The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois USA. 1985.

The Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois USA. 1985., a photo by Eddie from Chicago on Flickr.

I took this photo during a 1985 visit to the Illinois Railway Museum.

Seen here, are two American passenger train cars from passenger railroading's glory days.

The streamlined car to the left in need of a paint job, is a 1950's era car from the Northern Pacific Railroad's North Coast Limited passenger train. The car to the right is a 1920's era heavyweight coach from the Illinois Central Railroad. This car was later repainted by the Illinois Central, in to their streamliner color scheme in an attempt to modernize their image.

The old Illinois Central coach, has since been restored to it's original dark green color scheme from the steam era.

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