[PRCo] Question For Chicago Area List Members

[Herb Brannon]

These are the cars (IRM photo attached) they used. They had all three of
them positioned in the grassy area outside what would be the No 19
Building. Number 19 is the only one with a trolley line running its length,
so it had to be that one. The end shots were panned toward the end where
the ladder tracks enter the No 23 and 24 buildings and that is where the
freight cars could be seen. They had covered the Chicago & Northwestern
name with some fictional railroad's name.

Well, that solved that mystery. Thanks again.


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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.
> ----- 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 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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