Originally Posted by
saint_em
We're planning a visit to the Illinois Railway Museum as part of a week we're spending in Illinois/Michigan.
Is it worth a visit? We're big train fans, and the website looks great - but it rather suggests that the buildings won't be open, just the grounds. Is there anywhere similar in the Chicago/Milwaukee/Detroit vicinity that will be open and as good/better?
We've already got the Henry Ford museum on our itinerary!
If you only go to one railroad museum in your life, the IRM is a good choice.
I would add the Little River Railroad in Southwest Michigan, the Adrian & Blissfield tourist road (between Toledo and Ann Arbor), and the Southern Michigan Tourist line (roughly between Ann Arbor and Jackson) to your list of things worth seeing.
There's also a possibility that the Bluewater Michigan Chapter NRHS will be running an excursion the weekend your in Michigan, there's a link to their website at NRHS.com
Bob H.