KLL 5 at Spaulding Tower, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Ill.
With the heavyweight coach train patiently waiting in the clear, J. Neils Lumber Co. 5 passes underneath overhead wire and alongside Spaulding Tower, while the Chicago & North Western GRS 2A dwarf semaphore protects against opposing moves. Indeed, a juxtaposition that could have never happened "in real life" — however that might be defined — although a regular occurrence at this particular property, Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Ill.
Not typically a nocturnal operation, Illinois Railway Museum this night was putting on a night photo shoot as part of the "Shay It Forward" program, held to celebrate the life and memorialize the preservation efforts of the late Jim Wrinn, editor of Trains magazine.
KLL 5 at Spaulding Tower, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Ill.
With the heavyweight coach train patiently waiting in the clear, J. Neils Lumber Co. 5 passes underneath overhead wire and alongside Spaulding Tower, while the Chicago & North Western GRS 2A dwarf semaphore protects against opposing moves. Indeed, a juxtaposition that could have never happened "in real life" — however that might be defined — although a regular occurrence at this particular property, Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Ill.
Not typically a nocturnal operation, Illinois Railway Museum this night was putting on a night photo shoot as part of the "Shay It Forward" program, held to celebrate the life and memorialize the preservation efforts of the late Jim Wrinn, editor of Trains magazine.