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Entries from September 2010

Monday, September 20. 2010

Trolley Bus Dept. Members Day Update Posted by Ray Piesciuk in Trolley Bus Department at 10:08

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Trolley Bus Dept. Members Day Update

Richard Schauer provided service throughout the day Saturday, bringing out several coaches. We started the day with the Edmonton 181, followed by Chicago Marmon 9553, then Seattle MAN 4020. Once Charlie King arrived, they pulled “his baby”, the CSL 84, out of the garage. They parked it at Central and Depot where it immediately drew a crowd. For about an hour, Charlie greeted the steady stream of visitors and treated them to tours of the coach and stories about the coach in service and ongoing restoration. I spent the day working the Cash & Cary Chicago Sign table to raise money for the restoration of the many signs around the property. It was our best day ever! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and made a purchase/donation. Many of the signs already restored (North Shore, South Shore, CA&E, IC…) were lit up all day and looked fantastic. You can help by visiting the “Signs For Sale” button on the home page and purchasing your very own piece of Chicago history. Overall it was a great day. Kudos to the volunteers in all the departments who made this year’s event a success.

Saturday, September 4. 2010

Trolley Bus Dept. Update 09/04/2010 Posted by Ray Piesciuk in Trolley Bus Department at 22:39

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Trolley Bus Dept. Update 09/04/2010

Today we pulled out SF Fageol-Twin 614 for Howard Geier to work his buffing magic on the curb side.

”Before and After” Howard’s buffing – what a difference!

Howard hard at work

In the mean time, after a couple weeks of working, Richard Schauer was finally able to get the Seattle M-A-N 4020 going again and put away back in the Andersen Garage.

Richard in a familiar pose – underneath and working on the 4020

Not as dramatic as the first picture, but it REALLY looks nice in person. All the green sections of the coach are buffed out. Next the cream sections, followed by some wax and maybe a little touching up.

The coach shows MUCH nicer than when it arrived a year ago, thanks to Richard, Wally and Howard!!!

On a side note, thanks to everyone who has watched IRM-TV on YouTube. In a little over two days, the episodes have gotten a total of almost 700 hits already. Links can be found at www.irmtv.org. Other IRM and transit videos are also on my YouTube channel.

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