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Illinois Railway Museum

About Illinois Railway Museum

The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, (reporting mark IRMX) is a railroad museum located in Union, Illinois, and the largest railroad museum in the United States. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois, 55 miles (89 km) northwest of downtown Chicago.

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Railway museum
Founded
1953

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 4.3 miles of Illinois Railway Museum; the closest, Pullman Archives, is about a mile away.