Long-time member Larry Goerges has donated a large collection of valuable electric car parts to the Museum, so today I drove to his house, loaded them up, and brought them out to the property where they were placed into storage. Much of this collection came from Wheaton Shops with the help of our old friend Ed Allen, but there are also miscellaneous pieces from the IT, CSL, and the ever-popular "unknown". Our thanks to Larry for donating the parts, his wife Sabine for applying the necessary persuasion, and my wife Margaret for letting me use her Trailblazer to carry it all. There's too much to begin to list it all, but my favorite is a baggage rack from the 310, which will be a spare for the 309. Larry was instrumental in acquiring the 309 for IRM back in 1962, and also stripped parts out of the 310 before it was scrapped. Thanks again!
News and views of progress at the Illinois Railway Museum
Sunday, August 8, 2010
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