The Final Unloading

Today the final two cars in this series were unloaded: CA&E 460 from the Trolleyville collection, and South Shore line car 1100, which had been stored in Michigan City.

Here is the 1100 sitting on its dollies as it arrived this morning.

And here is the 460 right behind it. As before, we had a large group of people on hand to help. I really didn't have much to do other than take pictures. So I did some odd jobs part of the time.

And these are our two forklift operators: our own Nick Kallas (L), and Richard from White Bros.

In other news, the heating/AC unit for the new shop extension arrived and was put on its pad. Here we see Dave Diamond running the Bobcat, as the two contractors watch.

The 1100 half way through the unloading process.

After it's on both trucks, the Com Ed 4 pulls it away and moves it into Barn 8.

Interior views of the 1100. Notice the writing over the motorman's position. There was no easy way to turn equipment around on the South Shore, so east and west were permanent directions!

This is really a nice setup.

The ladder up to the platform.

Then it was time for the 460.

Finally the 431 is coupled onto the 460 for the first time, and moves it over to Yard 8 for temporary storage. Julie Johnson was the motorman.

All four CA&E steel cars on display.