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IRM is the nation's largest railroad museum, with more than 400 historic passenger cars, locomotives, street cars, freight cars, "L" cars and buses. Streeetcars operate on summer weekdays. In addition, a five mile mainline ride is offered on historic railway trains on weekends thru October 5. Two miles of covered walkways. Special events, with high ticket prices are scheduled--see irm.org for details. Collection highlights inlude a 1859 Chicago horse-drawn streetcar, an operating 1936 Nebraska Zephyr, the streamilned Electroliner, 28 displayed steam locomotives, restored Depression-era Pullman cars and much more.
The IRM is pleased to host the Make Big Plans: Burnham's Vision of an American Metropolis exhibit from June 15 - October 25, 2009. For more information about the exhibit--curated by the Newberry Library--and the list of more than 60 venues throughout the Chicago metropolitan region at which it is on display, to access the exhibit on-line, or learn more about the Make Big Plans series of public programs click here.
In 2009, IRR will feature several Burnham Centennial Exhibits, including:
* City Planning in the Age of Steam and Streetcars
Partner Category: Cultural Institution or Organization
Centennial Activities
Exhibit : Saturday, August 1, 2009 to Sunday, October 25, 2009
City Planning in the Age of Steam and Streetcars
Illinois Railway Museum
Chicago was a much different place one-hundred years ago. This exhibits, City Planning in the Age of Steam and Streetcars, focuses on transportation issues and how people who used steam trains and streetcars viewed their city in a different way than today's auto-dependent citizens, The exhibit ties-in with over a dozen locomotives, "L" cars, streetcars and train cars inthe museum collection that were in Chicago at the same time Burnham and Bennett drafted the Plan of Chicago. [MORE]
Exhibit : Saturday, August 1, 2009 to Sunday, October 25, 2009
Make Big Plans: Daniel Burnham's Vision for the Metropolis
Illinois Railway Museum
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett's Plan of Chicago, the Make Big Plans: Daniel Burnham's Vision of an American Metropolis exhibit, curated by the Newberry, will be on display simultaneously at the Illinois Railway Museum and over 50 public libraries and other venues throughout the metropolitan region.
Open to the public:
10:00 -4:00 weekdays, 10:30 - 5:00 weekends
Website: http://irm.org
Address:
Illinois Railway Museum
Olson Road
Union, Illinois, IL 60180
1-815-923-4000
815-923--4026 (fax)
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Contact: Fred Ash 847-328-8006