We sure did not want to miss this year's Vintage Transport event - we hope you did not miss it.
There was a monsoon like heavy downpour about 9 AM and that changed the plans of Tim Peters. So he retreated to the shelter of our wood shop and was busy fabricating new body panels for his restoration project.
Both Saturday and Sunday the track gang was working hard on the project to relay track in Barn 3. They are gathered east of the Barn and doing some heavy lifting.
The crew is being led by Adam Robillard and they are assembling new units of panel track which will be stockpiled and made ready to replace the badly deteriorated track 34 inside the building. Side benefit - they had a ringside seat for all the activity sorrounding the Leviathan.
The 63 turned the first wheel under its own power at IRM Sunday afternoon. It had been fired just outside and to the west of Barn 2. It has just whistled off, the cylinder cocks are open, and the throttle is being cracked.
Having cleared the yard 2 leads, the 63 waits for the signal to clear for a move east onto our mainline.
Comments
Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
Mon, 12-27-2021 16:28
Happy New Year to all the Departments at the Illinois railway Museum! Thanks for all the good work you do in railroad preservation. Ted Miles, [...]
Wed, 10-13-2021 13:33
Was the CB&Q 1309 every transported to IRM?I’ve been reading old issues of Rail&Wire and the car was mentioned several times.
Mon, 06-07-2021 22:40
I was wondering if in the model layout display what scale would you guys be using and would you be displaying model train history as well? Just [...]
Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
Tue, 06-01-2021 16:47
I hope the work will continue on the UP #428. Now that they are the museum's connection to the national railroad network; she would be very [...]
Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
What is the status of 126, the Milwaukee Buffet car that is in S. Dakota? Any guess on when or if it will get to IRM?
Wed, 04-14-2021 21:09
Perhaps it is time to scrap the remains of the c, B & Q 7128 to make room for the Villa Real. Ted miles, IRM member
Wed, 04-14-2021 15:26
Hi IRM my name is Jason and I was wonder If you guys would be willing to save a CN Dash8-40cm they are currently being retired by CN and being [...]
Fri, 04-09-2021 19:56
Bear in mind that the Nebraska Zephyr is an articulated train set, so cars cannot be inserted at will. Although cars and/or a second engine could be [...]
Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
I believe Silver Pony is currently on the back burner, and has been put into storage in one of the barns. The car needs a lot of work done to it's [...]