Showing posts with label Carbodies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carbodies. Show all posts

Monday, 12 April 2010

Carbody at La Salle

While sightseeing along the Illinois River, we happened upon the body of this old heavyweight near La Salle, which was turned into a yard office at some point and put on a concrete foundation.





It's even open to the public. Actually, I'm surprised it isn't more deteriorated than this. But at least it can't be moved, so we're safe.

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Friday, 8 May 2009

Mystery Car (Updated)

The date is April 17, 1982. We were in Pennsylvania on our way from Strasburg to Orbisonia when I happened upon this streetcar body spanning a small creek; I just don't remember exactly where this was. Does anybody recognize this car?

Update: That didn't take long. Our friend Joel Salomon at Rockhill identified it as Harrisburg Railways #811, a 1917 Brill steel car which was acquired by Seashore in 1991, where it is now stored, probably under tarp. I can't find any current pictures of it, but Joel forwarded me a couple of photos of Harrisburg #710 at Rockhill, a 1914 Brill wooden car. Thanks!

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Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Cleaning Up Lake Shafer

I found this snapshot in my collection the other day; it's dated Sept. 29, 1996. Four wooden interurban car bodies from the THI&E had been converted into summer cottages on the shore of Lake Shafer in central Indiana back in the thirties, and now they were about to be scrapped. IRM decided to try to preserve them, so a crew traveled down there to prepare them for shipment and remove parts for storage. The car behind us was too badly deteriorated to move, but the other three are now in storage in Barn 10.

From L to R, Dave Diamond, Jim McAlpin, J. Johnson, myself, Tim Peters, and Brian Harp. There was lots of junk lying everywhere, among it the "Johnson Realtors" sign. Somewhere I must have pictures I myself took of the place, but I haven't found them yet.

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Monday, 9 June 2008

Ever wanted a Summer Cabin?



Ever wanted that summer cabin located between Alton and Grafton, Illinois? Ever wanted a place just yards from the Mississippi River? Ever wanted to live in an Illinois Terminal Carbody? Boy, do I have an opportunity for you!




It appears as if the remains of Illinois Terminal 103 are for sale! IT 103 is a sister to IT 101 at IRM and IT 104 at the Museum of Transportation, and it can be yours! I forgot to take down the phone number on the for sale sign out front, and it did not list a price.

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