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illinois railway museum in union illinois a museum in motion tickets donate membership the museum is open weekends in may home visit buy tickets hours admission calendar events bunny trolley hop trains and tunes railrunner 5k 10k day out with thomas vintage transport extravaganza diesel days hops aboard labor day weekend museum showcase weekend pumpkin train happy holiday railway steam department benefit plan your visit exhibits groups and charters directions participate buy tickets take the throttle membership volunteer donate our work collection picture gallery rail wire libraries live webcams department blog learn school groups train talks scout day store memberships membership renewals gift cards cta signs irm signs webstore station column signs other station signs maps carcards big signs bus stop signs roll signs used bookstore irm ecard about mission who we are history major projects news press and filming contact us all aboard for a museum in motion the illinois railway museum is america s largest rail museum plan your visit history that moves you join us for a ride on our time machines dates and times education and fun explore our interactive exhibits for the entire family exhibits at irm day out with thomas join us for a day of unforgettable family fun with thomas percy sir topham hatt and their friends info tickets ride with us take an unforgettable trip back in time to the golden age of travel plan your visit illinois railway museum loading museum hours loading featured events may 25 2026 memorial day weekend view details june 14 2026 the railrunner 5k 10k view details june 27 2026 trolley weekend view details july 4 2026 4th of july weekend view details august 2 2026 35th annual vintage transport extravaganza view details plan your visit day out with thomas projects volunteering what our visitors are saying about their experience this place is unbelievable awesome history you can touch ride and learn we will definitely be back if you love trains you will not want to leave jeff wardlow we had a great time here our 3 year old loved seeing all the trains and getting to ride on the steam engine the little park was a nice bonus for our lunch time break the model train museum was impressive we learned a lot thank you for preserving this history emily anderson so much fun for our little boys they love riding the trains and they have so many old restored trains some of their restoration jobs are fantastic and really capture the feel of the height of rail travel i don t know of any other place quite like this it s a great educational experience even if you don t love trains andrew ryan the largest railway museum in the usa and they run demonstrations of many working trains the trains vary from 1800s steam engines to the recently retired cta red line trains they have old pullman cars which are nicely displayed lenore ettinger i loved coming here as a kid with my dad and grandpa and my kids seemed to have just as much fun as i did back in the day we went for the day out with thomas and had a great time there were some major improvements since i was there as a kid and it looks like more are on their way can t wait to go back jake glimco the irm is a fantastic place the thomas the train is a wonderful time of course but you must visit and see all the amazing steam diesel and electric streetcars on display being restored and running when you ride an electric streetcar you have to wonder why they are not still used with the same or greater capacity as a modern bus and with no vehicle emissions they are just great the illinois railway museum is a must see dave loucks in the news 09 apr new wttw geoffrey baer show to feature irm a new television special premiering monday april 13th 2026 at 7 00pm on wttw will feature the illinois railway museum riding the rails with geoffrey baer read more comments off 02 apr art exhibition opens april 12th union il the illinois railway museum irm will host a major retrospective exhibition under the wire the art and life of mitch markovitz read more comments off 03 mar barn 15 completed construction work on barn 15 is complete and on friday february 27th the museum received the occupancy permit for the building over the weekend irm read more comments off share subscribe to our mailing list email address required contact info phone 1 815 923 4391 site address illinois railway museum 7000 olson road union illinois 60180 mailing address illinois railway museum post office box 427 union il 60180 copyright 1995 2026 illinois railway museum all rights reserved your ticket for the home title home usd close print