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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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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 [...]
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What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
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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, [...]
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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.
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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!
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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 [...]
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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?
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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
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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 [...]
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