[PRCo] Question For Chicago Area List Members

[Bob Rathke]

Herb, an IRM track/facility map is at http://www.irm.org/tour/propertymap.html   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. 
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From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" <pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 6:48:46 PM 
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Question For Chicago Area List Members 

The passenger cars they used to simulate the wrecked train were double-deck 
cars painted yellow and green. They were positioned around a grassy area in 
front of the building I described. None of the passenger cars were actually 
"wrecked". They all were positioned at different angles to each other but 
weren't dented. 

I thought about IRM and checked their website. Unfortunately there were no 
photos of their buildings to compare with what I saw on the program. That 
seems logical to tape the program there for railroad related scenes. 

Thanks. 


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote: 

> Herb, 
> 
> I didn't see "Chicago Fire" program, but I suspect that the scene was shot 
> at the Illinois Railway Museum about 50 miles northwest of Chicago. With 
> 500 pieces of rail equipment of all types, it has large metal barns like 
> the TDB, trolley wire on bracket arms, and plenty of freight cars on the 
> grounds.  The 5-mile mainline at the museum has wire for interurbans with 
> trolley poles; the streetcar line makes a large loop around the property, 
> and connects with the mainline. The museum grounds are extensive and are 
> surrounded by farms. Many movies have been filmed at IRM, often using their 
> 1940's Burlington Zephyr articulated train set. 
> Bob 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net> 
> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion" < 
> pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org> 
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 5:58:28 PM 
> Subject: [PRCo] Question For Chicago Area List Members 
> 
> Earlier this week I watched the weekly running, on NBC, of the drama 
> "Chicago Fire". The program is taped, live, in the city of Chicago. This 
> weeks episode was a re-run which I did watch several weeks ago. This second 
> time through it, rather than follow the action of the characters, I paid 
> close attention to what was going on in the background. 
> 
> Normally, being taped in Chicago, all outdoor scenes are very "urban" in 
> nature. This episode had a scene where a commuter train came off the tracks 
> and caused lots of drama. This scene was not in an urban area however. It 
> was in a more open setting outside the city. 
> 
> I noticed, in the background, single-arm bracket trolley overhead poles 
> along the side of a long building similar "in looks" to the TDB at PTM. The 
> building was kind of a neutral color with a red roof and was a considerable 
> distance in length. Some shots toward one end of that building gave a view 
> of the trolley wire on bracket arms giving way to regular span wires over 
> what could have been a yard area. There were several "vintage" railroad 
> freight cars parked on the tracks in that area. 
> 
> The question is, where in Chicago is there an electric railroad using 
> regular trolley wire? 
> 
> -- 
> Herb Brannon 
> 
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