To follow-up on Jamie's
post, both cars of our 2200s pair (2243-2244) are now on the property.
The journey leading to their delivery has been a long and at times arduous
one. We anticipated their arrival quite some time ago, but the original retirement
date of this series of cars was pushed back several times due to delays in
delivery of CTA's 5000 series cars. Even the specific cars we were
getting changed. Mainly through the efforts of Eric Zabely with help from
Richard Schauer, JL Saunders Jr., and Nick Espevik (among others), the cars
finally arrived on Wednesday July 10 and Thursday July 11, 2013.
Work will start
immediately on inspections and getting the cars ready for the public.
Eventually these cars, like the 2000s, will be fitted with trolley poles so they
can run in service. A HUGE thank you goes out to all of you who have
supported this project, either with direct donations or through your purchase
of Snowflake Special tickets over the past several years. This would not
have been possible without your support.
Comments
Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
Mon, 12-27-2021 16:28
Happy New Year to all the Departments at the Illinois railway Museum! Thanks for all the good work you do in railroad preservation. Ted Miles, [...]
Wed, 10-13-2021 13:33
Was the CB&Q 1309 every transported to IRM?I’ve been reading old issues of Rail&Wire and the car was mentioned several times.
Mon, 06-07-2021 22:40
I was wondering if in the model layout display what scale would you guys be using and would you be displaying model train history as well? Just [...]
Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
Tue, 06-01-2021 16:47
I hope the work will continue on the UP #428. Now that they are the museum's connection to the national railroad network; she would be very [...]
Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
What is the status of 126, the Milwaukee Buffet car that is in S. Dakota? Any guess on when or if it will get to IRM?
Wed, 04-14-2021 21:09
Perhaps it is time to scrap the remains of the c, B & Q 7128 to make room for the Villa Real. Ted miles, IRM member
Wed, 04-14-2021 15:26
Hi IRM my name is Jason and I was wonder If you guys would be willing to save a CN Dash8-40cm they are currently being retired by CN and being [...]
Fri, 04-09-2021 19:56
Bear in mind that the Nebraska Zephyr is an articulated train set, so cars cannot be inserted at will. Although cars and/or a second engine could be [...]
Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
I believe Silver Pony is currently on the back burner, and has been put into storage in one of the barns. The car needs a lot of work done to it's [...]