Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee 757

Facts and Figures

Current Number	757
Railway Represented	Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee
Builder	Standard Steel
Built In	1930
Builder's order id	P3460
Currently in (State)	Illinois
--(Locality)	Union
Totally out of svc date	1963
(Initial retirement date)
Car Type	interurban
-subtype	coach
-designation
Status	operated occasionally
More info	http://www.irm.org/player/cnsm757
Gauge	4'8.5"
Construction	steel
Roof type	AR
Ended	DE
Length	55'3"
Width	8'8"
Height	12'7"
Weight	103800
#Seats	52
#Wheels/Conf.	8
Total HP	560
Trucks	Baldwin 84-30AA
Brakes	AMU (M23)
Compressor	WABCO DH25
Control	WH HLF-28A3
Motors	WH 557R5 (4)
Voltage (if not 600DC)

Car 757 in operation at IRM in 2022
Hicks Car Works
photo: https://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2022/09/switching-barn-4.html

Car 757 on display at IRM in 2014
Flickr
photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/87418329@N02/22239245881/

Car History by Frank Hicks

Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee 757 While this car is not tremendously significant in and of itself, it has had a very interesting post-preservation life. Built as part of the North Shore's last order for standard interurban cars, 757 underwent two rebuildings - one to make it into a Skokie Valley Route car and one to make it into a "Silverliner". It ended its days in the faux stainless-steel paint scheme, and in 1963 was sold to a North Shore fan named Richard Kratsch. Kratsch stored 757 and an identical car, 763, at the Cold Spring Shop complex of what was then Milwaukee & Suburban Transit (formerly the Milwaukee Electric). The two heavy interurbans were even operated at the shop on occasion. In the late 1960's they were donated to a newly-formed group called The Wisconsin Electric Railway Historical Society, which - after several years of searching for a site - settled in East Troy on the still-electrified Municipality of East Troy Railroad. Car 757 was the first car to operate for TWERHS, and was a regular service car there until around 1988. At that time TWERHS was evicted from the METRR, and the museum that the Society had formed dissolved. Most of the equipment, including 757, was sold to IRM and was moved to Union during 1988. Car 757 was then placed in operation at IRM, and has been used in regular operation since that time.

Ownership History

Owner	Car Num	From	To	Preservation?	Loan?
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee (Illinois, Highwood)	757	1930	1963	NO	NO
Private owner	757	1963	1967?	YES	NO
The Wisconsin Electric Railway Historical Society (Wisconsin, East Troy)	757	1967?	1988	YES	NO
Illinois Railway Museum (Illinois, Union)	757	1988	present	YES	NO