Expecting a rinky dink operation we found instead a museum superior in every respect. Here SOU 2-8-0 401 is being moved into winter storage after she was fired up and blown down to evaporate wate... (more)

IMRR 31 departs downtown Monticello with a photo freight.

IMRR 31 departs downtown Monticello with a photo freight.

IMRR 31 heads up a hill and through a tunnel of trees on the Monticello Railway Museum mainline during Monticello Railroad Days 2021.

The Monticello Railway Museum operated their recently acquired RS1325 #31 with a short, vintage freight train for Throttle Time, an event where individuals get the opportunity to operate a diesel ... (more)

I&M RS1325 31, one of two such units built, departs with a throttle time run in Monticello. The unit was saved by the MRM last year she will eventually be returned to C&IM green.

I&M RS1325 31, one of two such units built, departs with a throttle time run in Monticello. The unit was saved by the MRM last year she will eventually be returned to C&IM green.

I&M RS1325 31, one of two such units built, rests between throttle time runs in Monticello. The unit was saved by the MRM last year and will eventually be returned to C&IM green.

IMRR 31 leads a photo freight over Camp Creek in Monticello Illinois

The Monticello Railway Museum operated their recently acquired RS1325 #31 with a short, vintage freight train for Throttle Time, an event where individuals get the opportunity to operate a diesel ... (more)

The Monticello Railway Museum operated their recently acquired RS1325 #31 with a short, vintage freight train for Throttle Time, an event where individuals get the opportunity to operate a diesel ... (more)

I&M RS1325 #31, one of two RS1325s built in 1960, still hard at work. Snow is left over from a Halloween storm, more "trick" than "treat".

The Illinois Midland Powerton local rolls along 3rd Ave in downtown Pekin after picking up some cars from the Tazwell & Peoria at East Peoria.

Illinois Midland Powerton local heads back home passing the ADM elevator at Creve Coeur.

I&M 31 North pulls out of the "A" Yard at Shops with a short train headed to Powerton. The 31's orange paint stands in vivid contrast to the gray sky and white snow.