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3, illinois
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North Cl1ic~.co? rn,
Open So.t1.1rck,y
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];:;e8.rIi'riend:Recently we beenn a Hew Yoar, and this woukd be the nppr-opr Izrto tine to'
roviovl tho achf.ovonont.a of your HUS01..1Ll.
195$ wr.s en oventful yonl"', end vo wish to
expr-ess our crr.titudc for tho aid and support you have e;ivon ua,
On vcr Lous occasions wo have boon asked just vhrrt '·TO arc tryine; to ncconplish-just
what is our goaL, It is our purpose to preservo for post~rity a fr.scinntinG portion of .tlJ;loricnnn---the Trolley.
Hr'.nyindividucls
have tu2~on phot.ogrcphe ,
nado sound recordine;s, C'nd have built nodels as a z-ononbz-anco of this fnst vard.sh lng
trnnsportation'
ern, but we of the I E R }I f6cl that these fe.ll short of the tarGot.
Tho trolloy waa more them just cars---it
':lD.S a vTnyof life.
It vas an oasY-e:oil1G,
unselfish,
service first,
on joynhl,o existence.
Evontt1.c'1.11y
you ",ill have a chanco
to aGain relive tho past, two e;enerntions which smT the rise and decline of tho
electrio
railwny '\-1hichp1o.yod such an ir:1portc.nt part in tho dovo'Lopnont of our now
Ul~banizod society~
r>.
Tho HD.ywo intend to nccor.tplish our GO£'.lis by' the ro-creation
of an oLcc-.
tric r2ihmy system, coup'lo to with cars, traol;:~ ovcrhoad, ohops,---nnd oporr.tiol1"
An extrn effort VIill bo nQde to capture the atnosphero and foolinG aasoc Iabod i-l:L-th
the trolloy lino of :r081'.c:"70o.r. It is t: biG project and uill r oqu'lr o a good dcoL o,
f'LnnnoLn.L and phys Lcr.I. effort.
But, it is fO.r fron [t11iupossible
projoct.
Thus far we hnvo nado a nunber of stops tow.:-rds this e;onl iIi th your help?
thirteen roprosento.tivo trolloy cars ovnod by tbo lIns011n, nnd, b 8.c1di+.,:'
::.'2.n, vo 118.VO tdron over tho nnf.ntonanco
of tl,W C["Tf) ovnod hy 0111·I~\iJ(1'i·o.;_0at l{',r..:U.o;;.~(
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a ""c,rGcco11ecv~on OJ: un.•....
O.i.L hnt bau~os .• 0. d.'.epL.y SO.')-l/·!.l'e;,
vJod •.angs
()j~' t.ho
trolloy,~ and l1. J.t:..reo supply of spare :;,x."l.rts
C11d tools
to keep our (~~.:C3 ::,o17.inC
Ho
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have
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This pc sb yonI' saw tho o.c1dition of fotU' nor o car-s to "our r oct.cr ,
First
or
D:;~l<.vc: tv: North Ohd.oago vae open plo.t.forn olovo.toc1 car J1024 fJ.~onChLcagc in. .r.....
'Ly,
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> r;;:':~' b·,.lilt sy Pul.Irian in 1~)i9} o.rrivud under its own power- vir.. tho ~T'Jl:·t~J. Cl')Y::l"
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m'r~~"rQl,0. consddorab.Ic amount of vorl: h0S boon clone to nado old 1024 a
:L'_-~":= o!~cstin~displny.
TT~enext to r..rrivo Wo.s a four-wheel m-lOopor, ii-lj3223. This 45 yonr old" pr-oduo; c:.·:,-'.r,:) CU1un:L'1[fS vras puroha sod rron tho ChicQGoTrnnfJit 1l.uthodty and WV. S
henIt ~;t
".1'.':, f:: on 'ChicaGo~ l'l,;..ny traction 11...'1esused car-s oxaot.Ly like t.11if) ':'0
fic:'!:.:;
t·_';·'~'\..·i::·~"~~.c~
~:L,.t:.)rling
S~Ot-.T
in. \;Jt_ntcrtir~lO~
I.n Odobor wo took doli very of nnothon ve Iuab.lo oxhibit.
For 30 yor,rs,
tile pccp'',o ()f IIil'mu2:oo until
tho 10 s-c OQ:'~ ran eQrly in 11o.rc.11
• Sl'.i:r)~~(
to lio:.'th Gh:~C8'GO
~:y£'1""t o[',r, i-C. has now j oincd 01..U' othor cer-e in th 0 V£llhi.:.lla of "..l~,
(0.1'
972 flc':""rcd
?n.GO 2;
't.t'allcy ~ In addition
to i'J972: '1tm Lch wns (1.0:18- ted by tho Hihmuke6 & Suburban TranspoJ;'t Corporo.tion" we obtf'.inc' 1: oiJto:c our 966 to supply spare p<".rts~ f/!966 w.s bruokcd
to North Chicneo in DoCODbcr.,
rcftor tho arrivnl of 11972, wo rocoi vod lino car 1702 fron tho'
TOI'1ninalRnilroad.
Purchnsod when the Gro.nito City line quit: in JU110,.· th::r
il. fow wool:s
nlinois
crrr should prove of eront vnlue when we filinlly Locabo on our own line.
Work is n81:)
pl"oeross:ln~ on replacinG various VIoodparts "1hich h,..'1.VO
dotoriornted
fron the effoctc
of wocthor.
i'3..c'tcrrr ,
Then in JuuUo'l..ry
wo finally brouGht llBiG Rod Pullnc.nll 1fJ.44 fror.1 Chicago vin
vIa nOHhavo all of our car s nt hone in North Chi.cago,
to
ADen offort
findine n finnl hone for tbo HUSO'lU':l, we havo purchasod tho
five and cno-hnl.f miles of abandoned trolley riGht-of'.:'wo.y in northern
L~':'.::-.Iic~. Nogotic,tions are still
GoinG on vTi th 0. number-of ovmor-oto soo if' 1,JO can
·.~c· 911 sono oxistinG trno1cnco since the Land whi.ch vo hnvo purchaacd has no trnck
or '";irG,, A fino.l dcterT.Uno.tion of sito is schodulod to be nado at our next nnnu.'1.1
)lootinc un October 4th~
tc::c lien
holp
HO
011
Thus you can soo tho strides '\-1h1ohhavo led Y01..1r lfuscim forvJ'[l.rd~ Hith
can continuo to proeress towl?rds our conl. of an oy:orr':i:;,inctrolloy syston.
Thc."\nlcing
you for- your pnst,
pro sent , and futt1I'c intorest,
yOU!
we rennin
Your ILLINOIS EL8CTRIC R.:'..ILHAY1IUSEU1~
P, S, Plonse note our r.ow I'milinc addross.
your convenience.
1'.n r.ddrossud onvo'Iopo- is. enclosed for
IERN