On what is probably the biggest weekend of the year at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL, the Illinois Railway Museum Diesel Days event showcases the museum's ever growing diesel fleet. The event has grown to three days instead of two with this being the second day featuring the museum's EMD power including CBQ 9911A, CRIP 4506, ITC 1605, CNW 411 and more. Quite the enjoyable experience and I will back Labor Day weekend. Enjoy and don't forget to comment and subscribe!! 0:00 ATSF 92 (FP45 built 12/1967) sits outside the museum's Barn 9 which houses some of the museum's steam and diesel fleet including CBQ 9911A/Nebraska Zephyr. ATSF 92 was slated to run though unfortunately mechanical problems kept it parked though in a perfect spot for pictures!!
0:25 MILW 760 (H10-44 built 8/1944) idles near the steam area, the engine was a participant in the throttle time program new this year.
0:41 ME 18 (TPW C424 built 9/1964) sits on display, it will eventually be repainted to TPW 800.
0:57 BN 1 (F9A built 1/1954) and BN 2 (F9B built 8/1954) sit on display both are operational.
1:21 ITC 1605 (GP7 built 8/1953) sits in Barn 9 awaiting to operate which it would later on.
1:51 GE engines from three different decades: the recently acquired TTI 260 (CBQ U28B built 1/1967 will eventually be repainted), BN 5383 (U30C built 10/1974), and UP 1848 (ex Cotton Belt B40-8 built 8/1988 which was only 6 months after I was born!!), sit on display. All three are operational and would run the next day.
2:25 CBQ 9255 (SW7 built 5/1950) pulls the first caboose train of the day.
4:57 CBQ 9911A (E5A built 2/1940), SLRG 102 (ex-UP E9B built 9/1955), and BN 3 (E9AM built 1/1956), pull the first coach train of the day with the Nebraska Zephyr pulled by CRIP 4506 (GP7R built 10/1952) and the caboose train pass by before it departs.
9:05 CRIP 4506 arrives at the station with the Nebraska Zephyr and CBQ 9255 uncouples from the caboose train with WC 7525 (SD45 built 8/1971) replacing it.
11:48 METX 308 (F7A built 10/1949) and CNW 411 (F7A built 10/1949), pull the bilevel train into the station.
14:26 Walking by the Nebraska Zephyr
15:29 The bilevel train departs and the coach train passes by
17:49 CRIP 4506 and the Nebraska Zephyr depart the station
The CBQ 9911A, SLRG 102, and BN3 would uncouple from the coach train being replaced by CBQ 504 (SD24 built 9/1959).
27:09 The coach train led by CBQ 504 leaves the station.
After lunch CBQ 9255 replaces the MILW 760 for the throttle time experience and ITC 1605 emerges out of the barn 9 heading out to eventually pull the caboose train. CBQ would eventually pull the Nebraska Zephyr in this video, WC 7525 pulling the coach train and CNW 6847 (SD40-2 built 3/1974) would pull the caboose trian before IT 1605.
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