Illinois Railway Museum's Parade of Power, Saturday, July 21, 2012

Each year during Diesel Days the Illinois Railway Museum holds a Parade of Power showcasing pieces from the museum's collection of diesel-powered locomotives. Here we see each entrant as is pulls up to the reviewing stand (i.e. the museum's East Union depot). The entrants in this year's parade are:


1. United States Army 8537 (GE 45-Ton, 1944)
2. Commonwealth Edison 19 (Brownhoist Crane)
3. Commonwealth Edison 15 (EMD SW1)
4. Burlington Northern BN-1 (EMD F9A, 1954) and BN-2 (EMD F9B, 1954)
5. Burlington Northern BN-3 (EMD E9Am, 1956) & 9908 (EMD E9Am, 1953) pulling the coach train
6. Milwaukee Road 760 (FM H10-44, 1944)
7. Milwaukee Road 118C (EMD F7A, 1951) pulling the caboose train
8. Nekoosa Paper 14 (Alco S1)
9. Minnesota Transfer 200 (Alco RS3, 1951)
10. Green Bay Western 2407 (Alco RSD15, 1959) pulling the freight train
11. Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9255 (EMD SW7, 1950)
12. Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9911A (EMC E5A, 1940) pulling the Nebraska Zephyr (Budd, 1936)
13. Illinois Terminal 1605 (EMD GP7, 1953)
14. Chicago Burlington & Quincy 504 (EMD SD24, 1959) & Southern Pacific 1518 (EMD SD7)
15. Wisconsin Central 7525 (EMD SD45, 1971)
16. Chicago & North Western 6847 (EMD SD40-2), Burlington Northern 5383 (GE U30C, 1974)
17. Chicago & North Western 4160 (EMD GP7R, 1952)
18. Chicago & North Western 411 (EMD F7A, 1949) pulling bilevel commuter train (Pullman Standard, 1955)

Thanks for watching!