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Saturday, February 20. 20102010 IRM Snowflake Special on the CTA
Join the members of the Illinois Railway Museum as they tour the Chicago Transit Authority's "L" lines on Sunday, March 28th, 2010.
The four car train will consist of Chicago's oldest cars in revenue
service, the 2200-series cars built by Budd in 1969-1970 and scheduled
for replacement by the 5000-series cars now being built. Beginning at
Rosemont station (River Road) on the Blue Line, the trip will travel on
almost every line, plus lots of non-revenue and yard trackage. Purchase your tickets online now.
This snowflake special excursion, using CTA's 2200 series cars, is a fundraiser to secure indoor storage space for IRM's 2000 series cars, sister cars to those shown here in their original green and white paint scheme on the Lake Street line. Departure: 9:00am from Rosemont (Blue Line) station, at 5801 N. River Road in Rosemont. Parking is available in the Rosemont "Park & Ride" lot for $5. Riders may also board at Rosemont southbound at approximately 9:20am, Jefferson Park station (4917 N. Milwaukee Ave.) at approximately 9:35am, or Clark/Lake station (124 W. Lake Street) at approximately 10:05am; to board train at these alternate Blue Line stations, hold up ticket in plain view of motorman and excursion crew. Fare: $42.00 per person. Orders received after March 20 will be held for pickup at Rosemont. No refunds after March 20, 2010. Purchasing tickets online is preferred. Lunch: Lunch stops will be provided in the Loop. Note: Because we are covering so many lines, the trip will conclude at Rosemont about 6:00 pm. We will make earlier stops upon request. The train is NOT wheelchair accessible. Thursday, February 18. 2010Behind the Scenes - February 17, 2010No, this post is not about the Freight Department but I could find no category set up for Office and Admin, and have no access to post under Info Tech or News and Publicity. So I am putting it under the freight header.  The Brains at Work Our new office help, in the person of Jan Nunez, is checking some accounts on the computer while Barbara Lanphier looks on. I thought it might help if you were able to place a face with the name. This is a largely invisible five day per week job, going on behind the scenes, which is critical to the various functions at IRM. Thursday, February 18. 2010Wood Shop Update - February 17, 2010 Smooth John Nelligan and Pete Galayda are applying 'glaze coat' to some of the windows destined for B&M 1094. The outside of these frames will receive paint, not varnish, and the open grain is being filled and sanded.  What a Color A new custom mixed interior color was just delivered to the shop last weekend and Randy Hicks is already painting the finished coat on some windows and trim for the CA&E 319. There was not much time to watch the work and take pics, but other progress was made on sign frames for the ends of the TM 972, a new sash for the CA&E 409, a new window for the SS 68, and a new large door. |
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Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.
Wed, 03-05-2025 14:04
7009 number boards look good. Is there a way to turn a locomotive around at IRM? In case you ever had a mind to connect 7009 and 6847?
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...