Chicago "L" car progress

I continue to try and catch up with changes made to the PNAERC list during the past several months. One change (well, two changes) involve the Illinois Railway Museum's collection of wooden "L" cars from Chicago. IRM has been progressing through its wooden "L" car collection over the last decade and steadily restoring these formerly dilapidated cars one by one. In late 2016, the eldest of the collection - Northwestern Elevated Railroad 24, formerly listed on PNAERC under a later number, Chicago Rapid Transit 1024 - was outshopped following the completion of a four-year restoration and backdating effort.

The car has also been put into revenue, though not constant, service at the museum. As such, the car's status has been updated from "under restoration" to "operated occasionally." In turn, the next wooden "L" car in line for restoration work has been moved into the shop. This is Chicago Elevated Railway 1754, built by Jewett in 1906. It's something of a technological bridge between the earlier cars like NWERR 24 and later cars like CRT 1797, which was restored from 2010 to 2012. It was also upgraded during the 1920s with newer motors and electric equipment. Car 1754 was acquired by IRM out of work service and in somewhat deteriorated shape, so while it has been operated occasionally during the museum's Trolley Parade events, it's never been usable for passenger service.

Its status has been updated to "undergoing restoration" - and judging by past results, will be updated again to operable status soon enough.