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Thursday, August 23. 2012LAKE CITY Arrives - August 22, 2012Our newest arrival, the Milwaukee Road LAKE CITY, arrived today at our campus in Union. You will have to excuse the poor images, a product of old man shaky hands and having to use the telephoto feature on the camera. When we heard it was on Olson Road, several walked out in that direction, but I saw no one else taking photos, so these will have to do.  At the Gate We first saw it still on Olson Road but right at Gate 5. How could they possibly make that sharp left turn?  Bending the Corner Halfway around the turn and still moving, I was still quite a ways off. Yet it was moving forward and we know the car could not bend in the middle.  Museum Drive In short order the rig was traveling east on Museum Drive, where it sat most of the day. The delay was due to the large crane being tied up on another job and not on site at Union. We began to understand how they made the turn. We counted 50 tires under that rig, and the rear ones could be steered and turned by remote control from a second operator to the rear of the load. As I left the crane still had not arrived. |
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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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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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Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
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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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