THE SUMMER PRESERVATION SEASON BEGINS.

Last year, the Illinois Railway Museum could not begin running trains until late in the summer.

This year, weekend operations commenced at the beginning of May.  There's also a new critter in service, which will be useful moving stock around on some of the tight radius curves.

The coach trains will be longer as weather gets better and the local authorities allow more reservations to be taken. That L train, which would be the show-piece of many a museum, can also be augmented with other wood cars in the collection.