News and views of progress at the Illinois Railway Museum
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
SATISFACTION, No. 1 of a Series
Posted by David Wilkins at 10:01 AM
Labels: 308 operation, 309 operation, 319 Operation, Reflections of IRM
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6 comments:
Nice shot there, David. It is calendar picture worthy. Maybe the car dept should do like the steam dept and raise funds with its own monthly calendar this year.
The steel cars have plugs for two bus jumper cables while the wood cars have only one. Could someone explain this to me?
Edward J. Maurath
edwj@hotmail.com
Ed: Sure. Both types have a large bus jumper for the main 600V supply. The steel cars have a smaller jumper for the buzzer circuit, so that all buzzers in the train sound whenever a cord is pulled. On the wood cars, the buzzer circuit is part of the control jumper, which is below the floor.
i agree as to being calendar picture worthy. Great shot, great subject. Emphasizes both the equipment and the people.
And it only shows the back of my head. That makes everybody happy.
Congratulations, David. That was an outstanding grab shot. And your comments were right on, too.
We can bask in the brilliance of the car as well as the skills of the man who guided restoration.
Kind of makes it all worth while, doesn't it!
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