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Locations of Interest Description Location
Illinois Central 5785, Cairo, IL An Illinois Central caboose outside near the Cairo Boat Launch 37.00199, -89.16522
Tamms CE I Depot, Tamms, IL An old CE I depot with an ICRR caboose on a stretch of track in the back. 37.23568, -89.26983
Old Train Depot, Carbondale, IL An old depot with a preserved ICRR GP11 8701 and ICRR caboose 9425 37.72664, -89.21630
Grayville, Illinois, Illinois Central Depot, Grayville, IL An old depot with a preserved ICRR caboose and signal. 38.25749, -87.99144
Centralia Railroad Village, Centralia, IL A train exhibit of ICRR #500 4-8-2, and ICRR Caboose 9415 38.52997, -89.15137
Caboose, O'Fallen, IL An old ICRR(?) in a parking lot across from the tracks. 38.59184, -89.91166
Ramsey Tower Railroad Exhibit, Ramsey, IL Preserved Ramsey tower at the former crossroads between the Nickel Plate Road and Illinois Central in a park next to NKP caboose 459, and an ICRR(?) boxcar. 39.14033, -89.10941
Pana Interlocking Railroad Tower, Pana, IL The former NYC-ICRR Pana tower, now host to Union Pacific UP25267 39.39091, -89.08326
CE I Depot, Pana, IL The former CE I depot in Pana, now on the Union Pacific. 39.39197, -89.08183
ICRR Building, Pana, IL A small abandoned ICRR building south of the Pana tower. 39.39027, -89.08342
N W Caboose, Assumption, IL A N W caboose 518525 in the Northwestern Railway Park. 39.51968, -89.04908
ADM Alco Switcher Display, Decatur, IL An ALCO Switcher on display in front of ADM Railcar Repair 39.86815, -88.92771
Monticello Railway Museum Wabash Depot, Monticello, IL A former (likely ICRR) depot in Monticello, which is often visited by heritage locomotives. 40.02664, -88.57053
Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL Monticello is a museum with a lot of vintage locomotives and cars, including Wabash F7A 1189, PRR E8A 5764, a full A-B-Steam set of FPA-4 CN 6789, Chicago   Illinois Midland RS1325 No. 31 40.05479, -88.55911
Heyworth Railroad Museum, Heyworth, IL On display is ICRR Caboose 9880 40.31347, -88.97603
Miller Park Railroad Exhibit, Bloomington, IL On static display in a park is NKP 2-8-2 639 (with cab access) and Southern Pacific caboose 4770. 40.47020, -89.00311
Canton Railroad Depot, Canton, IL A preserved depot with a city of Canton shunter nearby. 40.55652, -90.02902
Chicago   Illinois Midland RR Depot, Pekin, IL A set of passenger cars outside a preserved C IM depot 40.56673, -89.65214
Rock Island Railroad Museum, Chillicothe, IL A preserved depot with AT SF caboose 999130 and the train order semaphores. 40.91981, -89.48560
Galesburg Railroad Museum, Galesburg, IL A depot with a train display that has CB Q 4-6-4 3006, Pullman coaches, and a Burlington caboose 13501 40.94507, -90.36329
Kankakee Illinois Railroad Museum, Kankakee, IL Next to the Amtrak station, a former Burlington coach car and UP caboose 25673 41.11962, -87.86572
Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, Silvis, IL A large heritage shop dedicated to the preservation of Railroading, some of which projects include Big Boy locomotives and UP DD40Xs. 41.51506, -90.41338
Union Depot Railroad Museum, Mendota, IL A depot museum with a couple pieces on display, including CB Q 2-6-0 4978, CB Q Caboose, and MILW and ICRR passenger cars. 41.54967, -89.11791
Homewood,IL Railroad Park, Homewood, IL Next to the Amtrak station is a static display containing ICRR GP10 8408, ICRR Caboose 9426 41.56358, -87.66793
Railroad Museum, Plainfield, IL A small museum depot with an EJ E boxcar and caboose. 41.60899, -88.21132
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL A museum that contains a Burlington Zeyphr trainset and NYC HRR 999, alleged to be the first steam locomotive in the world to travel over 100 miles per hour. 41.79060, -87.58324
Steam Engine NO. 05, Como, Illinois A rusted away steam locomotive in the woods. 41.77776, -89.76457
Savanna Train Car Museum, Savanna, IL A museum hosting a MILW passenger car, and cabooses across the tracks. 42.09067, -90.15531
Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL The biggest railroad museum in the country. Has a wealth of railroad artifacts and train rides in vintage equipment. 42.22786, -88.53038
Silver Creek   Stephenson Railroad   Museum, Freeport, IL A train ride with old locomotives and artifacts. 42.25940, -89.62012
Jonesboro Public Library, Jonesboro, IL An old GM&O depot with caboose ICRR 9765 on display. 37.44675, -89.26812