Spaulding Tower Rail Yard
OnlineThis live camera looks east from the Spaulding Tower at the Illinois Railway Museum, the largest railway museum in the United States, watching over a working web of switches and sidings. Vintage electric interurbans and steam-era rolling stock regularly roll through the yard on their way to the museum's demonstration lines, offering a rare front-row seat to living railway heritage.
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A Working Railway Preservation Yard
The Spaulding Tower camera overlooks the switching throat of the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, where dozens of preserved locomotives, streetcars, and interurban cars are shuttled between barns and demonstration track.
Home to a Landmark Collection
Founded in 1953 and now the largest railway museum in the United States, IRM preserves an extraordinary range of electric interurbans, steam locomotives, and diesel power, many of them restored to full operating condition by volunteer crews.
A Living Piece of Railway History
The gravel ballast, catenary poles, and hand-thrown switches visible from the tower are themselves historic infrastructure, echoing the interurban lines that once crisscrossed the American Midwest.
Location Details
Illinois Railway Museum
Union, Coral Township, McHenry County, Illinois, United States
North America
Timezone
Chicago
America/Chicago (UTC5)
GPS Coordinates
42.2286°, -88.5272°
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