Metra F7 Cab Ride at IRM - Part 1

A cab ride aboard the Illinois Railway Museum's Metra F7A #308 (ex-C&NW 414). Filmed on Memorial Day, 2008 on IRM's demonstration railway in Union, IL. This is part 1 of 4. Part 1 takes us from IRM's East Union depot to Johnson Siding. Toward the end of this video, our train is passed by a locomotive shoving a newly restored caboose, which was out on its very first run after being under restoration for several years.

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• IRM
• Illinois
• Railway
• Museum
• Metra
• EMD
• F7
• locomotive
• cab
• ride
• train
• diesel
• C&NW
• union
• awesome

[ClovisFox1]

I miss F-Units. I wish they were still the kings of the railroads.

[bigtruck1969]

Ilove them old f-7's and the sound of the engine and the horns

[pkrieter]

I wish they would hang more cars behind it so you could hear it getting up to speed at full throttle ! These engines are awesome to hear !

[Darkstylerz]

Nice track signalling!!! it reminds me to english and spanish old railways :-D And wonderfull overhead wires xD

[TheRichRobloxian]

How do you get a cab ride?

[crazyrailfan152]

whats that track on the other side of the bushes

[alecbasba]

today's trains are not so beautiful as the trains from the 60's

[seagraver]

Did I hear a cab signal for the go-ahead? Nice.

[wood0702]

I miss the F7's too I also miss the Steamers, all the Engineers back then had their own horn sound and you would the know the Engineer's name by the may they would sound the horn. I love this video. Yes I know I'm show my age.

[traingp7]

Man is that weird. The last day I was at the Illinois railway museum was May 26, 2002. They had this locomotive pulling the daily passenger train for that day as well. Weird that this video was filmed 7 years to the day since I was their last and same engine pulling trains for the day too.

[skullcrusher301]

@MSTS8546 probably a donation but thats just me.