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Kankakee Railroad Museum

60901 Kankakee, IL, United States of America (USA) (Illinois)
Address 197 S East Ave
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Railway
  • Model Railway
  • Trams

Opening times
 Friday, Saturday 11am - 4pm; Sunday: Noon - 4pm
Note: Hours may vary based on availability of volunteers.

Admission
Status from 07/2019
 We don't know the fees.
Contact
Tel.:+1-815-929-9320   
Homepage
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Location / Directions
N41.119417° W87.865713°N41°7.16502' W87°51.94278'N41°7'9.9012" W87°51'56.5668"
Located at the North End of the Historic Illinois Central Depot, thanks to the City Of Kankakee, in downtown Kankakee.

Railroads

Amtrak provides service to Kankakee from the Kankakee Amtrak Station. Amtrak operates the City of New Orleans, the Illini, and the Saluki with each train running once daily in both directions.

Highways

Interstate 57 runs east-west in the southern part of the city and turns north-south in the eastern part of Kankakee. United States Highways US 45 and US 52 run concurrently forming, along with Illinois Route IL 50, the major north-south thoroughfares through Kankakee. Illinois Route IL 17 is the major east-west road the bisects the city.
Description

Three large operating model railroads are located in the main museum.
N gauge,
H0 gauge and
0 gauge.

Many railroad artifacts are on display as well as a siutcase that was on the Titanic.

1947 Pullman car has been restored

1964 Union Pacific Caboose, restoration is beginning.

Historic Trolley
Our trolley was number 414 and was operated by the North Kankakee Electric Light & Railway Co. They sold the extra electricity to the City of Bradley. The company was organized in 1892. Our trolley was built in 1932 by the McGuire-Cummings Co. It was a light weight single truck trolley. This trolley ran in Kankakee from 1916 until 1932 when this trolley was replaced with buses. It ran a north-south route from Merchant Street, in Kankakee, to Olivet University (former St. Viator's College), in Bourbonnais. There was a separate trolley company that ran the east-west routes in Kankakee. We have been working on its restoration for 4 years, and about one year of this time was spent building the trolley barn to protect it from the weather. It is 95% wood, and it was used as a motel during the World's Fair in Chicago 1933-34. It was later used as a carpenter's workshop, and finally just for storage
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