Illinois Traction Society - IT at Illinois Railway Museum

Illinois Railway Museum

Success!

The weather cooperated beautifully, and Illinois Railway Museum was able to run a train of Illinois Terminal orange cars in the Trolley Pageant on July 4th. Illinois Terminal Class B, #1565, along with business car #233 and open-platform observation car #234 were prominently featured in the trolley pageant along with 33 other pieces of electric equipment. None of the orange cars has operated for the public in at least twelve years, so this was a very special event. Electric Car Department personnel worked many unsung hours to inspect and lubricate #233 and #234 so they and 1565 could participate in the pageant. For the latest information on schedules and admission rates, check the calendar on the home page of Illinois Railway Museum.

Thanks again to Frank Hicks for alerting us to this very special event!

Several individuals were able to attend and film the Trolley Pageant. And, they have all graciously allowed us to share their images. These images are, of course, copyrighted by each individual and are available for your individual, non-commercial use and enjoyment. If you wish, please feel free to contact them for further use or information.

Illinois Terminal Equipment Featured at IRM Trolley Pageant July 4, 2004 Videos and Images Courtesy of the following generous individuals: David Mewhinney Joe Stupar Dave The following videos and stills are courtesy of Dave Mewhinney videos. The video files are at 320x240 resolution in the .wmv Windows Media Format. Dave would like to get any feedback on these two clips you care to give, so please email him at: captvdeo@comcast.net In addition, please take time to visit Dave's own web page at http://www.davesrailpix.com/irm/htm/movies.htm for videos of additional equipment featured in the Trolley Pageant.
	Recommended for broadband users Right click to save the file locally (Highly recommended) IT 415 (ex-C&IV) Time - 16 seconds Size - 3003 KB
	Recommended for broadband users Right click to save the file locally (Highly recommended) IT Class B 1565 & Office Cars 233 & 234 Time - 33 sec Size - 6152 KB
And, from IT Society member and IRM volunteer, Bob Kutella, comes this great news! Dave Mewhinney has agreed to produce a DVD of this program, about 20 minutes long, as a fundraiser for trolley restorations, and as a convenience for those not having the time or equipment to download and burn a disk. IRM's Electric Car Department is asking a free will donation of $10 minumun to cover direct expenses of production, shipping and handling. A real bargain, and they would encourage any of you to add a little something extra to support the Museum programs making this event possible. Donations for a DVD of the IRM July 4 Trolley Parade should be mailed to: Illinois Railway Museum Box 427 Union IL 60180 Your check should be marked July 4 Video on the memo line and a note should be included making this clear. Also, please be certain to include your return name and mailing address! After direct expenses are covered, any remaining funds will be set aside for use by the Electric Car Department at IRM. This might include restoration tasks on our collection, maintenance and repair of operating cars, and repairs to the parade cars. IRM is not able to consider these as a restricted donation to a single piece of equipment as the total returns will be modest and bookkeeping would be a nightmare. However, IRM always welcomes any generous support and any separate donation to a favorite piece of equipment can be marked as restricted and it will be held in a separate account for use ONLY on that equipment. And, just to note, this is one of those things that has taken on a life of its own, vs the simple idea they had to furnish a video to one fellow who could not attend the trolley parade. So, while they hope the turn-around will be fast, please allow them about 4 weeks for delivery - the copies will be made to order and there are a lot of part time volunteers in the "production chain". If you have any questions, please feel free to email Bob Kutella for assistance. Thanks Bob and Dave! Dave also made the following series of still images for everyone to enjoy! Click on the image or the link to display the full size image.
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The following video and still are courtesy of Joe Stupar. The video file is at 320x240 resolution in the .mov Apple QuickTime Media Format. Joe also has several other videos including scenes of the Burlington Zephyr and the Frisco 1630. Visit his web page at http://home.uchicago.edu/~jstupar/rail.html.
	Recommended for broadband users Right click to save the file locally (Highly recommended) IT Class B 1565 & Office Cars 233 & 234 Time - 2 min 38 sec Size - 6096 KB
The following videos and stills are courtesy of Dave (IllinoisTerminal). The video files are at 320x240 resolution in the .avi Media Format.
	Recommended for broadband users Right click the link below to save the file locally (Highly recommended) IT 415 (ex-C&IV) Time - 16 seconds Size - 2205 KB
IT_1565.jpg - 552 KB	Recommended for broadband users Right click the link below to save the video file locally (Highly recommended) IT Class B 1565 & Office Cars 233 & 234 Time - 32 sec Size - 4300 KB
IT_1565_ViewIn.jpg - 533 KB	Recommended for broadband users Right click the link below to save the video file locally (Highly recommended) IT Class B 1565 & Compressor Sound Time - 11 sec Size - 1573 KB