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 | |
| 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. |
| May 6th, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Prime minister of Tunisia Hédi Nouira and his wife Hedda, and several members of the Tunisian cabinet visit with Mayor Daley and tours the museum. |
| May 7th - 21st, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Hosts the "Golden Arts Fair" for Senior Citizens' Month. Presented by Catholic Charities of Chicago, the fair features artwork and crafts from the Archdiodese of Chiago's 14 homes for the aging including paintings, ceramics, wood carvings, pottery, weaving, quilting, and needlepoint. |
| May 8th, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | 32 Athabascan Indian children tour the museum on the way to Bedford, Ohio to visit 6th grade students who visited them in Ford Yukon, Alaska in April. |
| May 8th - 11th, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Presents the "11th Annual Chicago Schools Industrial Education Exhibit". 14 area high scools present projects in sheet metal, graphics, cast metals, electronics, woodworking, drafting, commercial art, and more, as well as live demonstrations. |
| May 22nd - June 1st, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Presents the second annual "Mexican-American Art Fiesta" in the west pavilion. Exhibits include paintings, sculpture, graphics and crafts by local artists. Dance and music performances on specific days were also featured. |
| May 12th, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Recieves bids for furnishing materials, equipment, labor, and services to build a Foreign Visitors' Center. |
| May 22nd, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Presents Mexican-American children from Sheridan Elementary and the "Azteca" dance group as part of the "Mexican-American Art Fiesta". |
| May 23rd, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Presents the "Folkloric Mexicana" dance group and children from Thorp Elementary as part of the "Mexican-American Art Fiesta". |
| May 23rd, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Presents performances of children from Jackson Elementary and McLaren Elementary as part of the "Mexican-American Art Fiesta". |
| May 30th, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Presents student performances from Bowen High School as part of the "Mexican-American Art Fiesta". |
| May 30th, 1975 | Museum of Science and Industry | Presents a special program featuring musical, dance, and dramatic performances from the "Deuto Y Nuevo Mexico", the "Fiesta Mexico" dancers, the Jose Verduzco dance group, the "Teatro Del Barrio", and singer Antonio Valasquez as part of the "Mexican-American Art Fiesta". |
| 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. |