Even more Showcase Weekend photos

Frank writes...

Most of the photos I took on Saturday of Showcase Weekend were poorer duplicates of pictures Chuck or my father took, but there were a few interesting subjects I managed to capture.

First, our august Executive Director Nick Kallas showed me this fare register which was recently donated. The brass badge appears to show "Meaker Mfg Co" - perhaps it predates the better-known Sterling-Meaker company? CUT was around from 1899 to 1908, when it was folded into Chicago Railways, and there are several ex-CUT cars in IRM's collection including our 1895 single-trucker, the "bowling alley," and the "Matchbox."

I managed to get a shot of the crowd waiting to board the train for the third trip, while the passengers from the second trip get off. In the background can be seen the 3142 passing through Car Line Junction while the 1630 waits on its train.

Here's Andy in the cab before the third trip. Anyone who has used O scale people on an S scale layout can commiserate.

And here's a nice video of the 36 and 319 coming into the station with Andy at the throttle.

And finally, a shot of the 50th Avenue platform with a North Shore train on the west track and 4000s on the east track. Pretty neat!


And Chuck Amstein adds:

 

Here are my videos from Saturday's festivities.

 

2018-09-15 IRM Members Day

 

https://youtu.be/AhMg4Gtpyyg

 

IRM Frisco 1630 - Happy 100th Birthday

 

https://youtu.be/_Hta1iV1B3M