This is the second installment pertaining to the Mt. Harvard acquisition. Last time I showed you the process of lifting and securing the sleeper to the trucking rig. This segment will describe part of the 3.5 hour move from Mid-Continent RR Museum to Irm. The small entourage consisted of first, the lead vehicle with an oversized wide load sign containing a height measuring device, then the Mt. Harvard itself, plaquer with a OVER SIZE LOAD sign, then next to last, another vehicle again with flashing yellow lights with a OVER SIZE LOAD sign and then finally myself in my Jeep with my flashers on. The lead vehicle had a measuring stick device to measure the height of any foreign objects as we passed underneath any overhead wires and overpasses, etc. Fortunately, we did not foul any low hanging wires! The height of the combined truck and Mt. Harvard body was 15' 4". Marv, from Rose Cartage, permitted the height at 15' 9" so we had plenty of room to spare. Incidentally, FYI, all major interstate overpasses are now built to 16' standards and our route was permitted for that height. All permits were submitted to the states of Illinois and Wisconsin by the cartage company. It took about two weeks to get final approval. The permitting procedures also involved the counties and townships in which the load was traversing. I originally scheduled the lift and move for the first Monday in October but due to a minor misunderstanding on my part of permitting procedures with the town of North Freedom we had to reschedule the event for Oct 15 and 16. If it would not have been for the new route 12 bypass being constructed for three summer months, we might have had the "Harvard" at the museum much earlier. It was the only way out of town. Fortunately, it all worked out find and it gave us addition time to raise the funds to move the car. Speaking of funds....your help is needed to help pay for the transportation costs and the future restoration of the Mt Harvard. Please join your fellow members in making a contribution to the Mt. Harvard fund. Thanks Roger
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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 [...]
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 [...]