Steam at the Illinois Railway Museum

[Tom Nugler]

The replica 4-4-0 Leviathan will be operating at the IRM a couple of weekends the next 2 months.
http://www.irm.org/events/Leviathan63.html

Additionally this Sunday, August 7th is the Annual Vintage Transportation Extravaganza. aka the Vintage car Show.

Check out the event schedule for shows and special events for the rest of the year.
http://www.irm.org/schedule/index.html#specialevents

Tom

 

[Silver Racer]

I went to the car show today-the Leviathan is a nice looking engine, and fun to watch. They didn't pull any coaches with it, though, just display runs. Totally worth seeing, since the museum hasn't been running it's steam engines in a long time.

-SR

 

[mikehanes]

Once I went to steamtown heritage and there, I found great locomotive engines that are rarely seen. I had a great experience visiting there.