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Saturday, February 22. 2014February 16th - Another Fun and Snowy Day at IRMThe day started as Curater Michael Baksic epoxied the vestibule closet door in the 2nd Exhibit Car. Previously Shelly had epoxied and sanded half of the door. Shelly took all the photos today except those attributed to others.  Mike Baksic applying epoxy to the vestibule closet door While the vestibule closet door dried, Kevin Kriebs began priming the vestibule between Exhibit Cars 1 and 2.  Kevin Kriebs applying primer to ceiling in the vestibule between the Exhibit Cars  Kevin applying primer to walls in the vestibule Jon Habegger helped Shelly Vanderschaegen put picture frames together while Mark Gellman and Michael Baksic sanded the vestibule closet door after it was dry.  Mike and Mark Gellman sanding the vestibule closet door Later Michael, Ray Mormann and Mark went through the Birmingham diner fixing tables that had missing screws, needed to be tightened, etc. They brought a table top to Shelly to epoxy the edges and Michael also applied epoxy to a table top.  Mike applies epoxy to a Birmingham table while Jon Habegger looks on Lunch in the Birmingham was almost back to normal with humor and many smiling faces.  Lunch in the Birminham with Jon, Michael McCraren, Mark, Kevin, Ray Mormann, and Mike Baksic Michael McCraren continued his work in the Pacific Peak. He reports that he is getting close to priming. Michael took some photos of the snowfall that day and you can see the mounds of previous snow that had piled up. Mark Gellman also captured a snow picture to post.  Taken 2/16/14 from the steam lead looking at the door leading into Barn 9 from Mike McCraren  Looking south towards barns 7 and 8 on 2/16/14 from Mike McCraren  Looking east on 2/16/14 towards Electric Park from Mike McCraren  Looking north toward the station with a 10 ft pile of snow by Barn 3 on 2/16/14 from Mike McCraren  Snow pile at museum entrance 2/16/14 from Mark Gellman After lunch Kevin was priming the vestibule again but discovered that condensation had formed a layer of ice so that was the end of the work day.  After lunch Kevin was priming the vestibule again  Kevin encountered a winter priming problem  Condensation formed ice inside the vestibule |
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Fri, 08-11-2017 00:05
Randy, The 543 was never in that paint scheme. It'll likely be restored to the zebra stripe scheme whenever it does get restored. Jamie
Thu, 08-10-2017 17:46
If you ever get the money to repaint this engine, I would hope you would repaint it to have the big letters Santa Fe instead of the small print. [...]
Thu, 08-10-2017 10:38
I would like to know if these MR #649 and #542 were part of FEVR excursion in Nebraska? Awesome to have them to be part of IRM collection!
Sat, 08-05-2017 23:30
They need to restore Milwaukee road 33 and 37c along with the 3 Milwaukee road f units hey have
Wed, 08-02-2017 20:01
It was supposed to be restored and sat behind the NS Altoona shops for the better part of two years, waiting for that to happen. We finally had it [...]
Tue, 08-01-2017 02:42
those 2 Milw cars would actually look good behind one of the Milw F7's or the E9's.
Sat, 07-29-2017 22:02
I just donated to the Save the 800 campaign. Should the campaign fail, I would like my donation re-directed to ATSF FP45 #92 please. Please tell the [...]
Sat, 07-29-2017 13:14
I see Conrail 4601 has finally arrived. I suspect a cosmetic restoration and getting donations to put it in a barn are in order?
Sat, 07-29-2017 01:51
It was restored at Altoona before coming to Union from the Essex, CT area. BTW, is or was it going to be restored as a Virginian engine? or kept as a [...]
Fri, 07-28-2017 11:54
It appears to be the E33 that IRM aqquired a year or two ago.
Thu, 07-27-2017 14:06
What is the 4601 locomotive parked in front of the diesel shop?
Wed, 07-26-2017 17:53
Since your archives list no E mail address or any other form of contact I am sending this here. Over the years I have been given a huge amount of [...]