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| Author: | Dave Crosby [ Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Question for the IRM folks... |
Hello All. Making a trip with some friends to Chicagoland and I'm planning a stop at IRM hopefully Saturday May 1st. I'm very interested in seeing two "local" (to PA/NJ at least) pieces. They would be the lackawanna Boxcab and the LNE 0-6-0. Just wondering if these items are on display or accessable. Thanks in advance. Dave Crosby bing@epix.net |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question for the IRM folks... |
> Just wondering if these items are on display > or accessable. Not if you show up with a low-boy trailer, they're not.......... >;-D LNER4472-NOSPAM-@bcpl.net |
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| Author: | Dave Crosby [ Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question for the IRM folks... |
Curses foiled again... I guess its on to St Louis for the 952... The DL can always use more ALCo power... DBC bing@epix.net |
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| Author: | Randall Hicks [ Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question for the IRM folks... |
> Not if you show up with a low-boy trailer, > they're not.......... >;-D But feel free to bring a backup orchestra, Bing. Anyway, the 207 is in Barn 8 which will be open to the public by May. The 3001 is way at the other end of the property in Barn 2, the Diesel shop, which is normally closed to the public. But there are always Diesel guys working there and I'm sure they'll be glad to let you look at it. And stop in at the car shop to say hello. Of course, they may have moved by then. There's always lots of recreational switching. |
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| Author: | Randall Hicks [ Tue Mar 09, 2004 10:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Correction |
> Anyway, the 207 is in Barn 8 ... I should have said Barn 9. (It was Barn 8 until a mere 15 years ago or so.) |
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| Author: | Dave Crosby [ Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Correction |
Thanks Randall, et all... I'll be sure to look you up when I get there. DBC bing@epix.net |
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| Author: | fred Ash [ Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question for the IRM folks... |
> Not if you show up with a low-boy trailer, > they're not.......... >;-D There is at least one other NJ/PA related car you may want to see at IRM. A PRR Cascade series sleeper (Cascade Brim???) currently sits behind Barn 3. This is one of five or six passenger cars at IRM that have yet to make it onto the on-line roster. It recently received new windows and the exterior was needle-chipped. ItÂ’s been given a coat of deep red primer that could be mistaken for Tuscan, albeit flat rather than shiny. Unless some as yet unknown sugar daddy (hint,hint) appears, it is likely to remain in primer and to be relegated to track space in the back 40. fred_ash@bankone.com |
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| Author: | Herb Sakalaucks [ Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question for the IRM folks... |
> Anybody around on Sunday that could direct a person how to access the Pullman drawings? colfaxrr@wwt.net |
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| Author: | Bob Kutella [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question for the IRM folks... |
Herb, Ted Anderson is the Curator of our Pullman Libray operations and he normally spends two days per week, Wednesday and Saturday, toiling over the drawings and in general making them more organized, protected, and filling research requests. He has been very unselfish in these efforts, which are not at all glamorous, and he is committed to trying to further improve access. Due to the fragile nature of many of the tracings there are no plans to open this collection to the public, but Ted often makes every effort to answer questions or schedule special hours by appointment. Please try to remember this is a volunteer who drives over an hour each way. Contact me via e mail for more info or comments. Bob Kutella 68trolley@comcast.net |
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| Author: | Bob Kutella [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question for the IRM folks... |
> There is at least one other NJ/PA related > car you may want to see at IRM. A PRR > Cascade series sleeper (Cascade Brim???) > currently sits behind Barn 3. I think the current info is that the car has been identified as the Cascade Knoll - or do I have that backwards? And the paint is not primer, but in fact a finished grade of exterior paint selected with a flat finish in anticipation of additional painting. More windows replaced as of two weeks ago. What about the GG1? All painted and shiny and certainly ran in NJ/PA. Seems there is an Amtrak flatcar (nee PRR), an X 23 boxcar, and a bobber caboose from the PRR; and the Philly Broad Street subway car; and some repatriated midwest traction equipment that came last from SEPTA; and the Electroliner (Libertyliner) and . . . . Bob Kutella 68trolley@comcast.net |
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| Author: | Phil Mulligan [ Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Correction |
Dave Do you want us to bring the trailers after dark? Electric City Trolley Museum Association |
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