This weekend's theme has been "Before the Automobile - How People Got Around Before Cars Were Popular" and yesterday's main emphasis was on interurbans. We had three three-car interurban trains in operation, as well as another single car, several streetcars, and the steam train.
Here's the CA&E wood car train in the yard: cars 309, 36, and 319. Chris and Dan Buck took turns as motorman and engineer, and Frank and I were trainmen.
And then the North Shore train: cars 160, 714, and 749.
The Illinois Terminal train, 277, 518, and 234 pass the CA&E cars.
West Towns 141 was in operation on the loop.
Then the 1630 passes by.
South Shore cars 34, 40, and 1100 were on display at 50th, along with the Charles City engine.
And in switching, the 451 was moved up to the west end of track 62 temporarily.
And we also have some great photos from guest photographer Chris Buck:
4 comments:
Did you get some bad weather down there on Sunday, Randy? I notice that all of the IRM webcams seem to have been knocked offline this afternoon.
C Kronenwetter
Amish Days Sunday. No ComEd from about 12 noon until 9 PM. No water, no toilets, not the best scene.
Wow. Were there any electric trains out on the line when power went down? At least you have steam and diesel should you need a rescue train :)
C Kronenwetter
Yikes. I wasn't there, but it sounds like a real disaster. When Com Ed goes out, there's nothing we can do.
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