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Monticello Railway Museum, Monticello, IL

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Monticello Railway Museum

Volunteer-run railroad museum in central Illinois with a working yard and weekend train rides.

992 Iron Horse Place, Monticello, IL 61856 · Monticello, IL

About Monticello Railway Museum

A nonprofit, all-volunteer railroad museum in central Illinois. Visitors can tour an operating rail yard, walk through display cars, and browse a large collection of locomotives and rolling stock. Weekend train rides run in the warmer months, and the museum also hosts holiday Polar Express trips in late autumn. Boarding is possible at the Nelson Crossing Depot or the Wabash Depot downtown.

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