Chicago & Western Indiana #1900

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Tom Buckingham	General	Tim,what is the significance of Union,Il? Owner,use,etc? Thanks.	10/17/2013 3:37:16 PM

Tim Fennell	General	Union, Illinois is the home of the Illinois Railway Museum, the largest (450 pieces of rolling stock) in North America. This crane has been owned by the museum since 1968 and has been used to unload rolling stock and other equipment from flatcars. The boiler has not been fired up for many years, due to it needing extensive repairs, but it has been operated using compressed air. In this image it is partially disassembled during a restoration attempt that stopped when the money ran out.	10/23/2013 11:13:19 PM

Chicago & Western Indiana #1900
100-ton steam derrick, built by Industrial Works during 1906. Acquired by IRM in 1968.
Date: 10/13/2013	Location: Union, IL Map	Views: 254	Collection Of: Tim Fennell
Rolling Stock: CWI 1900 (MofW Equipment)			Author: Tim Fennell

Picture Categories: Steam		This picture is part of album: October Weekend at IRM

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