We were recently contacted by Jeffrey Ornstein, who manages a YouTube channel that examines interesting and unusual transit (mostly rail transit) designs of the past. He was interested in using our article on Chicago Surface Lines 4001 as an information source for a video feature about the car. We were happy to oblige, as was the museum when it came to permission to use photographs in the IRM collection, and he just posted the resulting video yesterday.
It's an excellent overview of car 4001's history and significance. The only thing I realized was that I haven't updated the blog article's "current status" for the car! The history article still says that car 4001 is tarped and stored outside, but in fact it's been in Barn 13 for several years now. Oops.
Anyway, if you're interested in reading more about car 4001, click here. And you can find all of our car-specific history articles here. Many thanks to Jeffrey for the great video on CSL 4001, for the greatly appreciated credits and plug in the video, and helping to "spread the word" about this unique car's history!
It is a great video with lots of interesting information about 4001
ReplyDeleteAndy oswald
Hello! This is Jeffrey. Thank you so much for posting this!
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, thank you again for your cooperation in giving permission to utilize the material on your blog to complete the video. It was definitely a fun project to do! Feedback from viewers has been very positive.
I am also updating the written description on YouTube to include the current status of CSL 4001, now indoors in Barn 13.
Thanks again,
Jeffrey Ornstein
Wow great video! I’m going to be following and watching Jeffrey’s YouTube channel moving forward! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteYes, this is an excellent presentation. The tragic part of this story, in my opinion, is that while the body shell is still in existence, the most important technical developments - the trucks, motors, and control system - were scrapped, and would be nearly impossible to reproduce. Not to mention things like the seats. But we do what we can to preserve what's left.
ReplyDeleteOur thanks, again, to Jeffrey Orstein for making this video!