Thursday, September 17, 2009

Preserved A,T & S,F 4-8-4 steam locomotive # 2903. The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois USA. Friday, July 3rd 2009.

Preserved Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive # 2903. The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois. Friday, July 3rd 2009.

This huge 1940's era Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad dual service 2900 class 4-8-4 mainline steam locomotive # 2903, is one of the many exhibits You can view up close at the Illinois Railway Museum. This locomotive was originally displayed in the backyard of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry prior to the mid 1990's.

Today, it is in a much better home protected from the weather elements indoors.

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