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Monday, April 25. 2011KC 755 Update - April 23, 2011Here is another look at projects that are ongoing, but are seldom seen or reported upon, and with detail views, rare in themselves. We are indebted to Steve Iverson for these, and he has been working on this car as reported in recent BLOG ENTRIES here. Kansas City Public Service 755 is a single ended PCC car, all electric, built by St Louis Car Company in 1946, and seats 51. It arrived at IRM in 1986 via SEPTA as number 2267. The car is stored inside our barns and lighting for images can be most charitably put as 'challenging'. But any picture is better than none, so here goes.  KCPS 755 The car as it sits now in all its glory as Frank Sirinek contemplates the next task. Frank Hicks worked on this car to redecorate it in KC colors and graphics, even if only a cosmetic paint job. Looks good, especially in light of what the car looked like in peeling Septa and grafiti.  Interior With work lights providing the only illumination this is the interior, looking to the rear of the car.  Interior And also the interior looking toward the front of the car. You will easily see the TWO and ONE seating plan in the front half of the car, something foreign to us Chicagoans. Of course the Chicago PCC cars were the widest of those models made, if I am not mistaken.  Cab The operator's position, of course, in the left hand front corner.  Roof Work Mike Stauber is on the roof, which was the object of the recent work blitz.  Roof Forward Looking forward you will see the roof vent restored and installed, and nearer to us, the trolley pole shrouds. Little of this did not receive attention. Frank is on the ladder and seems to be looking down toward his next step.  Roof Rear Looking back over the business end of the roof, there are the shrouds, trolley pole, hook, essentially everything completed in this area. As with most projects at IRM there are small groups of dedicated volunteers working to bring the equipment back to life. This car has been emptied of stored materials, the exterior repainted, and a LOT of work done to replace the all but opaque windows and get them working. The work is getting to the stage where more funds will be needed, so here again, please consider a donation to fund R755. Monday, April 25. 2011VIV - April 16, 2011VIV stands for Very Important Visitor, and this special Operation Lifesaver train came into and operated upon our trackage on April 16. Thanks to Steve Iverson for forwarding these images. Also note we do not really have a category for general interest NEWS items here, so I entered this under my department category.  UP 2010 Leading the train into Station Track 2 was UP 2010 painted in a special Boy Scouts of America scheme. The trainset was set up to operate "pull-pull" with a locomotive on each end.  Feather River Next in line was the observation car FEATHER RIVER. Here is the platform end.  Feather River Looking the other way, here is how the train entered IRM station track two.  The Line Up Behind the locomotive was the FEATHER RIVER, a dome car, the TEXAS EAGLE, and others.  Dome Here is a nice shot inside the seating area on the dome level.  Texas Eagle This is the coach seating inside the TEXAS EAGLE.  Upholstery This is a close up of the upholstery used on these seats. Who else but a fan would take such an image? The weather was not ideal but how often do you see a first class set of heritage passenger cars operating under trolley wire at IRM? There were a total of three such trips operated on the Belvidere Branch that day, with the mid day trip making a stopover at IRM. |
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Sun, 07-27-2014 23:15
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Thu, 07-24-2014 21:38
Hello Richard In reply to your question concerning RI 2702. The museum is studying the acquisition but no decision has been yet made.
Thu, 07-24-2014 21:29
Hello Chris The 2702 is under study by those interested at Irm. Unfortunately, the possible acquisition boils down to $. First ,who will support [...]
Thu, 07-24-2014 13:01
Hello, is there anyone that I can contact in the Diesel Department about volunteering? I am studying mechanical engineering and I would love to get [...]
Thu, 07-24-2014 00:01
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Wed, 07-23-2014 19:54
Hi Nigel, I have some suggestions to enhance the experience of steam railroading for museum visitors: 1) In September 2002, I visited on the [...]
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