{"id":539,"date":"2011-08-11T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/PhotosIllinois-Railway-Museum.aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-01T20:52:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T04:52:27","slug":"photos-illinois-railway-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/photos-illinois-railway-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Illinois Railway Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2877.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2877_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Back in May when we were out in Chicago teaching one of our classes we had a spare day so we drove an hour west into the Illinois countryside to the absolutely excellent <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Illinois Railway Museum<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">I&#39;ve always been a big train fan, stemming from the days back in the early &#39;80s when I used to take the train back and forth to Glasgow every day on the way to school. I think many people are really little boys at heart when it comes to trains &#8211; trains never lose their excitement. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We spent about 1\/2 a day wandering around their huge collection and chatting with some of the volunteers responsible for maintaining the rolling stock and engines. Of course I took a whole bunch of photos and I&#39;m sure many of you will enjoy them. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Click on the photos for a 1024&#215;768 enlargement. <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Enjoy! <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2827.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2827.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2830.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2830.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2847.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2847.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2825.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2825.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2856.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2856.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2849.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2849.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2853.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2853.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2828.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2828.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2867.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2867.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2868.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2868.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2870.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2870.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2874.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2874.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2884.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2884.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2886.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2886.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/content\/binary\/irm\/bigimg_2906.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/8\/img_2906.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Back in May when we were out in Chicago teaching one of our classes we had a spare day so we drove an hour west into the Illinois countryside to the absolutely excellent Illinois Railway Museum. 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