15 Seconds of Fame

The visit by the WGN morning news crew seems to have gone off very well.  These people are professionals and know what they're doing.

Here's the interview with Nick Kallas.

We wanted to put our best foot forward, of course.  Not seen here were some of the Museum's showpieces, such as the Zephyr, the 1630, the Santa Fe 92, L cars 24 and 1268, and the two steel CA&E cars 431 and 460.  And for some brief operation, two wood cars, the 36 and 309.

Also the 3142, operated by Fred Zimmerman, Frank Sirinek, and Ana Belaval.

And there was an interview with Nick Kallas, and so on.

Some of the production crew:

And this is how people traveled on what is now the Prairie Path.  That was our educational message for today (among others).

If any of you were able to see some of these segments on WGN, please let us know about it!

I should also mention that many other people helped make this project a success:  Frank Hicks, who did most of the organizing, Nick, Harold, Jim West, Jim Windmeier, Jamie, Richard, Dave Diamond, Thomas, and I'm sure I'm forgetting several others.  What a blast!

Update:

Our long-time friend Les Ascher reports:

I thought it went very well, and presented lots of equipment and the Museum most favorably. Our Museum members all were very presentable and well-spoken. I hope we will get some people coming out as a result of this feature.

And then, some pictures by Carina Borst via Facebook: