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From: friedman@uiucdcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: RR Museums
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 13:39:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 13:39:00 1984
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Nf-From: uiucdcs!friedman    Oct 29 12:39:00 1984

Indeed, the GG-1 at Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois, is not
operational, and is not planned to be.  Right now, it's on display in
Amtrak black livery; it is planned to restore it to PRR colors.  But
no one wants to fuss with 25 hertz or 11Kv problems, so there has been
no intention of operating it.

Union does have other "new" cars that are operational.  Our Little Joe
from South Shore has a new paint job, and can be operated over part of
the system.  And there are two of the old maroon and orange South Shore
passenger coaches that were operated about a month ago, on Members'
Weekend.  It was clumsy, since most of the overhead is not pantograph
compatible; they had to tow them by an electric loco out to the new
mainline extension, which has catenary overhead, and then switch the
power system over, reversing the procedure on return.  But those 1500 vdc
cars ran fine on the Museum's 600 vdc system, just slower (speed limit's
45 mph, anyway).