Admission: Free
Hours: Open May through September, Saturday: 9am-noon
Address: 691 N. Dixie Hwy.
Phone: 815-472-2255
Come visit us in Kankakee, Illinois
Displays of running model trains and memorabilia. See large running model train displays and railroad memorabilia within Kankakee's restored train depot. Features a scale model of Kankakee and its trains as they looked in the 1950's. A life-size, 1947
Kankakee, IL Railroad HistoryRecreates the period of history from 1870 to 1900 with period furhishings.
Kankakee, IL Historic HomesThe Museum Complex is divided into three main exhibit areas: the Museum, the Taylor 1904, one room schoolhouse, and the 1853, Dr. A.L. Small home (the boyhood home of Governor Len Small). The museum contains a main gallery, a permanent Native American exhibit, a 19
Kankakee, IL MuseumsThe Essex Historical Society Museum features a one-room school house and historical Essex artifacts contained in an adjacent brick building. Learn about area strip mines that date back to the early 1900'
Kankakee, IL MuseumsThis privately owned, 1890's depot was restored in 2001 and contains photos and artifacts relating to Momence's railroading history. (circa 1890)
Kankakee, IL Railroad HistoryThis privately owned, 1890's depot was restored in 2001 and contains photos and artifacts relating to Momence's railroading h...
The award winning Illinois Railway Museum celebrats over 50 years of Railway Preservation with electric cars, steam trains, d...
For model railroad aficionados, and everyone else who ever enjoyed model trains, this model railroad is a 103' by 24' HO scal...