and
"Silver Queen"

CB&Q No. 9907-AB
"Silver Knight" and
"Silver Princess"

CB&Q No. 9908
"Silver Charger"
The General Pershing Zephyr

CB&Q No. 9910-AB
"Silver Speed" and
"Silver Power"

C&S No. 9952-AB
"Silver Pilot" and
"Silver Mate"

CB&Q No. 9909
"Silver Bullet"

CB&Q No. 9912-AB
"Silver Meteor" and
"Silver Comet"

CB&Q No. 9950-AB
"Silver Racer" and
"Silver Steed"

CB&Q No. 9980-AB
"Silver Chief" and
"Silver Warrior"

German submarine U-505

CB&Q No. 9913
"Silver Wings"

CB&Q No. 9914-A
"Silver Arrow"

CB&Q No. 9914-B
"Silver Swift"

CB&Q No. 9915-A
"Silver Carrier"

CB&Q No. 9915-B
"Silver Clipper"

Santa Fe (ATSF)
No. 2903

(United Airlines) 727-22 N7017U