Sunday June 12 we left steamy hot Anderson, IN and headed for Union IL. As we drove north on I-65N we noticed that eventually the temp registered 75, then 68, and then 62. Stopped for fuel and I was dressed for the heat. Wow! How refreshing! Monday was chore day in camp. On Tuesday we drove "up the road" to the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM).
Our first experience was a 30 minute ride on an electric engine which used to travel between suburbs and carry passengers into the City. Explored the train depot that had been brought into the Museum and then explored 6 huge barns which contained rows of rolling stock. The first barn contained passenger cars and pullman cars. They had built an elevated walk-way so that you could look into the cars. Several of the cars were open for walking though, which was really fun--coaches, club cars, dining cars, and sleepers. Other barns contained street cars, electric trains, huge engines, and steam engines. There was a diner on the site, so we stopped for lunch and then explored the book store (on trains of course!) and the souvenir shop. The young lady working in the shop was in high school, and had a lot of questions about North Carolina.
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| The electric car we road when we arrived. |
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| My favorite engine! |
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| That's one big snow plow! |
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| Jack by a double diesel engine |
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| Ready to head back to camp |
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