<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><DIV aria-label="Compose body">Herb, an IRM track/facility map is at <A href="http://www.irm.org/tour/propertymap.html" data-mce-href="http://www.irm.org/tour/propertymap.html">http://www.irm.org/tour/propertymap.html</A> Note that there are nine large barns, each with four tracks, and there are several outdoor car storage yards. IRM has three bi-level coaches painted in C&NW yellow/green; they sometimes operate, and they are usually stored outside the barn area.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000; FONT-STYLE: normal" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><B>From: </B>"Herb Brannon" <hrbran@cavtel.net><BR><B>To: </B>"Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><BR><B>Sent: </B>Friday, April 4, 2014 6:48:46 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: [PRCo] Question For Chicago Area List Members<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>The passenger cars they used to simulate the wrecked train were double-deck<BR>cars painted yellow and green. They were positioned around a grassy area in<BR>front of the building I described. None of the passenger cars were actually<BR>"wrecked". They all were positioned at different angles to each other but<BR>weren't dented.<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I thought about IRM and checked their website. Unfortunately there were no<BR>photos of their buildings to compare with what I saw on the program. That<BR>seems logical to tape the program there for railroad related scenes.<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks.<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke@comcast.net> wrote:<BR>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> Herb,<BR>><BR>> I didn't see "Chicago Fire" program, but I suspect that the scene was shot<BR>> at the Illinois Railway Museum about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. With<BR>> 500 pieces of rail equipment of all types, it has large metal barns like<BR>> the TDB, trolley wire on bracket arms, and plenty of freight cars on the<BR>> grounds. The 5-mile mainline at the museum has wire for interurbans with<BR>> trolley poles; the streetcar line makes a large loop around the property,<BR>> and connects with the mainline. The museum grounds are extensive and are<BR>> surrounded by farms. Many movies have been filmed at IRM, often using their<BR>> 1940's Burlington Zephyr articulated train set.<BR>> Bob<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>><BR>> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran@cavtel.net><BR>> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <<BR>> pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org><BR>> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 5:58:28 PM<BR>> Subject: [PRCo] Question For Chicago Area List Members<BR>><BR>> Earlier this week I watched the weekly running, on NBC, of the drama<BR>> "Chicago Fire". The program is taped, live, in the city of Chicago. This<BR>> weeks episode was a re-run which I did watch several weeks ago. This second<BR>> time through it, rather than follow the action of the characters, I paid<BR>> close attention to what was going on in the background.<BR>><BR>> Normally, being taped in Chicago, all outdoor scenes are very "urban" in<BR>> nature. This episode had a scene where a commuter train came off the tracks<BR>> and caused lots of drama. This scene was not in an urban area however. It<BR>> was in a more open setting outside the city.<BR>><BR>> I noticed, in the background, single-arm bracket trolley overhead poles<BR>> along the side of a long building similar "in looks" to the TDB at PTM. The<BR>> building was kind of a neutral color with a red roof and was a considerable<BR>> distance in length. Some shots toward one end of that building gave a view<BR>> of the trolley wire on bracket arms giving way to regular span wires over<BR>> what could have been a yard area. There were several "vintage" railroad<BR>> freight cars parked on the tracks in that area.<BR>><BR>> The question is, where in Chicago is there an electric railroad using<BR>> regular trolley wire?<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Herb Brannon<BR>><BR>><BR>> * In Pittsburgh.............................A City And.........A State of<BR>> Mind*<BR>> Let's Go Pens<BR>> Let's Go Bucs<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL:<BR>> http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20140404/fffd4391/attachment.html<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<BR>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL:<BR>> http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20140404/7c80890b/attachment.html<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<BR>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<BR>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<BR>><BR>
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