Well, not as much work got done over the last weekend, because of the yearly Trolley Pageant. It started at 1:08 and ended at 2:15. Here are some more stats (sorry about the formating):
Car Motorman Conductor
CLS/CTA 4391 Ed Rosengren Dallas Crew
IT 415 John Schnegle
CNS&M 251-749 Joe Stupar Gwyn Stupar
CNS&M 160-714 Dan Buck Steve Lewkowycz
CA&E 431 Jeff Obarek Jim Pechous
CA&E 308-309 Randy Hicks
CRT/CTA 1808-1754 Rick Block Bob Elliott
CRT/CTA 4410-4290-4412 Greg Stepanek Greg Courvorst
CTA 41-22 Jim Nauer Dennis Matl
SEPTA 55 Bill Wulfert Steve Jirsa
CSL/CTA 1374 Paul Sprenger Randy Allegrezza
CSL/CTA 144 Bill Thiel Frank Sirinek
CSL/CTA 3142 Bob Opal
SS 68 Bob Kutella David Wilkins
IT 101 Stan Wdowikowski
IT 1565 Dave Diamond Jerry Lynn
CE 4 Joel Ahrendt
TM L7 Andy Sunderland
CNS&M 229 Scott Greig
CNS&M 604 - TM L4 Bob Rayunec Bob Sundelin
Bob Heinlein was the carline dispatcher and Frank Hicks was the car starter. In addition to these, there were many out in the yards throwing switches: Carl I., Dan M., Wes L and probably others that I've forgotten (which is why I generally don't name names, because I'll forget someone), but will hopefully fill in their name in the comments section.
There are countless pictures around the net, but the ones I know of are: hickscarworks (dot) blogspot (dot) com; and in the members gallery here on irm (dot) org under Adam Robillard.
There was some work done on CNS&M 714 on Saturday as a contactor decided that it wanted to be cleaned. (To the dismay of the operating crew which had to run a one car for the rest of the day). The able bodied crew of the Car Shop was able to work out the bugs and have the car back in service on Sunday.
CNS&M 251 made some rare runs over the three day weekend as well. This car needs a lot of roof work and some other repairs, but as sometimes happens, needs the money to do so. If anyone wishes, a check can be sent to the museum with the note of CNS 251 on it for the repair of this rare combine. It would be nice to be able to use the car on other days to provide a place for wheelchair visitors to ride the North Shore cars.
There was also the dedication of the CA&E 309 on Saturday. That is posted in another blog, as well as on the hicks website (see below).
Sunday brought some of the car department workers to help Adam Robillard of the Track Department to help tamp and level Yard 6. It's needed it for a while, and the weekend gave Adam the chance to do it with help.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joel Ahrendt
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 [...]