The Monticello Railway Museum is a non-profit railway museum in Monticello, Illinois, which is near the city of Champaign. The museum contains more than 100 pieces of historic railroad equipment, including a number of restored diesel locomotives and a variety of rail cars. There is a tourist railroad operating out of the museum that offers trips on a decommissioned railroad line formerly operated by Illinois Terminal and Illinois Central Gulf. Each year, in September, the Railroad Days festival is held at the museum and includes a special immersive ride aboard a regular passenger train made up of Illinois Central coaches and other historical rail cars.

992 Iron Horse Place, Monticello, IL 61856, Phone: 217-762-9011

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