IRM Barn 9 North Yard
OnlineThis live feed overlooks the sprawling rail yard beside Barn 9 at the Illinois Railway Museum, the largest railway museum in North America. Vintage steam and diesel equipment rests on the storage tracks while restored trains occasionally roll past the historic brick shop buildings.
The elevated, north-facing view captures the full breadth of this working preservation yard in Union, Illinois.
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A Living Railroad Heritage Site
The Illinois Railway Museum is the largest railroad museum in North America, preserving hundreds of historic locomotives, streetcars, and railcars across its sprawling campus in Union, Illinois. This camera watches over the storage yard beside Barn 9, one of the museum's largest equipment barns.
A Working Preservation Yard
Multiple parallel tracks fan out from the barn doors, holding a rotating cast of steam locomotives, diesel switchers, and freight cars awaiting restoration or display. Volunteers and staff move equipment along these rails as part of the museum's ongoing preservation work.
Union, Illinois
Set amid the farmland of McHenry County, the museum grounds include miles of demonstration track where restored trains carry visitors past the same yard this camera surveys, connecting the site's rural setting to its railroading legacy.
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Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Coral Township, McHenry County, Illinois, United States
North America
Timezone
Chicago
America/Chicago (UTC5)
GPS Coordinates
42.2286°, -88.5272°
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