[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Illinois Railway Museum Trolley Pageant

[Jerry "Matt" Matsick]

Fred -  "Thank You,Thank You!"   for sharing this fantastic video of the Illinois Railway Trolley Pageant!      Simply fantastic. 

Hope one day our PTM will have a Trolley Pageant too!    If they all ready have one, please let me know! 

Thanks again. 



Jerry Matsick 



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From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net> 
To: Pittsburgh-Railways at Dementia.Org 
Sent: Saturday, July 9, 2011 6:32:44 PM 
Subject: [PRCo] Fwd: Illinois Railway Museum Trolley Pageant 

Because photos have never come through to the Pittsburgh Railways website whenever I forward them, some of you will receive this twice by blind carbon. Â  
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> From: Daniel Joseph <holymooses at sbcglobal.net> 
> Date: July 9, 2011 5:45:33 PM EDT 
> 
> Subject: Illinois Railway Museum Trolley Pageant 
> 
> Click to watch Eric Bronsky's superb video of the Fourth of July trolley pageant at Illinois Railway Museum. 
> 
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>> From: eric bronsky <EBronsky at aol.com> 
>> Date: July 8, 2011 11:59:15 PM CDT 
>> To: undisclosed-recipients:; 
>> Subject: Illinois Railway Museum Trolley Pageant 
>> Reply-To: EBronsky at aol.com 
>> 
>> The weather was magnificent and IRM's Independence Day Trolley Pageant went off smoothly. Â Enjoy my latest YouTube masterpiece (link below) along with the attached still photos. 
>> Â  
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqIQrDBJgjM Â  Â Running time: Â 13:04 
>> Â  
>> Note the rare operation of pantograph-equipped cars. Â The overhead frogs are not "ramped," so it's necessary to drop the pans to get through these spots. Â I'm guessing that the controller on the South Shore train was up against the post because its 1500VDC motors were cranking out a respectable speed, even with just 600 volts on the line. 
>> Â  
>> In addition to riding the Vera Cruz open car and IRR 65, another highlight of the day was riding the beautifully restored NWERR/CRT 1268 coupled to a trio of 4000s. 
>> Â  
>> Black flags were displayed at the eastbound end of the 3-car steel CA&E train in memory of Julie Johnson. Â It was through Julie's generosity and hard work that 409 and 460 returned "home" to rejoin 431. 
>> Â  
>> It was refreshing to be able to photograph trains without having cops or security guards question me, for a change. 
>> Â  
>> -- Eric 
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